3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Shared bottle at local tasting. Pours hazy golden with a creamy tanned film that laces well. Honey, grains and pears on the nose. Grows in the mouth - heavily over-carbonated. Light alco warmth and a medium to full body. Sweet, bitter and spicy flavors.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Shared bottle at local tasting. Pours hazy golden with a small creamy white head. Aroma of malts, light piney hops. Taste is light bitter, bordering sourish, crisp mouthfeel.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at LCRBM 2009, Kulminator, Antwerp
Clear blond body, white fizzy/creamy head. Quite nice aroma of hops and some yeast. Quite refined and subtle. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour. Not as astringent as the newer versions. Quite nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 33cl. @ LCRBM09 - Low Countries RateBeer Meeting V, Kulminator, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, pine, moderate yeasty, spicy, coriander. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090905]
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Mes rate. Bottle at LCRBM #5.
Hazy gold with thin white head. Plenty of sweet malt, lots of spice and coriander. Dry yeasty finish. My least favourite of the three.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 11, 2010 [9/5/09] Bottle sample during LCRBM at Kulminator in Antwerp. Murky yellow with lots of floaties. Spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity sweet flavor with some spicy yeast and a bitter finish. Medium-bodied.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
@ LCRBM 2009. A hazy yellow/golden colored beer, with a white head. The aroma of malts with some overripe fruits. A little sour. The taste of sweet malts with some notes of sour. The aftertaste is bitter with some sweet.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Vilvordia Bierproef Festival, Jette, Brussels. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy aroma. Sweetish malty spicy flavor with some yeasty hints. Has a sweetish malty spicy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
33 cL bottle, courtesy of BartC. Pours hazy yellow to orange with a small white head. Cloves and coriander spiced, dry yeasty too. Dry, spiced and yeasty. Dry finish. Simple.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Beautiful lightly hazy golden body with a huge lasting white head; Excellent very well composed nose, very pleasant and interesting mix of fruity freshness, fine yeast and light hops; Full, lightly sweet body, soft and very pleasant with a fine touch of yeasty dry harshness to add a little fitting edge; Long fresh finish, lightly bitter pleasant dry hop aromas. Excellent! Very well put together and drinkable beer.
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