3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 bdigital (634) - Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA - MAY 25, 2009
Bottle: Pour was a deep gold with a large white head. A bit more sweet on the nose than I expected with a focus on candied sugar, some floral and citrus hoppiness and a noticeable brett character. Nice carbonation, flavor started out sweet and candy-like but then takes a right turn towards a very dry, floral tone. Very good stuff.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Ungstrup (22906) - Oamaru, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 17, 2009
Bottled.A hazy amber beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and caramel. The falvor is sweet with notes of malt, alcohol, and grapefruit, the alcohol gives it a good body and leaves a slight burn on the palate. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 ruggedman (643) - Portland, Maine, USA - MAY 5, 2009
750ml bottle from RSVP.
Pours a golden cloudy color with a thin white head. Aroma of hops, dirt, and funk. Flavor is sweet malt at first, with a nice funky tang. Finish is bitter and dry with hints of citrus. Mouthfeel is super smooth and slightly acidic. It’s a funky beer with a lot of hops, what’s not to love!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Barrios (1243) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA - MAY 3, 2009
Bottle at Butters Big Cellar Blowout. Pours an off-white head with a hazy copper body. Smells of tart, yeast, and caramel. Flavor is much the same. Refreshing.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 ScottyP (425) - Brentwood, Tennessee, USA - MAY 3, 2009
Butters Big Blowout - Pours a cloudy orange/brown with off white head, some cake floating. Aroma of yeast, apple, hop and sweets. Similar taste with tartness, slight hop finish. Solid belgian ale.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 Butters (2841) - Richmond, Virginia, USA - MAY 3, 2009
Bottle shared at Butter’s Big Cellar Blowout. Clearish orange pour with good wispy white head and lacing. Bready belgian spiced yeast aroma. Flavor is floral earthy hop with belgian yeast. cotton candy, fruity hop, with sweet malt backbone. Nice balance. With medium syrupy body. Very good and Very expensive.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 anders37 (9280) - Malmö, SWEDEN - MAY 3, 2009
Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy and slightly yeasty hoppy aroma. Warming fruity malty hoppy bitter flavor with some yeasty hints. Hasa fruity malty spicy yeasty finish with lots of hops in the aftertaste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 jgb9348 (3369) - Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA - MAY 2, 2009
Nice chunky, hazy and bright copper coloured body with orange and tan highlights all with a bright soapy, lacy egg-white head. Aroma of honey, curacao, yeast, wheat, flowers and coriander seed. Medium-bodied; Strong assertive malt, wheat and yeast tucked in with flowers, grass, honey and some light nuts. Aftertaste shows a very complex and refreshing beer - good flavours of floral hops, wheat and yeast along with a light alcoholic flavour and some sugars too. Overall, a nice beer - refreshing and complex at the same time, with a good dry character at the end. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 03-August-2008, sampled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 02-May-2009.
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