3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle thanks to cavie. deep amber with a cream head. funk, dried fruits, and earth on the nose. smooth on the palate, flavor is spicy, earthy and has a hint of tartness in the finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Reviewed from notes.
Poured into a tulip glass. The pour brings a light caramel-colored body with a short (for the style) white head that doesn’t have the best lacing. The nose is pretty plain, with some very mild esters and a bit of malt sweetness. The taste is a bit of a mess with too much malty sweetness and not enough yeast. In reality, not much of anything other than some sweetness. This carries over into the feel, which is almost cloying and isn’t dry like I’d expect. Drinkability is decent enough, but I expected a lot more out of this.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 11-09-2010
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
750 ml bottle. Poured a clear orange color. The head was white and fairly delicate, but retained it’s height well for several minutes and left some lace on the glass. The aroma was a pleasant mix of fruit and hops. Almost like a flower blossom at times, but with that special added funk of the Brettanomyces. It was delicately sweet, yet tart on the tongue. It was fairly effervescent without being too bubbly. The fruit, funk, malt, and hops in the flavor worked well together. Like a combination of subdued melon, rose hips, sweetened lime tart, and honey. There was also an occasional hint of alcohol that reminded me of white wine. Refreshing like a dry champaign, but slightly sweet and and fuller bodied. Great beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
From bottle at Lost Abbey before RBSG on 08/02/2008. Batch 2. Clear golden body with a small frothy white head. Sweet, spicy floral aroma. Spicy flavor, lots of floral and grassy notes. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
I found this to be absolutely wonderful. A great spicy aroma and big bubbly head, the flavor is spicy and light. The finish is just a tad too dry but quite wonderful throughout. Even at 11 bucks a bottle, this is worth it.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
The aroma is spicy with fruit, honey, and yeast. The appearance is hazy gold/amber with a nice big head. The flavor is like the aroma and bitter in the finish. The palate is thin. Overall not to shabby.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Max’s tasting. Pours cloudy amber. Nose and taste of toffee, yeast, bready malts and sweet caramel. Oxidized.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 mL into Duvel tulips (shared). Pours a clear, deep orange/amber with a three-finger yellowish head that has excellent retention and leaves some fair lacing. Aroma is candi sugar, cherry Twizzlers, strawberry pancake syrup, amaretto. Really just smells like a stale DIPA. Taste is chewy caramel, marzipan, light candied fruits and finishes with spicy white pepper, cloves, and warming alcohol. Tossing the yeast in brings this beer to a deep orange/brown with a seriously long-lasting head. Much of the artificial strawberry character is gone replaced by spicy hops, more white pepper, and some resiny bitterness. Very odd but enjoyable.
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