3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thick light tan head, dark red brown color. Malt and spice in the aroma. Clean taste of dark fruit, with molasses, smooth malt; there is some lingering sourness that cuts the sweetness nicely. Light to medium on the palate, very smooth. Nice.
4.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: MAR 29, 2009 750ml bottle. Foamy head greets you after uncorking the bottle. Certainly not over-carbonated, just nice and lively. Extremely attractive opaque brown-amber color. Deep fig-like fruitiness in the taste, with an incredibly smooth mouthfeel. Could be considered the missing link between the Farmhouse and Oud Bruin styles, as it displays a funky subtle sour taste beneath the malty smoothness. Criminally underrated, this beer is one of a kind.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
A weird and unusual beer. Aroma was weak but smelled a little like gelatin. Pour was a nice deep murky brown that looked dirty. Taste was a little sweet...had some gelatin, Wheaties and brown sugar with a sweet thick aftertaste. Not terrible, but not very good.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Hazy auburn/amber with some particles, even some chunks. Fizzy small head. Slight fruit tang in nose. Some date, brown sugar, and chicoo. Thin body. Slight fizziness and quite sweet. Lots of dates. A bit sticky. Brown sugar, caramel. Spritzy, fun, and sweet. Not bad.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Very dark red brown. Rather strange sweet and slightly sour aroma. Taste is gently malty with some grapefruit sourness. The whole thing is rather restrained and, to be frank, rather boring.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Ruby red, with big carbonation and a decent off-white head. Aromas of wood, grain and caramel, with some hedgerow fruit. Flavour was slightly sweet, with some herb and wood flavours - it tasted like a Scottish traditional ale, and a decent dry finish. Enjoyable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours clear copper color with off white head. Funky sour aroma. Sweet malty flavor with a hint of sourness and some citrus (orange) also. Medium body with mild carbonation. Nothing great but an interestng beer nonetheless.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Ruby brown in color, light brown head. Smell of spices and some yeast. Very carbonated, fruity flavor.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour is dark ruby brown with a thin light brown head...smell is lightly sweet and caramel like, but lots of subtle spices (cloves, pepper, cardamom)...yeasty too...taste is lightly sweet and banana with a strong carbonation...interesting yeasty finish....
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Beige collar on unusual pinkish haze. Thick and yeasty. Nose of who knows what? Earth, apple peel, pepper, banana, definite wood. Ripe and estery. Liquorice in the mouth finishing quite bitterly, but preceded by heady apple-like fruit, and smoky/antiseptic coughsweet honey I’m not too keen on. Tasty-ish but not without flaws.
|
