3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 1 pt 6 fl oz at Akkurat on November 13, 2012.
Clear golden color, fluffy white head. Sweet, alcohol scent. Banana, alcohol, spicy taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear golden, rich head. Fruity nose with marzipan and hay. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Sweet and mellow. Fairly low bitterness. Juicy and spicy.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Golden pour with a small white head. Typical spicy citrusy doughy yeast character with a medium, almost cloying body. Lots of caramel and sweet angel food cake character. Medium to full on the palate with a sticky sweet finish. Not nearly as impressed as some of the other Smutty seasonal offerings, like Baltic Porter- one of the best beers I’ve ever had.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
From bottle. Nice tripel-style aroma with yeasty bread, bubblegum, and coriander. Sweet alcohol, honey, and mild hop notes. Medium golden-amber hazy with creamy off-white lacing head. Medium-heavy body with high carbonation. Starts sweet with tons of malt, coriander, and honey. Dry astringent yeasty character with alcoholic warming. Big bitter finish with lingering sweet notes. Nice BSA.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Samped at an esbls tasting. Hazy golden. A white blotched head leaves lacing. Soft hops and Belgian yeast are smelled. The "big" aspect comes through but alcohol is not tasted. Belgian ipa describes this well. Nice hops.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From the 22 oz. bottle marked Bottle conditioned in 2012. It pours a foamy, carbonated hazy golden yellow. The aroma is full of yeast and bountiful with grapefruit and other citrus elements. The body is medium and acidic. The taste has a Tripel-like zingy bitterness. Interesting.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 ounce bottle. Pours a hazy honey gold color with lots of tiny champagne-like bubbles and a big mousse-like white head. Nice clinging Belgian lace. Yeasty fruity lemon peel aroma. Lot’s of flavor upfront. Sweet candi-sugar maltiness that reminds me of the classic Abbaye beers of Belgium. What makes this brew different is the upfront hopiness that jumps out and bites you. A real paradox of flavors that can be a little distracting. Overall, a decent effort that challenges the taste buds. I reallyenjoyed it .
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Shared bomber to snifter (thanks DrSilverworm). Looks good; a hazy burnt-orange with thin white lacing. Smell solid; sweet and doughy. Tastes like it smells with some spice in there too. Average on the palate. Not my favorite style, but a solid example of it nonetheless.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange-copper color with a small head. Strong alcohol smell to it with some sweetness underlying it; I also get some floral notes, too. Not as sweet as a lot of Belgian styles, but feels a little dirty to me.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Bangers and Lace in Chicago. Bright orange pour with a bright white head. Bright citrus and yeast, nice hop backing - very well done!
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