3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
33 cL bottle, thanks to BelJohansen. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Ligth fruity and caramel malt aroma. Flavour is slight herbal to spice with a dominant yet smooth caramel malt base and a light yeast note. Nice sweet finish, light yeast note.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Huge beige coarseish head. Deep amber body with carbonation. Light yeasty, bready aroma of licorice and cinnamon with peppery notes. Sweetish bready licorice taste with peppery notes and very faint hints of banana. A bit watery. Carbonates in the mouth, giving a sharpish feel. Dryish papery licorice aftertaste with hints of chocolate and wood. Boring and watery. (0.33l bottle from the wine monopoly.)
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle. Lovely dark amber body with big light beige head. Aroma is sweet malt, caramel, brown sugar, spices and yeast. Flavor is much the same as the aroma, very harmonic and typical Belgium. Medium body and low bitterness, noting to demanding here, but just very pleasant and not to sweet.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: FEB 12, 2009 33 cl bottle. Dark brown/reddish color. Nice off-white head. Sweet. Yeast, fruit, spices, malt and some hops.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330 ml bottle. Mahogny colour with a reddish hue. Clear. Tall coarse off-white head. High carbonation level as lots of bubbles rise to the top quickly. Belgian yeast character. Light aromas with a hint of bread. Sharp hoppy edge. On the bitter side. High carbonation level. Spritzy. Raisins and esters. A hint of münchener malt. Classical Belgian yeast flavours.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle at home.
Dark amber with a beige head, fine lacings, some sediment. Aroma heavy malty (caramel, dark fruits). Flavor moderate sweet and bitter/acidic. Light body.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
330 ml bottle. A clear reddish brown beer with a slowly diminishing big tan head. Pleasant and mellow aromas of fruit, semi-dry malts and mild spices. Taste is well rounded; light malty, light caramellish with notes of dry fruitiness, mild spices with a touch of gentle hops. Body is light plus. Ends up with some spicy and fairly bitter notes. A well composed, easy drinkable and harmonic Belgian. Yum.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330 ml fancy & slim dark green bottle, as St. Paul Speciale, now available in Norway (Vinmonopolet). ABV is 5.5%. Brown to amber coloured beer, huge beige head. Nice fruity and yeasty aroma, notes of cloves and other spices. Pleasant flavour, spicy and moderately oaky, notes of malts and caramel too. Not too sweet. Very moderate hops. The mouthfeel is maybe a bit thin, particularly in the finish. Not extreme in any way, but a quite enjoyable Belgian.
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