2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
33cL bottle purchased at Bierkoning during my trip to Amsterdam. BB 9/2012, consumed in October 2011, fresh for bock season in Amsterdam. Consumed in my hotel room at room temperature. Poured into a De Molen tuliped copita glass. Pour is dark, hazy amber. The beer is thick with no clarity. Has a small head that never fully fades. Aroma starts off with some sweetness and then it is quickly overtaken by a HORRIBLE FLAW. It is rancid aroma combined with some vomit. Its not all vomit but more than enough, Fortunately, the flavor is devoid of sulfur. Its a sweet fruit esters. I thought this was supposed to be a bock but its a Belgian ale. Either way it is doable. I would keep drinking it if I did not get the whiff of vomit when I take a sip. Too hard. I hope its an off bottle but I doubt. I also hate to rate this with just one bottle but this was definitely a bad bad flaw.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
(33cl bottle thanks to bu11zeye) golden pour, effervescent and a creamy eggshell colored head. Nose of pineapple, candi sugar. Taste of candi sugar, bitter pine, grapefruit and other citrus. Creamy body and linger.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draft at the brewery. Orangish color with a nice white head. Fruity esters.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Ugly yellow/orange colour. Smells like dirty aftershave. Taste is fruity. Palate is dry.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hazy light orange color, small thick head. Musty smell, totally not nice. Something wrong in the taste. Dry finish. Good carbo, ok body.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled 330ml. -Great thanks to my dear friend Maja P. for bringing this one from Amsterdam.
Cloudy orange coloured, medium sizedwhite head, spicy fruity and mild alcoholic nose. Moderate malty, yeasty, quite fruity and pleasant spicy with notes of coriander near the end. Well balanced fruity spicy and light alcoholic taste. Enjoyable beer.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Brouwerij ’t Ij, Amsterdam on 3 April 2011. Hazy orange/orange colour. Also has that herbal bitterness and coriander presence that I found in a number of the Ij beers. This time though it’s underlain by a sherbety sweetness that I didn’t find so appealing.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
on tap at the Doerak, Delft.
Cloudy blond colour. Ok white head. Coriander in the aftertaste
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