3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cloudy, cloudy beer, muddy brown with orange burnished accents. Belgian yeasty aroma (spice - maybe cinnamon, nutmeg) but with a distinct English malting, earthy as heck, leathery, iron, blood. Suuuper tingly palate brings out a strange mix of earthy sweet molasses flavors and spicy phenols (clove, cough drop, nutmeg). Spice can be felt on the lips. Moderately sweet, a touch sour, no real bitterness. Spritzy palate as mentioned but also with some heft. Very earthy and a little strange, I can see why some people might not like it - but I want a beer to challenge me and this one does. Thanks to Edo for the bottle!
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Poors brown with red shine. Massive head that seems to keep growing. Aroma is mostly sour but still sweet. Taste is not that sour and has hints of caramel and raisins.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Orange brown reddish beer. Big head that holds decent. Floaters, cause the beer came out the bottle itself. Light sour, fruity and hops at the smell. Taste is better then expected after the smell. Less sour, caramel, fruity, a bit watery sweet. Ok.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle:
Small off white head on top of a murky orange brown, with red tints, colored beer.
Smell malts, sweets, mollasses.
Taste malts, caramel, sweets, spices, light bitter, mollasses, grains, sugars and hops.
Low carbo, medium to full body, soft mouthfeel, Light creamy texture.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
At Brouwerij ’t IJ in Amsterdam. Poured hazy orange in color with fluffy off-white head. Sour aroma. Flavour mild, sligthly burnt wood notes.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
I know a lot of people who rave about this beer, but the sourness and heavyness don’t agree with me. Does get slightly better when warming, but it’s definitely not my favorite IJ
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle, donated by pivnizub! Cloudy brown colour, large beige head. Full-bodied, very spicy (cinnamon, clove, coriander), also slightly fruity and with a touch of caramel and chocolate. Complex and very nice.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at IJ Proeflokaal on 19 March 2011. Naturally cloudy brown-amber with thin, part lacing off-white head. Clean yeast and peppery spice in aroma. Rich honey, malt and fruitiness in liquid plus a citric bite. Zingy mouthfeel and lasting citric and fruity aftertaste.
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