2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
In short: A messy, yeasty, very sweet doughy blonde beer of some kind
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Cloudy blonde body topped by a medium white head
In long: The nose is overly yeasty, sweet and floral. Taste is overly sweet, overly yeasty, a banana cake, a lot of flowers, a lot of coriander, more yeast. Creamy doughy body. Nourishing to say the least, but nourishing the wrong way. Strong unfermented wort sensation. A bit gross. Was this a bad batch? By far my least favorite of the 7 t IJ I had in Amsterdam (4 on tap + 3 bottles). I can’t believe that this mess is such a popular beer in Amsterdam. If the average Dutch thinks this is an exemplary Tripel then they don’t know the first thing about beer. But I won’t tell them because the average Dutch is also 6’2”.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
a bit weird and composty with some chicken salt or maybe that was ostrich salt
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Hazy golden color, medium white head. Aroma of white pepper and straw. Taste starts sweet but transitions o moderate bitterness. Not bad.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: SEP 26, 2008 Murky light orange color, small head. Sour, yeasty, fruity (apple) aroma. Quite original, sourish flavor with orange-peel and apple/lemon. Medium-bodied, sour and oily palate.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Spicy and salty aroma. Cloudy golden, lace. Fruit, apple and mango, light spices, salt dry mouthfeel, peach retronasal.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sweet marzipan malt and yeast with spicy, flowery hops in the aroma. Hazy, golden yellow with initially strong white head that recedes to cover. Malt dominated, sweet flavour has plenty of tropical fruits and a light tartness toward the finish. Very tasty. Smooth and creamy in the mouth. Bottle enjoyed with MartinT and Rastacouere at Spuyten Duyvil (Brooklyn, New York).
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Small white head. Orange body. Acidic, lambic-like barnyard aroma. Acidic, spicy, fruity bitter chalky tobacco taste. Clear traces of brett. :-/ This is infected, just as the Natte I had last night. Yeasty taste. Probably a lot better when not infected. Should re-rate. (0.33l bottle, thanks to Knut Albert.)
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
33 cl bottle. Foggy, yeasty light golden, medium lasting head. Lightly spicy apple/banana/orange nose. Light, honeyish orangey-grapefruity initial flavor, decaying into yeasty light sourness towards the end, but with a bit of citrusy bit throughout. It’s fine, but nothing special.
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