2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sample from bottle. Intense speculaas aroma. Malty sweet speculaas flavor. Spicy, sticky. Slightly out of balance.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hazy red brown colored beer. Beige colored head. Herbal aroma and taste with cinnamon being dominantly present. Sweetish with a mild bitter aftertaste and some alcohol warming.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
15/XII/12 - 33cl bottle @ Kerstbierenfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2012-1375) Thanks to the Belgian/Dutch ratebeer crew for sharing our beers!
Little cloudy red brown beer, small beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, and indeed, speculaas spices (sort of Belgian ginger cookies). MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty spicy, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, little sourish. Aftertaste: bitter, quite some spices, caramel, brown sugar. Works for me. Much better than cookie beer anyway.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle sample @ 18de Kerstbierfestival, Essen 2012.
Cuivrée, col beige fin.
Arôme ne ment pas, on retrouve bien les notes de Spéculoos, sorte de gingerbread, muscade.
Palais est typique et agréable de Spéculoos, belles notes venant des épices. Retrouve les épices type cardamone, cannelle, muscade avec une pointe de sucre brun. Sans être transcendante, la bière à le mérite d’être fidèle à ce biscuit typique. Encore une bière solide de Toetëlèr.
Bat de loin la Cookie Bier d’Ecaussinnes.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival 2012. Opaque hazy dark orange color, virtually no head. Smell and taste malts, (Dutch) speculaas, herbs and spices, mint and pepper. No, definitely not my thing at all.
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