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Brouwerij The Musketeers
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Ale
Ursel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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330ml bottle. Clear pinkish dark golden colour with huge, frothy to macropore, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, yellowish off-white head. Fruity aroma has notes of red berries, cautious yeasty overtones. Taste is minimally sweet malty, cautiously fruity, minimally dry with hints of fruit parings; in the end with unmatching bitter hoppy overtones, minimally soapy, hints of vegetable. Watery throughout.

Mostly hops, aspirine and alcohol in the aroma, with a tiny bit of orange. The taste is quite bitter. Reminds me of the tripel hopped Duvel, but without the flowery, champagne-like taste. Bright orange color. Head doesn’t last, but there is some lacing.

33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Hogerdijk, Culemborg. Hazy amber with a dense white head. Caramel aroma with some faint hops. Nice malty taste. Nice creamy mouthfeel. Good speciale belge.

Color clear orange. Grassy smell. Taste is very thin. Watery and not what I expected.

33cl bottle. Appearance: clear amber/blonde beer, stable white foam. Nose: hops, yeast, fruits, little metallic, grass, hay. Taste: somewhat metallic again, bitter, hops and little fruits. Not that much taste in total, little bit disappointed.

The aroma is rather plain, reminiscent of a low-fermented beer. Slightly spiced with some earthy hops. Appearance is a mostly clear amber. Head was not very thick, and faded into a slight residue on the glass. Taste is sweet, and you can still sense those earthy hops above the malt. The flavors come in two waves: first caramel malt, then into a slight fading bitterness. Palate is light, and quite drinkable; not much heavier than water.

clear amber colour with a small head aroma is a little bit of sweet caramel, corn and wheat. taste is very standard for an amber beer

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Bottle from Beernavigator. close to BB-date. Pours amber with small white head. Like a traditional hoppy lager on the nose, with herb, yeast and bread tones and a touch of seet plums. A bit oily, herbs, yeast, mid-bitter and mid-sweet. Some unclean off tastes or simply a bit old. Still an ok drink.

Clear light amber, off-white head. Something very strange in its aroma and taste, like some fresh herb has been added. Something like nettles. Don’t like it.