3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Extremely long-lasting flavor that has the right amount of hops. The aroma is somewhat lacking though.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Burger Bar somewhere in the depths between the Luxor and Mandalay Bay.
Poured out a nice hazy, dull gold / orange (hard to tell with the lighting in this place) into the Urthel glass that came with it. Very nice thick white head with sticky, 360 degree lacing. The aroma was a total surprise and very enjoyable: sweet and smooth, sweet berries, almost a cross between strawberry & nectarine & melon, weakest amount of yeast. Tasty as well: seemed like a Belgian blonde with a stiff but somehow mellowed out spice, peaches, soft yeast. Seemed thick. Walked out with the glass of course. A hidden gem for beers in my opinion while traveling.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750ml bottle. Pours clear medium gold with a dense 2 finger beige head that lasts and results in great lacing. The nose is yeast, spice, malt and light floral hops. The taste is spice, malt, Belgian yeast, light fruit and a strange bitter finish that isn’t really a hops flavor, more like bile unfortunately. Medium prickly mouthfeel. Not a bad beer overall, but the strange bitterness in the end lowers my score. The hefty price tag doesn’t help either.
3.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Hop Leaf. Poured a clear gold with a full white head. Beautiful aroma with sweet banana notes as well as apples and underlying hops. Started like a pilsner with some hops and finishes bitter.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Picking out some good hops, controlled dense pale-fruit sweetness, yeast and a bar hint of funk. Spice and present alcohol. Orange and hazy with very pale tan head. One-notish and slightly boring drinking it solo but might be magical with aromatic cheeses or even belgian mussels with frites.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: JUN 30, 2009 bottle. golden orange pour with a big fluffy off-white head and tons of sudsy stick. yeast, apple and spice in the aroma. smooth creamy texture. tastes of coriander, clove, hop bitterness and an astringent salty bite to it. dry tingly finish. interesting for sure, but not to my taste.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle ah home ... Thank to Mes for this one ... sharp yellow ... big foam head ... light yeasty hop ... bitter fizz !! ... yeasty fruity hop ... alcohol shows ... odd but nice enough
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap. Extremely grassy beer and completely ridiculous alcohol content. Very smooth, I could not even taste any hint of alcohol in this potent beer, but after finishing I could certainly feel that it was more than your average beer. Hoppiness does not compare to extreme IPA’s, but is nice. The only "unbalancing" factor is the alcohol content which dictates that you should not drink more than one or two of these!
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