3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Color of old gold with a fairly large white head. Floral nose. As the name suggests, hoppy taste. Bitter, floral, and with some tartness. There’s a seltzer like quality in the palate, and a hop finish. I had finished half the glass before I happened to read the "9.5% alcohol" on the label. Amazing! By taste, I’d have guessed 6% or less. Best hidden alcohol in a high gravity brew I’ve ever tasted!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours golden with some chunkies. Straw, some citrus. Hops level is moderate, I was expecting more, but it’s high for the style. Just ok.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Naked City. Pours clear golden with a nice white head. Nose is citrus and floral hops. Amazingly clean, smooth, and drinkable with a well balanced sweet citrus hop taste. Full bodied with a nice hop finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hazy gold color, large fizzy white head, lots of floating sediment. Nose smells a little off, perhaps past its best, and is very grainy with a lot of wheat and bitterness. Flavor is similarly off, yet shows banana, honey, spice, and some significant bitterness. Reminiscent of a dry tripel with significant hop contributions. Moderate mouth with decent carbonation, sweet finish in fruit and hop. Overall not bad, but there are far better examples.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hoppy, floral aroma. Flavor of a sweet, creamy, fruity tripel. Has a good hop aroma and decent bitterness. Honey flavors as well. Finish is long and bitter. The hops seem to be more aroma than bittering, but the finish works well. A big beer with a bit better hopping than usual for the style. Very enjoyable.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle as shown. Pours a cloudy golden with a small frothy white head and a lot of carbonation. The aroma is a fruit malt with yeast and caramel. Decent spotty lacing on the glass. The taste is a sweet fruit with a spicy pepper finish. Easy to drink as it hides the alcohol well. A very good Belgain strong ale from De Koningshoeven.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This beer that I had in a 33 cl bottle, pours a fine head. It starts very bitter and this taste endures some time. With every next sip the bitter gets less. Very nice aroma bitters accompany this rather dry beer. It is designed around the hops. A much enjoyed beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, Beer Ritz, Leeds. Pallid yellow colour; with a s slight haze. Decent sized white head. Sweetish aroma with yeast, hop and citrus notes. Flavour started sweetish and malty, then turned dry and somewhat floral ending up in a hopy, bitter sweet finish. Alcohol masked quite well. All in all a drinkable and enjoyable drop.
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