3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Good, but not as good as the price made me hope it would be. I was hoping for something special. This is above average, but if I could do it all over again I’d spend my ten bucks on a six-pack of IPA instead. I agree with stkune below -- Just not hoppy enough to justify the name.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
750 mL bottle, cloudy gold color with thick white head, taste is complex but considering the name just not enough hops,
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Cloudy golden brown beer with a strong head. The aroma is deeply spiced, malty and bitter. The flavour has layers, it is very rich, spiced and bitter. Overall a very nice beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
330 mL bottle. Pours slight hazy gold with a white head. Aroma is fresh green apple, a mild sweetness, and a bit of hops. Flavor has a stronger floral hop presence along with biscuits and cloves. The combination of flavors doesn’t quite work and turns out slightly chalky, but despite that it remains reasonably enjoyable. Alcohol comes through a little, too. Nice solid carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 21, 2009 Bottles, (from dranken Geers & De Vits). Pours Clear yellow golden with a huge white head and lots of floaties. Aroma mostly malts and a metallic hint. Not the hops I was expecting. As JoeinUccle said before me, citrus restrains. Alcohol well hidden. Sticky dry finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 22, 2009 33cl bottle from dranken Geerts fantastic hop flavour this is a beer with great bitter beer taste. The bitterness is a bit overall but that’s good when you like the hop flavour
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A sweet and alcoholic beer with decent hopbitterness, lacking in cohesion. Pours golden with fluffy white head. Smells very pils-malty with a metallic edge, restrained citrus. Sweet flavor with healthy dose of bitterness that rolls in late on lively carbonation. Finish defines bittersweet. A bit sticky. Substantially sweeter and boozier than I’d like, and lacking in hop aroma.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a crystal clear dull yellow with a thick, creamy, lasting white head. Beautiful! Aroma is fairly typical for a blonde - that slightly funky fruity malting with oily fresh hops and present alcohol. Taste is not unexpected, then: fruity, sweet, present alcohol, nice earthy oily hops. Aftertaste reminds me of Benedictine - warm and herbal. Body is thick and creamy, delicious and amply carbonated. I’m not normally a fan of blonde ales, but this is exceptionally tasty! Many thanks to Boutip for the trade!
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