3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
75cl bottle straight from the brewery. Pours dark ruby / brown. Big pale tan head. Nose is lactic sour, aromas and flavours are pretty modest and that’s a downside.
It’s different than the regular Generaal but it lacks the punch that other "special reservas" are famous for.
PS: I would love to cook carbonades with this beer.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
75cl bottle @ Kulminator. 27072012. Brown coloured beer with lots of carbonation and a medium off white head. Spicy malty and fruity strong aroma. Medium to full palate. Finish is herby malty and slightly alcoholic. Very nice.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Head: large, beige/off white
Colour: caramel, clear
Smell: boozey,light acidic, smells like an oud bruin, slight anuse, candy
Taste: start is bitter with irony notes, nuty, oyster sauce, licquorish, boozey, rum, end is quite dry with a boozey flavour, pretty good tough i think a couple years of aging would do miracles to this beer !
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
75cl, at 8.5%Vol, as Vicaris Generaal Special (Limited Edition), new exclusive brew Anno 2012, with Brettanomyces, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex brew, malty/spicy and slightly sweet/roasted, yet not balanced, hazy, rocky head, nice brew
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Reddish brown beer, beige head. Fruity aroma, berries, caramel, lactic acid, slightly herbal. Light tart berry flavour, malts, light honey sweetness. Slightly astringent. Lively carbonation, fruity finish. Really nice.
(Taster glass from 75cl bottle @ 5th BBF, Brugge 2012)
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
4/II/2012 75cl bottle @ Brugs Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2012-85)
Little cloudy reddish brown beer, big creamy off-white to beige head, bit stable. Aroma: red fruits, sour berries, bretta touch, bit of tobacco, butter milk and yoghurt. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity, overripe red fruits, sour berries, wild honey, little sweet. Aftertaste: sweet fruitiness, little bitter. Very nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very dense and stable, eggwhite-like head over hazy amber beer. Melanoidins to the fore, lactic acid, herbs and parsley. Spicy-sourish, with cinnamon, lactic acid, chocolate, wood, tannines - very complex indeed. Alcoholwarming after some time. Warming, well-bodied, bit viscous. Generaal is a very good beer IMO, and this is even better.
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