3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Amber colored with a big white head. Heavy candy sugar aroma. Flavor is quite dry and sweet. Good, not great Belgian style.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy orange with a ivory head. Aroma is filled with citrus and spice, good maltiness, and some nice finishing hops. Taste starts fruity and sweet and ends with a slightly acidic bitterness. Good fruity tastes run through this beer with some caramel and good spice towards the end. Well balanced and it has a nice carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(750ml Bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy orangish-brown with a small white head. Caramel and malt aroma with some spices. Flavors of hops, sweet caramel, and some fruitiness. Thanks for sharing Patrick!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
My first reaction was that this was a sort of Belgian winter ale, but I began to pull back from that assessment. Bready, yeasty, but moderate and restrained flavors--though I was never quite sure what those were. Limping through the palate after the fizz burns off. I’m definitely not over-enthusiastic about this.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Kind of surprised to see such love for this one. Pours an orange-ish brown brew with a pretty thick head. Slight spiciness in the nose with more of a malty floral hop presence. Medium bodied but my problem is with the flavor. Mild would be one way to describe it. Nothing is really jumping out. Not in a dominant way, just no assertiveness. Okay brew but nothing to go out of your way for.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 27, 2011 I wish this was not a retired beer. I would really like to have one again. +++Sampled from a 750 ml bottle this beer poured an opaque orange-gold color with a large orange head. There was a very sweet aroma of fruit and hops. The flavor was sweet, malty, fruity and had a strong hop presence. The hops really come through on the aftertaste, especially as the beer warms up. There was a noticeable alcohol burn, but not overwhelming for a beer with 9%. Very nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A tasty ale. I drank this after the Golden Monkey and I have to say that I did not prefer this beer to the GM. Still very good, and I should like to try it again by itself before I give a final rating. Worth trying, for sure.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured a medium amber. This beer did not live up to my expectations -- it is "simple" as the commercial description states -- a one-dimensional beer with only a floral finish worth noting.
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