3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Careful with this one, the first bottle I opened was a gusher. On to the beer, the aroma starts with a strong aroma of yeasty esters as well as a bit of heat from the alcohol. It pours a hazy golden-amber, with a quickly fading white head. Very sweet beer, with a touch of alcohol heat, not nearly as much heat as I was expecting from the ABV and the aroma. Fairly thin mouthfeel, and not that much going on. Overall, it seems like something is missing.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Pours gold with a white head. Honey and light creamy sweet aroma, with some light buttery notes. The flavor has honey some yeasty spiciness, and some creamy/buttery sweetness. Not great.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 ounce thanks to Secret Santa 11. Light color. Slight tartness. Some banana and yeasty flavor driving the beer. Sugar.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
5 July 2011, bottle. bright yellow, clear, steady bubbles and foamy head. nice nose. soft belgian ale and alcohol aromas. nothing strong but it is familiar. med body and slightly fizzy. sweet, golden ale, bitter almost lager hop flavour. not very much sweet alcohol taste for a 9.5% belgian ale but still nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A lightly hazed blonde belgian ale with a thin white head. In aroma, lightly fruity esters with orange peels, coriander, creamy and smooth. In mouth, a sweet candy sugar with orange peels, light Belgian hops, loads of warming alcohol, not bad. On tap at PA Flavor, April 9th, 2011.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle, bought at Village Beer Merchants some time ago. Cloudy yellow packed full of black floaties, average diminishing fizzy white head. Lovely sweet aroma, like baked alaska - mmmmmm. Taste is a bit thin, slightly boozy, hints of grassiness, but mostly apple to my taste. Light body, a bit astringent, weakly carbonated, with a slightly papery finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Serving: 22 oz. bottle from Pinocchios. It pours a hazy yellow color with a foamy, white head. The nose has some honey, Granny Smith apples, and light grain notes. The flavor has some bubble gum, a little candy sugar, and a lingering hop bitterness on the back end. Drier and more bitter than I was expecting. Light in body with higher carbonation leading to a dry, slightly bitter finish. Simple but decent.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gold with fine egg-shell head. Aroma and flavor are a soft balance of fruitiness and phenolic yeast character. Very light bodied, with hidden alcohol. Because it was advertised as a Belgian ale and not a trippel, I did not pick up on the alcohol content or the style. Good, simple, clean.
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