Enlightenment Series The Age of Raisin
Renaissance Brewing in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Belgian Style Regular|
Score
6.81
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
basement aromas, the aroma is an intense dark sweet sugary mess. Notes of raisins, sherry, candied cherries, and quite alot of candi sugar. The mouth feel is fine, and the carb is a tad low. Thw finish is low on the bitterness scale, with a mineral sweet raisin and dark candied plum blast. Quite interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a dark brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of sweet Belgian malt with light caramel notes and some dry fruits clearly identifiable. Taste is also dominated by light sweet caramelized malt notes with some dry fruits notes easily noticeable. Body is about average for style with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Interesting but not necessarily something I would seek on a regular basis.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2014
at 13:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a rich amber colour with a big frothy warm-beige head that is foamy, still coming out of the bottle. Fruity raisin nose at first, with eventual sweet malt, apples and grassy hops. The taste has the raisins, but is quite mild. More metallic hops and then, soft prunes and apples. A little roasted malts come out in the finish. Decent overall, but not one I would have again (not my style).
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2014
at 20:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Star Grocery in Berkeley, CA. Pours very dark orange copper with no significant head. Interesting aroma - which suggests inhaling a freshly opened box of raisins. Med minus body. Flavor is darkish malt, and darkish raisin. Might be some other fruits too. This ale is pointed in a nice direction, but it seems light (tho quite dark). Nice drink, but it seems it could have been more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2014
at 19:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the LCBO served in a wine glass, deep amber red with a filmy beige head. A malty sweet, brown sugar, molasses, raisins & light spice. Medium-full bodied with a round carbonation. The taste is malty, well balanced, a bit boozy, candy sugar + raisins.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2014
at 19:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(bottle) clear reddish brown colour colour with a small brown head; faint aroma of brown sugar, dried fruit; mostly dry, light flavour with a long light bitter finish; not that interesting
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2014
at 17:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Clear brown, and a crazy bunch of light tan head on the pour. Nose of malts and fruits, but I suspect that head blocked a lot, even after I’ve waited as long as I can (delayed reward? bah! humbug!) The taste is fruit, scotch, raisin, vanilla, caramel malts. Lots going on here. I like it, but I can see how some people might not.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2014
at 12:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
Pours copper with a quickly fading head.Nose shows bready malt with melanoidin and golden syrup notes too. A faint savoury note too.Similar flavours, very malty and moreish. More bready and raisin notes. Long lasting finish.Could use more carbonation, almost flat at the moment.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2013
at 19:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Stray Dog. Exceedingly dark brown color, small tan head. Aroma of dayes, raisins, figs. Taste is sweet prunes and raisins. Interesting stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2013
at 23:40