Kettle Series Vas Deferens Ale
Caldera Brewing Company in Ashland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.52
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. Poured a dark brown with white head. Sweet brown malts molasses and mild spice and zesr.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma of malts, caramel, molasses, (blood) orange, brown sugar, hints of chocolate. Flavour is sweet caramel, sugary sweetness. Decent Belgian Strong Ale, I wish the orange flavours were a bit more pronounced.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 14:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark brown color. Malt, stone fruit (plums, hint of cherry) and roast in the aroma. Hint of matl. Malty sweetish, roasty flavor with caramel and soft metal notes. Orange. Nice, fairly complex brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
December 2017. Big Tasting at Višnja's Penthouse! Dark reddish to brown, small off-white head. Malty and toasty. Sweet. Light to medium body, soft carbonation, light finish. Incredibly drinkable for an 8.1, but I expected more yeasty and spicy aromas.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2018
at 21:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Good yellow, slightly irregular head, over deep dark veiled chestnut coloured beer. Roasted notes, quite sweetish, as raisins, liquorice, praliné. Liquorice, sweet (especially in the finish), bit fruity-yeasty. Finish has some orangezeste, rather rutty too. Feels rather light-bodied, even watery. I find it difficult to estimate this at 8+ ABV... Like watered-down Gouden Carolus, or Mechelsen Bruynen as that was used to be called. Certainly not very high-strung, the label excepted...
Tried
on 29 Apr 2016
at 11:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Mahogany color, creamy foam. Aroma: blue slightly dried plums, malt, dried fruits and port wine. Taste: wine, dried apple, pear and plum, caramel malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 03:46
8/10
Tried
on 05 Jan 2016
at 08:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ PBF X ] Petalax Beer Festival 2015 by oh6gdx, Petalax, Finland. [ As Caldera Kettle Series Vas Deferens Ale ].Clear medium to dark brown - red amber color with a small average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, caramel, nutty, dusty malt, light brown sugar, moderate yeasty, light belgium yeast. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dusty malt, caramel, light spices. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150724]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2015
at 16:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Caramel colour, firm off-white head. Bit of a gusher. Aroma of caramel, sugar, malts, toast. Sweet flavour, brown sugar, caramel, light hint of the orange peel. Very fizzy. Sweet finish, brown sugar.
(from 66cL bottle @ Dirk’s place. Thanks for sharing, Dirk)
(from 66cL bottle @ Dirk’s place. Thanks for sharing, Dirk)
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2015
at 14:00
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled@PBF X. Rubyish brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is rye, mild toasted notes, some yeast, zest and quite sugary. Flavour is caramel malts, some alcohol, mild toasted notes as well as some earth. Ryelike and mild dusty notes in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2015
at 03:00