Horny Devil
(has 2 batches)

Marked at 11% abv. Enjoyed a 750mL of this to myself while watching the F1 race. Aroma is of coriander, sugar, spices and yeast with a bit of copper. Pours a clear yellow with a nice, creamy head and a lot of small particles floating around in the body. Some alcohol legs left clinging to the glass. Pretty darn good belgian lacing. Wow, a nice strong hit of flavor, a great drink. Alcohol and then coriander and belgian tripel (type) goodness. Quite clean tasting. Watery mouthfeel with light carbonation.

750 mL bottle at the 5th Annual Epic Beer Tasting in Richmond, VA, November 28, 2010. Pours a hazy pale yellow color with a large frothy white head. Good head retention and lacing. Dry bready and yeasty aroma with pear and peach notes. The taste is peach, pear, bread and yeast. Medium-full bodied.

A Belgian strong that is probably better described as a wit, no matter how high the abv. Abundant coriander and wheat in the aroma. Flavor is sweet and has all of the qualities of a wit, coriander, citrus, kind of an herbal character almost like a gruit. Some sugar in the flavor as well, on the sweet side and the high abv is hidden well. Thanks to Skyview for sharing.

750ml bottle. 2006. Heavily sweet to the point of being less than enjoyable. Fizzy, white head that diminishes. Body is medium yellow. The aroma is sweet with sugar candy, apples and sweet fruits with a note of flowers. The flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic and lightly bitter. Thin to medium body, watery texture. Flat carbonation.

2006 bottle: Pours a hazy copper color with a thick and foamy off-white head that diminishes slowly. Patchy lacing. Coriander, orange peel and yeast in the nose. Medium-bodied with a sweet character. Flavors of Belgian candi sugar, yeast and sweet spices are all present. Touches of alcohol and malt are present as well. The finish is sweet sugar and spice and lingers a bit. Overall this is an enjoyable Belgian, although it does not quite live up to the standard set by Alesmith’s other beers. It swings a little too far on the sweet side so the complexity suffers a bit as a result. I would get this again but the price would make me think twice.

Cloudy deep gold,fast fading beige head. Fruity alcohol nose.Starts sweet, then orange peel bitterness and spice.Lacks carbonation Not their best offering!!

Fruity, candy aroma typical of a Belgian tripel. Which this isn’t. Darkish gold color with a white head that rapidly diminished. Medium bodied with slightly fizzy carbonation. Lots of fruit, likely coriander spice, a wee bit of heat. Almost refreshing. The finish is a little sweet, and there were banana notes in a light way. Not much in the way of bitter, just a little along the edges of the tongue. Interesting, tasty. Arguably clean, assuredly smooth.

Poured a transparent straw gold with a white head that quickly disappeared. Lots and lots of cardonation, evident in look, smell and taste. Aroma of bananas, candy and faintly of oranges. Flavor is heavy on the yeast, spicy with a strong flavor of champagne grapes. Finish is flat and a little stale in the mouth. Got this because is was AleSmith, but I wouldn’t recommend it to others.

Bouteille, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur dorée et légèrement voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (agrumes et pelures, léger de pommes, notes d’abricots et de poires), malté de caramel très doux et de sucre bonbon, d’alcool moyen, moyennement épicé (coriandre, léger de clou de girofle, traces de poivre) et avec des notes de houblon floral et herbeux. Plutôt ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement crémeuse et sirupeuse. Goût de levures fruitées aux faibles notes acides (agrumes et pelures, orange bonbon, léger de pommes vertes, notes d’abricots et de poires, traces de pelures de bananes) et épicé (coriandre, notes de clou de girofle et de cannelle) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté assez sucré de sucre bonbon et léger de caramel doux (notes de pain et de miel) parallèlement à un moyen goût d’alcool réchauffant puis en finale, l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume de houblon floral et herbeux ainsi qu’un goût asséchant de levures épicées (léger de poivre). Post-goût long et moyennement sec, moyennement amer d’alcool, de levures et de houblon floral et herbeux avec un goût fruité (zest et pelures d’agrumes, pelures de pommes).

Pours liquid amber into a tulip. Head quickly subsides. Sweet candi aromas. Dry coriander and caramel. Very similar to a Stille de Nacht, but less full bodied. A very close second.