Huge, towering butter-yellow head, slowly depositing lace over metallic clear copper beer with some verdigris sheen. Fruity aromas upon opening, dry hop, with the unmistakable (blue) cheesy notes of Sorachi Ace, here doubled with a salty hint as from fresh shrimp. Bitter, but preceded by a very toasted, near scorched caramelly flavour. The S.A. mixes in with running cheese notes. Beer is really young (*), and features some meaty yeastesters. After serious warming up, loads of liquorice. Medium to well-bodied, obvious alcoholwarming, and an oily slickness. Ah, I’ve already encountered the exception confirming the JPP rule concering Sorachi Ace. This one again firms my conviction that SA belongs in dark, strong, melanoidiny beers. (*) Retry needed

Imported from my RateBeer account as Troubadour Magma Special Edition 2012 Sorachi Ace (by Brouwerij The Musketeers):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

21/VIII/2012 - 75cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Klaas' place - BB: n/a - (2012-865) Thanks to Klaas for sharing!

Clear orange to amber beer, huge creamy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, fruity, canned peaches, sugary, candi. MF: good carbon, medium to full body. Taste: pretty fruity, bit sweet, peaches, grapes, sugary. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, bit grassy, bitter hops, alcohol, candy, bit grassy, citrus fruits, white grapes, some pineapple.