7

@ 2018

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

F: big, egg-white, long lasting. C: dirty amber to brown, hazy. A: malty, fruity, bit banana, mineral, tropical fruits, pear, yeasty. T: malty, fruity, yeasty, caramel, bit pine, touch of grapefruits, decent bitterness, bit sweet sticky mouthfeel with alcohol touch, medium body and carbonation, this is not good balanced beer too much malty and yeasty taste but relatively new brewery so I hope they improve receipt in the future, 33cl bottle from Cora Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels.

7

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Strong 'ambrée' from this young Walloon craft brewery, typical Walloon in opting for a traditional approach and linking economical considerations to it. Slow gusher, but manageable. Tightly but irregularly lacing, eggshell-white, moussy, dense head slowly breaking in gaps in the middle, over an initially lightly hazy, pure and dark orange-hued bronze-ish amber coloured beer. Aroma of dry cookies, baked banana, chewing gum, warm toast, ripe pear, peach, cooked sweet carrots, straw, hazelnut shells, some fresh spinach-like iron, young 'jenever', cloves, dry earth, old ginger powder, dried orange peel, bath foam, honey, rhubarb compote, dough, volatile whiff of manure. Fruity, estery onset, unmistakable bubblegum- and banana-like isoamylacetate surrounded by notes of ripe pear, pineapple and peach with a notable sourish edge, medium carbonated, full, even rather thick, supple mouthfeel. Minerally accents accompany a rounded caramelly maltiness with bitterish-sweetish peanutty as well as unmistakably metallic edges, becoming a bit more toasty in the finish yet remaining sweetened by the banana ester; fairly strong spicy phenols balancing on the brink of 'medicinality' but pushed aside by floral, rooty, noble hoppiness providing a soft bittering ending, with an earthy, bready yeast note lurking underneath. Just before the play of toasty bittersweetish malts, sweet esters and subtle floral hops can be completed, however, a wry, heating, old 'jenever'-like alcohol element sets in, dominating the finish in a - to me - somewhat too obtrusive way. I can even physically 'feel' the alcohol burning at the back. Even for an 8% ABV beer, this alcohol should and could have been better hidden, I hate overly boozy beers especially at this strength; other than that, this is a decent Walloon 'ambrée', bready and yeasty, a bit too phenolic but acceptably estery - yet I wonder why the new micro brewers in the French speaking part of our country keep relying on old 20th-century concepts even more so than the new Flemish micro brewers. Of the many new Walloon micro brews I tasted in the past year or so, a strikingly high amount fits into this - granted, tried and tested - strong amber ale formula and this one is no different. Enjoyable, but a bit crude and lacking in refinement, I am sincerely looking forward to the next big thing coming from Wallonia, the region that, after all, gave us the now pervasive saison style.

5.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Süßlicher, herb-würziger Beginn. Spritzig herb, fein bitter, etwas Getreide. Okay. 10/8/7/8//8

5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Slightly unclear copper color with white head. Aroma is DMS, caramel, straw. Taste is straw, hay, earth, vegetable. Silky mouthfeel with medium, rather soft carbonation.

5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4

Thank you for sharing RB People! Sampled @ ZBF 2018. Orange, little white head. Nose is butter, plastic, sugar, orange peel. Taste is butter, candy, plastic, lemon. Just not good with all the butter, plastic etc.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled @ Zythos Bier Festival 2018. A slightly hazy orange golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of mild dry orange fruits, caramel. Taste of caramelish malt, red fruits, resinous hops, medium bitterness.

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Valduc Rio (by Brasserie Valduc):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5

28/IV/18 - shared @ Zythos Bierfestival 2018 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-546) Thanks to the ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!

Clear deep orange beer, small to no head. Aroma: honey, sweet malts, fruity. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, honey, bit sugary. Aftertaste: more of the same.

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Bottle Thnx to Jonathan ! Pours clear, darker amber. Medium to Medium large white head. Low to low average stability. White, and pillowy in texture. Medium-low lacing. Smell is medium grainy, mild perceived hoppyness ( spicy , european hops ) , low amounts of esthers and phenols ( mostly phenols ) . Taste is strong, medium to medium-high bitterness, over a malty ( ambermalt, pale malt, mild caramel ) base. Mild alcohol is noticable, as is a medium flaw of metallic aspects. The body is medium thick, carbonation is high. Phenolic features in the mouthfeel / taste are within range of the style, but could be blended in better for a more 'fresh' experience. End a bit sticky ( malt sweetness + phenolic ) Overall, a decent beer, but it could be improved by avoiding the metallic features, a tad more balance in the recipe, and less carbonation.