Xbalanque
Totem in Evergem, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: BryggjaLager - Imperial Pils Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.94
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77ships (14506) reviewed Xbalanque from Totem 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10
Sampled @ ZBF 2016. (Thank you for sharing RB people!) Very hazy orange, milky golden orange, thick creamy tanned head. Nose is raw hops, raw almst wort-like in a good with strongly herbal pine, cow fodder, bit milky with clear & pleasant raw dough malts. Taste is raw, milky raw wort, raw dough malts, raw herbal oily hops, boozy, raw, grainy, thick malt bodied. Raw herbal, wort-like, pleasant sweetish malt that balances the whole, faint grain alcohol. Intense, raw & fascinating, very brave beer & something fascinating and new. Remember preferring the home brew version (remember these also being radically different), this one is raw, brave & chllaging. Lovely brew. 330 ml. bottle @ Gollem. This one has matured & grown really well, less raw, very balanced & beautiful now. Dark amber, creamy white head. Nose is leafy hops, low dark bread, malt sweetness. Taste carries a lovely sweet bread profile with caramel, toffee, very pleasant, nice sweet grain, very round, hops are easier in the back. Very creamy lovely. Upping the score to 4.5/5 from 4/5. Delicious treat.
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Xbalanque from Totem 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hazy yellow color with small white head. Aroma is sweet-tart fruits, some funk even. Taste is sweetish-fruity. Medium-bodied, oily mouthfeel. Alright.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Xbalanque from Totem 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Totem Xbalanque (by Totem):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
12/III/16 - on tap @ Bierfestival Wieze - BB: n/a (2016-265)
Clear deep blond to orange beer, solid dense creamy yellowish head, stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: very malty, grains, no cow fodder though, little sweet, some caramel, hint of grapefruit. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body, smooth texture. Taste: malty start, grains, pretty bitter, somewhat sweet, slightly sourish, clean grassy taste. Aftertaste: bitter, some grapefruit, grains. Probably the first real "imperial pils" I've ever had. Not like most ones in this category, which are either an IIPA that's been made through low fermentation, or a cheap dirty pilsener of which the abv has been amped up with sugar or corn syrup. :p Also: damn, I should have entered my rating earlier! A Polish ratebeerian, really? :p