Kagua Rouge

Had this bottle maybe for a year, so it has aged a bit. Very fizzy, lot of foam. Colour is dirty reddish brown. Aroma is really up to your face, full of soft herbs, sweet sticky herb liquor. Taste is fizzy, some herbs, candy sugar. Aftertaste long, some hoppy spikes of bitterness, alcohol. Very Belgian. Good!

Bottle at Brew, Bangkok. Poured a murky dark brown with a frothy white head. The aroma is sweet malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a floral hop spicy palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.

Sehr süßer Geruch, der im Antrunk nur bedingt erkennbar ist. Deutlich fruchtig mit leichter Süße, süffig, speziell mit seinen Gewürznoten. Süß herber Nachhall. 10/9/9/8/9/9

Very dark red and brown in colour with a thin tan head, some larger bubbles rising from the bottom and a thin layer of sediment. Deep super pungent aroma of alcohol, spice, rice, black tea and more super strong flavours. Medium-bodied; Ridiculously strong black, roasted tea flavours with rice, alcohol and spices all noticeable. Aftertaste is pungent, potent and hard to swallow with the nuts, earthiness, smoke and especially tea flavours all hitting hard and strong. Overall, a decently made beer for sure, but the flavours and pungency surely wasnt what I was looking for. I think this might a japanese type of flavour (sort of up the umami alley) than geared for americans, but I’m glad I tried it, even though I didn’t care for it at all. I sampled this 33 cL bottle for the expensive (but still super affordable given I’m from the USA) HK$55,00 from City!Super in Harbour City, Kowloon, Hong Kong on 20-June-2014, sampled a few hours later in my hotel room in Wan Chai, Hong Kong on 20-June-2014.

How: Bottle.
Where: Tasting at omhper 20140516.
Appearance: Hazy brown colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Rose pepper, coriander, spices.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Pepper, spices, coriander.

Bottled. Hazy copper/amber, gushing head. Interesting aroma of rose pepper and sichuan pepper. Mid sweet, medium body, rounded mouthfeel. Orange, butter and sichuan pepper. Warming finish.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Kagua Rouge (by Far Yeast Brewing Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

29/IX/2012 - 33cl bottle @ De Graal brewery (Brakel) with the Gentse Biervereniging - BB: n/a (2012-1094) Big thanks to Geertrui and Wim for the sample!

Little cloudy red brown beer, small beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: citrus, fruity, lemony, cleaning product, bit sugary, yellow fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: caramel, bit sweet, floral, little bitter, some mocha, bit soapy. Better than the white version.

Bottle from tne brewery. Cloudy red-orange, tall, rocky head. Lots of sansho, caramel, apples, very spicy Belgian yeast. Coriander. Huge coriander. Ridiculously spicy, caramel, apples, chocolate, bitter spice finish. Very sweet too. Better with food, but not as good with it as the blanc. I guess coriander and sansho both, but it is hard to tell. Not bad, but too spicy and sweet, boozy too. Bit of raisin. Too permumey. Rich, sweet malt covers up the food flavors too much. Either this has gotten more spicy, or else my tolerance has faded! Bottle at Watering Hole, 2012: 7/4/7/4/15. Pretty red color, a bit cloudy, lacy head. Nice nose: big sansho, but it works, caramel, cherry, fruity. Soft, fine carbonation and lovely body. Nicely fruity, not too sweet, not too spicy, good bitter finish. Quite lovely really, with good balance and temperate use of the spice. Just a bit astringent in the finish, probably from spices. Great mouth feel.