Calva Reserva
Brouwerij Smisje in Mater, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.09
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Brewed with Barley malt, wheat malt, vienna malt, and caramalt; Hallertauer, and Kent Goldings hops; Dark candy sugar, and White candy sugar; and Coriander, and Grain de Paradise. Finally it is aged in E.Dupont calvados cask 6 months.…
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Capital Ale House - Innsbrook on 08/27/08. Very murky orange body with a small off-white head. Big spice, wood, caramel, and fruit aroma. Very sweet, candi sugar, caramel, spices, wood, light fruit flavors. Medium light body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2009
at 18:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Muddy with tiny off white head. Sweet vinious aroma with caramel, calvados, plums and wood. Sweet and somewhat boozy flavor with overripe fruits, caramel and roasted malt. Ends with warming alcohol.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2008
at 06:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle 25 cl) Courtesy of boboski. hazy amber golden with a small off-white head. Fat aroma of overripe fruit. Quite full-bodied with overripe fruit and a rather low carbonation. Some hops in the finish. Excellent. 200608
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2008
at 10:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
25 cL bottle. Pours hazy and deep orange with a lacing off-white head. Dense malt aroma and solid overripe fruity too. Flavour is dense malt, light yeasty touch to a solid fruity note. Dense malt finish with sharp malt bite and alcohol note into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2008
at 04:02
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Courtesy of Papsoe
Cloudy amber color. The aroma has, in the beginning, some nice malt; the mouthfeel is too dry and alcoholic, with just some light caramel flavor. The fermentation has used too much of the sugars. Strangely, it has a parmesan touch both in the aroma and flavor. Disappointing.
Cloudy amber color. The aroma has, in the beginning, some nice malt; the mouthfeel is too dry and alcoholic, with just some light caramel flavor. The fermentation has used too much of the sugars. Strangely, it has a parmesan touch both in the aroma and flavor. Disappointing.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2008
at 15:35
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. A vigorous escape upon opening. Aroma of yeast and fruity esters. Color is ripe apricot and the head is full and slightly rocky off-white. Near full bodied with creamy carbonation. The flavor is quite complex. Fruity, yeasty, malty, vinous. A touch of wood, and some bitter hop. A hint of citrus, could be coriander. Overall it’s really impressive. And not a hint of heat - pretty good for 12%. This may be the beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2008
at 21:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Pours ruby/amber into a trappist glass. No head to speak of. Pit fruit aromas. Cloying and flat with sharp dark fermented sugars upfront. Rum and oak in the middle. Lasting alcohol burn.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2007
at 19:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Mahogony beer with a thin light beige head. Big apple, malty aroma with some oak, spice, and alcohol. Malty, toffee flavor with lots of apple and some oak backing. Lingering malty, apple flavor with a bit of brown sugar. Medium body. Alcohol doesn’t seem to be 12%. Nice complexity and apple fruitiness. Doesn’t have the richness and depth of a JW Lees harvest in Calvados, but very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2006
at 15:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a deep amber colour with a big off-white head. Malty fruity aroma. Sweet malty flavour with some vinous hints. Sweet malty caramel and vinous aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2006
at 02:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
brown (muddy) with little quick disappearing head. sweet barley malt caramel aroma and dark fruits. Wood/oak feel. Sweetness. Smooth, soft and filling texture. Medium carbonated. A bit warm from the alcohol. Slight Bitter and lasting finish. Exciting. Great! Re-rate March 2012. Dusty, dark fruit. calvados, caramel. Old bottle. Warmth from alcohol. 3,5.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2006
at 15:02