Ardennes
Tuatara Brewing Company in Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.36
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bhensonb (22605) reviewed Ardennes from Tuatara Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle as Tuatara Golden Ale from Star Grocery in Berkeley, CA. AVB matches, and the label refers to this as Ardennes-style. Pours hazy dark gold with a 3 finger foamy near white head. Aroma is yeast, citrus and a dark herby note. Med body. Flavor is yeast/spice and something like old fashioned linoleum paste. The flavor is quite strong and very herby, with a good dose of peppery something. Net result is it starts a bit sweet and goes through an unusal flavor profile to end bitter. Unique. Or nearly so.
Davros (5279) reviewed Ardennes from Tuatara Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours pale amber with a lasting large head leaving lovely lacing.Very refreshing aroma, with definate orange peel and blossom, soft phenols and doughy yeast. Very light and summery.Belgian characters are equally noticeable in the flavours, with similar yeast notes and continuing orange peel. Very soft bitterness, the finish is cetred towards the clean alcohol and dryness from high carbonation which goes well alongside the summery lines of the aroma and flavours.An excellent attempt at a foreign style.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Ardennes from Tuatara Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft. A golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of grassy hops and yeast. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of yeast as well as medium notes of minerals, fruit, and malt, leading to a dry bitter finish.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Ardennes from Tuatara Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pale orange, white head that faded to pretty much nothing. Nose has oranges, some dough, citrus, cloves and some dank. Nice yeasty-grapefruit zest mouthfeel. Bit thin on the malts.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Ardennes from Tuatara Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, pale golden with a dense, white head. Aroma of fruit, yeast and diacetyl. Medium body with accents of sweet fruit and yeast and a somewhat tired finish. Not exactly a thrilling Belgian style ale. 050208
omhper (44752) reviewed Ardennes from Tuatara Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Clear pale yellow, near no head. Grassy nose. Dryish and lightly almondy. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Vague notes of butter, a good amount of grassy citrich hops and some alcohol shining through. medium bitterness. A good ale that looks like flat Corona.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Ardennes from Tuatara Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Very light, flat straw colour. Highly spicy (mace, cardamom), slightly phenolic aroma. Light body. Spicy character, but that’s it. I really don’t get much malt nor hop in this. There’s a reason Belgian beers have a reputation bigger than Belgian-style beers.