5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle @ Exira Beer Summit III. Pours a hazy dark orange appearance with an off white head. A bit spicy, soapy, peachy, light veggie aroma. Tangy, metallic, apricot, juicy fruit flavor. All kinds of weirdness going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2012
at 21:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a rather cloudy golden yellow with nice, thick, lasting head. Aroma is quite heavy on the grassy side of the hops. Flavor is dominated by a very bitter, hoppy-citrus combination that almost veers a bit more towards the witbier/wheat side of things. From a company that specializes in Belgian-style ales, this maybe isn’t such a surprise. Very bitter finish to the beer. Interesting but not my favorite.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2012
at 14:45
6/10
Tried
on 09 Oct 2012
at 21:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Autumn Brew Review 2012. A fair amount of hops in this tripel. Sweet with yeast, but lacks the complexity of the best tripels. Well carbonated, and dark gold color. Solid tripel.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2012
at 12:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml bottle purchased at Zipps in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The pour is a brown golden, with a 1/2 inch off white head. The aroma is dark fruit, honey sweet malt, a light roast character, and ester clove Belgian yeast. The taste is the sweet malt, black cherry fruit, a touch of the faint roast, and the Belgian yeast character. The palate is medium bodied, soft carbonation, and a sweet yeast finish. I am not normally a huge Dubbel fan, though I liked the fruit and yeast character in this one. Both of the Boom Island beers I have tried are solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2012
at 07:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml corked and caged bottle purchased at Zipps in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The pour is a hazy golden with a thick two inch head that leaves behind pretty lacing. The aroma is fresh floral hoppiness, a bit of detectable bitterness and a nice backbone of mildly sweet cracker malt. Nice balance in the nose. The taste is the nose, clean fresh floral hops paired nicely with a lightly sweet cracker malt. Additionally, there is a bit of honey and citrus fruit in the flavor. Nice subtle character. The palate is medium bodied, soft carbonation and a dry slightly bitter finish. Nice solid beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2012
at 07:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
tap at the lyndale tap house. hazy orange. mild hops throughout the flavor and aroma with lightly sweet malt. I think I am picking up Belgian yeast.smooth palate. it is ok, a decent session beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2012
at 17:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Happy Gnome Firkin Fest 2012. A brown beer. Belgian yeast and malt in the aroma. Sweet, and true to style. Some dried fruit and Belgian yeast.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2012
at 12:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at SPSBF. Pours a hazy pale gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of sweet grains with a bit of caramel and toffee backed by light fruit. Flavor is a bit lighter with sweet grains and only a hint of caramel with hints of grassiness, belgian yeast and light fruits.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2012
at 17:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at SPSBF. Pours a hazy amber orange with a fluffy white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has a bit of grassiness and tropical fruit backed by light grains and yeast. Flavor has a good amount of grassy hoppiness with some backing light sweet grains and a hint of light fruits.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2012
at 17:35