8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
[2000 brew, 5.6% ABV] Amber ale. Very nice hop aroma, lightly spicy, fruity. Lovely flavour, balanced in sweetness and bitterness, with prevalence of hop in the final; dry. Long aromatic palate. The basic ingredients, malt and hop, but brewed with real Art.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2002
at 15:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
big, stable head - beats me why they designed their glas like that - you wait ages for the foam to recede. Beautiful golden color, a bit flowery aroma, but a very anonymous taste.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2001
at 04:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
gets better with age........................................................
Tried
on 26 Jun 2001
at 08:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Re-rate from cellared bottle, best before 15.10.02 Citrus, caramel, bubblegum and cheap brandy nose. Cloudy dark amber, no head. Sweet peach flavors, caramel body,light peach aftertaste. lightbodied, but pleasant. This beer has really improved by waiting a bit, fresh Blanche de Noel is almost completely indistinguishable from regular Blanche de Namur.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2001
at 08:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice refreshing wit - be sure to get it from tap if you can.................
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2001
at 08:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rerate from aged bottle - 1992 Lactic green cheese and sweet spicy aroma. Cloudy amber, low head. Complex caramel and sugar sirup flavor, chocolate, spices and a tad green moss on top. Oily mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2001
at 08:43
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Dryish , yeasty character. Restrained example..............................
Tried
on 25 May 2001
at 10:56
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
I sampled this at 15 years old at Akkurat in Stockholm (worth the airfare, by the way). The nose was predictably alcoholic, and the palate was full of chewy malt flavours. Probably a little old for its own good, but developed some good complexity nonetheless.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2000
at 23:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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Tried
on 21 Nov 2000
at 19:55