Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled, thanks Bov!] Cloudy amber, rich, lively head. Obvious and interesting aroma of various herbal spices. Sweet with dense mouthfeel. Intense flavours of brandy, almonds, fruit and cocoa. Really malty but with rather slender mouthfeel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
[Bottled, thanks Bov!] Hazy mahogany colour. Refined aroma of tobacco and well oaked red wine. Medium sweet. Mildly malty and very vinous with some tartness. Surprisingly light bodied for it’s size. Simply wonderful flavourwise, with slightly less sweetness it’d achieve perfection!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
I know its only a few ratings but a Standard Deviation of .8, damn. Well I guess I am not going to help it because I am enjoying this beer right now. Bottle poured into a Celebrator glass (I just got and really wanted to use it). Pours cloudy yellow with a glowing translucence but cannot see through the beer. Medium head that sticks around for a bit. The aroma is definitly in the farmhouse category. Belgiany, citrusy and grassy but with a malt presence. Taste is a bit stale, expected it to be a bit more lively fromt the aroma. Citrusy with a lemony zing at the end of the flavor. Leaves a peppery-citrusy taste in the back of the throat. T’misje blonde is a beer I recently enjoyed that was very similar to this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
11.2 oz swingtop - very turbid, amber/brown pour, with a huge frothy head - very dry aroma, with hops present quite present up front, followed by other spices (cinnamon, perhaps some nutmeg), then some cocoa and musty, slightly tart, yeasty qualities - a very dry and spicy ale - cocoa and cookie/gingerbread flavors initially - then, lingering beneath the earthy, hoppy dryness, some hints of sweet caramel and toffee - then some smokey, peat/scotch-like flavors - an orange marmalade-like sweetness develops as the beer warms, balancing the spicier qualities - super dry throughout, but quite subtly complex - quite underrated so far.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Slightly hazy orangey-brown colour. Light fruity aroma (raspberry, peach). Hints of cocoa, yeasty, with firm malty character. Brandyish as well, with lots of late alcohol. Has potential, but is perhaps a bit yeasty despite sitting still for weeks prior to opening.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Explosion upon opening. Cloudy dark tan colour. Berryish aroma with wood and quite a bit of lactic acid. Somewhat medicinal flavour, with sweet sorbitol candy qualities and a bit of tartnes. Not entirely successful, not entirely flawless, but there are remants of a good beer here. Still, that distinctive BFM tartness has been put to better uses. Here is seems to obfuscate the beer it could have been.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Extra special thanks to Bov for this! Dark brown colour. Big aroma is oaky, alcoholic and yeasty. Full body. Lots of chewy maltiness but moves dextrously across the palate. Depth of fruitiness lends style, while wood and alcohol notes provide the backbone. Fat, tangy, complex finish. This is really cool stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Black colour with a small tan head. Roasted fruity aroma. Some sourness in the aroma. Roasted malty flavor with some hint of chocolate. Roasted aftertaste with some vinous hints.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Cloudy yellow colour with a small white head. Wheat aroma with some spicy hints. Slightly sweet malty flavor with some spicy hints of coriander. Dry finish with some hints of citrus.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A hazy orange beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet hoppy combined with notes of oranges. The flavor is sweet combined with an acidic touch, and with primary notes of oranges, but also a hint of metal. Hard to tell the style.