7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rerate: tap @ Burg Bieren, batch 2 without the homegrown hops. Clear yellow color, short frothy white head. Aroma is soft hoppy and soft spicy from the yeast. Flavor is medium bitter, but nicely balanced with the rest of the beer and not harsh or dry. This is probably much more how they intended it. So a deserved rerate. Original rate: Bottled. Clear yellow color, short frothy white head. Aroma is a bit spicy, hint of grapefruit, grassy, earthy. Spicy yeast note, almost ginger like. Taste is medium bitter, harsh, quite dry. Grassy, hay. The spicyness doesn’t really combine with the grass and hay in the aroma. And the bitterness seems too harsh and not carried by any body in the beer itself. And again the yeast characteristics don’t help either. For me, hops could be used more in the aroma and the bitterness should be less prominent (or backed up by some more body). 4-3-4-2-6: 2.1
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2013
at 09:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at In de Wildeman. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of butter, sweet fruits, banana, light hoppy. Flavour is medium sweet, fruity esters, banana, light buttery, grassy and light citrussy bitter finish with a light tingle. Light-bodied. OK, but should have started with this beer instead of the very hoppy Oedipus Pale Ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2013
at 13:05