6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
(Completely different label on my bottle) Orange, hazy. Firm yellowish head. Nose: stange - a bit acidic - brettanomyces/'horseblanket'-like; at the same time very fresh smelling, fresh hops [i] and [/i] stale hops, citrussy. Something metallic, as well. Taste: virtually nothing from the above. First a taste as if biting in a licorice stick, without yet tasting the sweetnes. Then it 'flowers' into a hopbite, as from hopoil with a metallic tang. This tang intensifies until it gets really harsh. There is some malty sweetness underneath as well as some fruity, probably citrussy flavour, but all is overwhelmed in seconds by the metallic sensation, as going with the tongue over the opened lid of a tin can. Only the licorice aroma keeps struggling with it. It's not bad, but not pleasant either. The mouthfel is completely dominated by it. Well, I'd like to give it more credit. But this darned tin-can taste - from a 75cl bottle - is just too much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2003
at 13:16