6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazy orange beer with a dense beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and a touch of flowers. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of fruits, and a bit of yeast giving it a spicy note.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2006
at 14:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle 100 cl) Pours pilsener golden with a slight haze and a neat creamy head with good retention. Quite malty in the nose. Fairly solid body with a very solid malt base and a distinct bitterness. Very solidly crafted - brewpub-style. Thanks to fiulijn for sharing. 120206
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2006
at 00:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazy orange beer with a white head - unfiltered pilsener is not right, but for a different style fine. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of straw, while the flavor is sweet and very hoppy giving it a fresh grassy note too, besides a more subdued fruitiness, leading to a good bitter end. Great for a pilsener. Huge thanks to Alex (fiulijn) for sharing this seldom gem.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2006
at 17:34
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2009-03-26, 7.5% ABV, 8-4-8-4-17=41
Muddy dark cherry color. Nice aroma of malt, Bretts, cherries, cobwebs, dough. Medium body strength, but well structured, with caramel flavor, light sweetness, tartness, light astingency, light fruits. Correct bitterness, with a cheesy final astringency, light. Very good.
2005-12-29, bottle, vintage 2003, 2 years old, 6% ABV, 9-5-8-4-17=43
Cloudy dark amber color; huge creamy head; very lively.
Wonderful aroma, softly sour, a bit fruity, with a very light perception of flowers (violets). Persistent: it lasts till the end!
Medium body strength, high carbonation; it’s quite sour, with a light cherry fruitness, and most of all it has an extreme astringency, yet all the flavors fight for the balance.
Very bitter final, and astringent as well.
A big thank to Agostino, the brewmaster, for sharing this wonderful bottle, one more excellent brew from B.I.
Muddy dark cherry color. Nice aroma of malt, Bretts, cherries, cobwebs, dough. Medium body strength, but well structured, with caramel flavor, light sweetness, tartness, light astingency, light fruits. Correct bitterness, with a cheesy final astringency, light. Very good.
2005-12-29, bottle, vintage 2003, 2 years old, 6% ABV, 9-5-8-4-17=43
Cloudy dark amber color; huge creamy head; very lively.
Wonderful aroma, softly sour, a bit fruity, with a very light perception of flowers (violets). Persistent: it lasts till the end!
Medium body strength, high carbonation; it’s quite sour, with a light cherry fruitness, and most of all it has an extreme astringency, yet all the flavors fight for the balance.
Very bitter final, and astringent as well.
A big thank to Agostino, the brewmaster, for sharing this wonderful bottle, one more excellent brew from B.I.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2006
at 08:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the brewpub
Hazy amber color; thick creamy head. Spicy aroma, of cloves above all. Smooth taste, low carbonation (hand pumped, I don’t know if it can be considered cask conditioned), warm, well bitter, partially malty, some sweetness, delicate spices. Good, not extreme. Long final.
Hazy amber color; thick creamy head. Spicy aroma, of cloves above all. Smooth taste, low carbonation (hand pumped, I don’t know if it can be considered cask conditioned), warm, well bitter, partially malty, some sweetness, delicate spices. Good, not extreme. Long final.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2006
at 08:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tasted at Belgium Comes to Cooperstown, July 16, 2005. Deep hazy blonde with a thick foamy white head. Faint berry aroma of currant. In mout, sour berries domine the mouth, with orange peels, and currant in finale. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2006
at 19:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown color; creamy thick head. Delicate roasted malt and coffee aroma; quite strong yeast. Very smooth, quite sweet, nice roasted malt, leading to the final.
Tried
on 20 May 2004
at 20:44
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
An orange beer with no head. The aroma is sour, malt, and hops. The flavor is sweet malt, caramel, and somewhat flat.
Tried
on 05 May 2004
at 16:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Exaggerately huge head, collapsing. Amber coloured with some pink-yellow shine. Nose is fruity, blackcurrant, but also a smell from Belgian 'ossewit' - purified cattle-fat for deepfrying. Taste is full of fruity flavours - peach, unripe brambles, anything (as it's often the case) BUT cassis. Sheesh. Retronasal lactic acid. Medium-bodied, no acid-burn. Nice beer, fruity beer, decent, but has it anything to do with blackcurrant?
Tried
on 11 Aug 2003
at 12:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Colour is foxy-orange, very little head, cream-white. Nose: DIACETYL!! D*MN! Taste is diacetyl again, but thank God, less. Hoppy flavour, resembling English hops - some English bitters have some levels of diacetyl too, indeed. Mouthfeel is also a little oily. Good body. There is no escaping the diacetyl flavour, not in the aftertaste neither, even not with all the hops here. What can I say? If I get hold of another bottle, I'll try again. When will they learn the merits of lagering and warm/cold storing?
Tried
from Can
on 25 Feb 2003
at 10:55