6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap @ De Geuzen. Copper/amber colour, white head. Aroma of malts, yeast and caramel. Flavour is malty sweet, with a yeasty bitter finish. Some metallic notes. Dry mouthfeel. OK amber.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2008
at 04:35
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 5%. Clear amber colour. Very small white head. Mild caramelly flavour, slightly spicy. Rough aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2008
at 02:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Irregular dark beige head, smallish over deep red-foxy beer with a brown haze; shards of lace. Cookie malts, herbal & yeasty; some meaty esters, as from young beer. Not really sweet, not hoppy smelling. Dry, fleetingly near wry-bitterish, with a sweetness behind that is clearly, or at least for a great part like unfermented worts. Still the flavours work out, achieving balance. Again spicy touches - dark malts, root spices. Not very heavily bodied, some alcohol. Pretty carbonated, if not as excessively as the Golden one. Rather OK, one I think would benefit hugely from some aging.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2008
at 16:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught (Bon Vivant, Riga) - Golden in colour with a white head. Very fresh and floral aroma with hops, peach and passion fruit. Fruity taste with a pleasant hoppiness with peach and passion fruit featuring again. Very nice and its taste belies its strength.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2008
at 15:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thin, fast disappearing head, despite steady carbonation from a very pale golden beer. Very dry, grainy nose, faintly spicy and yeasty. Lunaria, maybe, or medicinal dried herbs. Again extremely dry taste, enforced by the carbonation, Champenoise-like. So outspoken that one hesitates for a faint wheat-like acidity. If it weren’t for the spicy flavours, I’d think of sparkling white wine that has been chaptalisé . Szechuan pepper, dried herbs. Outspoken carbonated MF, fizzy, near overattenuated. I seem to have encountered this flavourset before - DeuS, not to name it... Did De Koninck need its own pseudo-Champagne, dinner beer?
Tried
on 15 Jul 2008
at 15:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Basically no head. Aroma: Malty, hint of hops. Burnt. Taste: Pretty malty, fruity, bitter aftertaste. Fresh. Info: 330ml bottle, 3/2-2006, 67/300, 42/500
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2008
at 11:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
11.2oz bottle–pours a rich foamy off white head and amber color. Aroma is medium malt-slight peat, yeast-clove/spice, fruit. Taste is spice hops (saaz) overrides the medium malt-slight peat/slight caramel and yeast, then finishes thin. Easy drinking. OK carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2008
at 19:27
4.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottled. Clear amber, minimal head. Ashy fruity caramel aroma. Sweet and dusty with notes of paper, vegetables and dried fruits. Simple and rather thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2008
at 02:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(3/7/08) Draught at ’t Brugs Beertje in Bruges. Clear amber with an off-white head. Weak aroma with some yeast and fruits. Sweetish flavor of some malt, yeast and some fruits. Medium-bodied. Really boring.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2008
at 09:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
750 corked & caged bottle from Sonoma Wine Exchange. BB 06.09.08 Aromas of medium dark plum and caramel. Brilliant garnet copper color with tiny bubbles and a beige head. Almost medium body with slightly fizzy carbonation. Flavor is much like an amber - lightly sweet, lightly roasted caramel. Not a great deal of bitter, but arguably enough. The bitter tends to accumulate so the brew tastes better with time. Something of a light, clean and refreshing winter ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2008
at 18:04