7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy golden beer with a fine white rim. Heavy phenolic nose, tarry. Misses a bit of backbone, or... some melanoidins? Sweet, faintly smoked, bit of pineapple and smoked malt in combination. Bit empty MF, aftertaste has again some phenols, but nothing to equal the nasal impression. Pol, I think that smoked beers can be superb - but they sorely need backing, as from malt - or better, dark malts.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Oct 2012
at 03:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Small, lightly pinkish head, fast gone over hazed, well-carbonated light orange-pink beer with a faint ochre sheen. End of bottle solid yeast. Very dry-fruity, even faintly spicy nose. Dry leaves, dried flowers, including very possibly roses. After some time, smell of mint. Dry-spicy flavour. Very faint fruit and lots of - slightly musty - grain. Bit herbal, not vinous as the Capt. Lawrence. Light body, refreshing, feels very spritzy. Despite its light body and light sourishness, not one to keep drinking. Missing a bit of the fruitiness and of course the vinous character from the Bretts as displayed in the Capt. Lawrence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2012
at 03:50
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Small snowwhite head over hazy peach-golden beer. Dry chilies, powdered (green) chili. Fiery, if not really exaggerated chili, and the problem with this as with similar beers: leaving no room for anything else to note. Bit grainy, if you insist. MF as expected: fiery. For the enthusiasts. To me, chili belongs in food, not in beer. Just as coriander!!
Tried
on 07 Oct 2012
at 03:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Zwarte Pol (by Brasserie Inter-Pol):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
6/X/2012 - 75cl bottle @ Modeste Bierfestival (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2012-1112)
Clear dark brown beer, aery off-white head, unstable, little adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, caramel, fudge, dried fruits, chocolate, hint of mocha, little earthy, alcohol. MF: ok carbon, medium bdoy. Taste: some dried fruits, caramel, mocha, pretty bitter, little sourish touch. Aftertaste: dry and hoppy, some dark chocolate, alcohol is pretty noticeable.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
6/X/2012 - 75cl bottle @ Modeste Bierfestival (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2012-1112)
Clear dark brown beer, aery off-white head, unstable, little adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, caramel, fudge, dried fruits, chocolate, hint of mocha, little earthy, alcohol. MF: ok carbon, medium bdoy. Taste: some dried fruits, caramel, mocha, pretty bitter, little sourish touch. Aftertaste: dry and hoppy, some dark chocolate, alcohol is pretty noticeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2012
at 10:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Peated Pol (by Brasserie Inter-Pol):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
6/X/2012 - 75cl bottle @ Modeste Bierfestival (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2012-1089)
Little cloudy blond beer, big aery white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: musty, stale, wet grains, no smoke though. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of smoke! Little sour, apples, grains, slightly bitter, wheat? Aftertaste: smoky, citrus, bitter, grassy hops, bit watery.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
6/X/2012 - 75cl bottle @ Modeste Bierfestival (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2012-1089)
Little cloudy blond beer, big aery white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: musty, stale, wet grains, no smoke though. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of smoke! Little sour, apples, grains, slightly bitter, wheat? Aftertaste: smoky, citrus, bitter, grassy hops, bit watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2012
at 10:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Witte Pol (by Brasserie Inter-Pol):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
17/VI/2012 - 75cl bottle from La Vieille Forge/Grand Café (Houffalize) @ Akke's BBQ - BB: 5/I/13 (2012-635)
Cloudy yellow beige beer, small white head, unstable, dissipates immediately, non adhesive. Aroma: little sweet, lots of orange peel, some spices, grains, coriander. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of spices, coriander, bit sweet, citrus, pretty watery though. Aftertaste: some coriander, watery finish. Meh.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
17/VI/2012 - 75cl bottle from La Vieille Forge/Grand Café (Houffalize) @ Akke's BBQ - BB: 5/I/13 (2012-635)
Cloudy yellow beige beer, small white head, unstable, dissipates immediately, non adhesive. Aroma: little sweet, lots of orange peel, some spices, grains, coriander. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of spices, coriander, bit sweet, citrus, pretty watery though. Aftertaste: some coriander, watery finish. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2012
at 09:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Very creamy head with a little greyish sheen, fluffy, over dark brown beer with reddish reflections. Nuts and sesame oil, very markedly; soy saus, suggesting mild sweetness. Dry, charcoal-like, spinach, and a marked finish of liquorice. Ends on sweetish lactic. Medium bodied, slick. I like this, the more as milk stout counts as an endangered species. I caught the lactose, but not the cacao powder.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2010
at 13:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Good fine white head over near-clear yellow-golden beer. End of bottle more haze. Coriander, citrus, wheat, very classical, nowhere exagerated. Citrus dominant in the flavours, coriander only comes out in the finish. Quite refreshing, wheat slickness. Overall is as the nose has been defined: classical, but integrated, not too much coriander, OK white, maybe as an old Celis witte.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2010
at 13:18