4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
a: light brown coloured body | thick tan head
a: soy sauce | rustic malts | mushrooms!
f: toasted grains | coffee beans (mellow) | earth
t: nuts | aniseed | soft chocolates
o: pungent (still...time does not seem to have done this well) | deep umami flavours | some polished sugars (pitted fruits/chocolate)
16 ounce can | Costco Wholesale: Edison, New Jersey | 03-May-2021 | US$2,75 | no can date | tagline: 'GET UP STAND UP' | sampled: 28-June-2026, a few hours before heading back to New York, and a bit longer than five years after purchase!
a: soy sauce | rustic malts | mushrooms!
f: toasted grains | coffee beans (mellow) | earth
t: nuts | aniseed | soft chocolates
o: pungent (still...time does not seem to have done this well) | deep umami flavours | some polished sugars (pitted fruits/chocolate)
16 ounce can | Costco Wholesale: Edison, New Jersey | 03-May-2021 | US$2,75 | no can date | tagline: 'GET UP STAND UP' | sampled: 28-June-2026, a few hours before heading back to New York, and a bit longer than five years after purchase!
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2026
at 04:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to chalice.
Appearance: burnt amber color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral to mixed citrusy tones, Belgian sugars, orange peel, subtle bubblegum, some banana and some clove
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a sweet to lightly spicy tone; finishes fairly sweet through most of those aromas
Texture: light to medium bodied; kinda a sipper; light smoothness and not much of that "throaty Belgian-grab-like dryness" that I would have wanted for the style
Overall: eh, there's something good here but I can't quite right put my finger on it...hmmm...
Can to chalice.
Appearance: burnt amber color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral to mixed citrusy tones, Belgian sugars, orange peel, subtle bubblegum, some banana and some clove
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a sweet to lightly spicy tone; finishes fairly sweet through most of those aromas
Texture: light to medium bodied; kinda a sipper; light smoothness and not much of that "throaty Belgian-grab-like dryness" that I would have wanted for the style
Overall: eh, there's something good here but I can't quite right put my finger on it...hmmm...
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2026
at 13:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark yellow to gold color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy hoppy tones with some grapefruit rind bitterness and some light clean malts
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a bitter to semi-bittersweet sort of quality; finishes semi-dry with light citrusy rind bitterness
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; light smoothness and light hop bitterness assertiveness but nothing overbearing
Overall: not bad, I think I could revisit this one.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark yellow to gold color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy hoppy tones with some grapefruit rind bitterness and some light clean malts
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a bitter to semi-bittersweet sort of quality; finishes semi-dry with light citrusy rind bitterness
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; light smoothness and light hop bitterness assertiveness but nothing overbearing
Overall: not bad, I think I could revisit this one.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2026
at 12:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can our at LSU tasting: orange belgian. Bubblegum, coriander and candy aroma. Light bitterness. Sweet. Standard American tripel.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2026
at 17:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
16oz can pours light haze over a burnt orange body. Standard Pale. Haze, fruit, cereal breakfast. Plenty of malt. Off dry and bitter. 6 4 6 3 12
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2024
at 14:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Taster at Central, NJ Beerfest at Mercer County Park. Hazy amber gold color. Creamy beige cap. Tropical fruit aroma. Flavor is toasted malt. Notes of sweet citrus, red berries and mild spice.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2023
at 01:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep dark amber and light brown coloured body with a nice, but very fast-fading two centimetre tall off-white and even tan head that goes away completely after a few seconds. Aroma of rich caramelised sugars, lightly toasted malts with some graininess and a dry, nutty quality with some light hops here and some small sugars. Light to Medium-bodied; Relatively strong toasted grain and nutty flavours show at first with a big earthiness and a robust dry malty and metallic like flavour with some relatively subdued caramelised sugars and toffee notes a bit further back and a light dose of fruits towards the end that shows some plums, apricots and pears. Aftertaste is very nutty, earthy, grainy, toffee-y and showing a good level of malts here with still a relative easy-drinking finish and not many pungent or robust flavours here that make this hard to get down. Overall, a nice and crisp beer with a lot of flavour and a smooth finish without much alcohol or pungency, but some solid complexity and pungency - about what you expect for the style, but unfornately this style isn't made much anymore. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Costco in Edison, New Jersey on 21-December-2021 for US$2,75 sampled at my house here in Washington on 14-June-2022.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2022
at 07:52
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Ever so slightly hazy pink and light red coloured body with a thinnish, one to two centimetre tall off-white and light tan head on top, but no lacing or long-lasting head is here at all. Aroma of soft wheat, a light touch of yeast and bread, a hint of flowers and earthiness and a more noticeable grassy and herbal characteristic, but not much at all here - no real sweetness and definitely no tart or soured elements that you'd usually get from the inclusion of the tropical flower. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and herbal notes show at first with a pronounced bready, yeastie flavour and some dough as well with a light touch of wheat on the end and a bit of a soft perfumey hop characteristic, but again no real hibiscus flavours, sour or otherwise. Aftertaste is very mild here with more of a nuance from the yeast and bread than anything else, but the grassy and light malt components do come out here, too. Overall, a very underwhelming beer and even though I knew the alcohol was light, I thought that would be a good thing - for this case, it just meant that the entire beer was mild without any real flavours, no complexity and seemingly no idea of what they wanted to produce from this beer - it wasn't dry or barnyardie like a saison and it didn't really have any hibiscus notes at all, perhaps aside from the red colour. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Costco in Edison, New Jersey on 21-December-2021 for US$2,75 sampled at my house here in Washington on 31-May-2022.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jun 2022
at 07:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. can from Total Wine, Union, NJ. Pours a hazy yellow-gold color with a huge white head that lasts. Excellent lacing. Light, sharp malt aroma. As advertised, lightly sweet malt flavor with a semi-sharp finish. Crisp mouthfeel, smooth and refreshing. Repeatable. Pretty mellow for a German pilsner.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2021
at 22:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Quite hazy deep copper and bronze coloured body with a very thin tan head that fades fast. Aroma of flowers, honey, grass, resin, pineapple and a dose of grain. Medium-bodied; Super strong astringent and resinous flavour with a lot of grain, nuts, hay and a lot of grassy notes that show some sweetness from apples and grapes at the end. Aftertaste shows the astringent and pungent medicinal notes with a very soft, but sweet flavour from fruit and caster sugar, but also a dose of dry, earthy malts with a lot more deep and resinous hops that show a lot of bitterness at the end and also some alcohol punch and a deep herbal finish. Overall, a decent IPA that almost looks like a New England IPA, tastes like an APA and ends like a dry saison or a biere de garde. Neat and good to try, but definitely not an amazing IPA. I sampled this sixteen ounce can, purchased from Joe Canal's in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on 22-June-2019 for US$2,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 09-July-2019, just a few days later.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2020
at 05:58