6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Orange-amber, bit hazy; good creamy, off-white head. Loads of coriander, (fennel?) - even if it claims nothing of the kind on the label - just a bit of cookie malt, and some aroma hops. Tast is primarily cookie and roasted malts, again a lot of coriander. It’s sweet, but I don’t trace the candi sugar. Medium-bodied, a bit too much roasted burning effect in the mouthfeel. After some time, the coriander impression leaves. But in the mean time, one wonders if they meant to brew a witbier, but added the wrong malts...
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2004
at 00:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
[Draft at ZBF 2004] A hazy orange beer with a fine but collapsing head. The aroma is sweet with notes of cinnamon. The flavor is cinnamon, cinnamon, and cinnamon, but also lovely sweet and with a dry end as well as alcohol, that runs prickling over the tongue which gives it a good body. Great beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2004
at 17:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Quite clear amber body. Off-white, rocky head. Good lacing and long-lasting head. Sweet, maltish (caramel) aroma. neytral initial flavour, lighlty bitter finish. Soft mouthfeel.
Tried
on 10 May 2004
at 10:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, best before Feb, 1st 2011 Blond, pale body. White fizzy head, mostly diminishing, fairly lacing. Hoppy and yeasty aroma (quite alcoholical). Neutral initial flavour, bitter finish. Dry mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2004
at 05:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Peach-golden beer, light (cold?) haze; white head, some lace. Faint but persistent perfume - one part white candi sugar, a bit of rosewater, and part fruity esters. Surprisingly alcoholic taste, from the beginning. Then quite sweet, nearly syrupy - but not cloying - and fruity both. Dry beer, and lighter mouthfeel than it is - tripel characteristics. This "blonde" has a marked triple-like constitution. Quite good brew, really. And that means that not only the spelling (no more hyphen), not only the label (quite artsy-modern), but also the recipe has been bettered.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2004
at 16:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[I believe this is the one I had - at ZBF 2004 it was called Ultra Ambree] The color is hazy light brown and it has a fine though collapsing head. The aroma is sweet malty. And the flavor i sweet malty with notes of yeast and coriander. The alcohol runs prickling over the tongue before a dry hoppy end sets in.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2004
at 23:38
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
A sweet fruity aroma with notes of corn eminates from this beer. The color is hazy yellow and it has a fine though collapsing head. The flavor is sweet malty - too light and simple with a thin body. I'm disappointed in this beer.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2004
at 18:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
An unclear orange beer with a fine head. The aroma is almost nonexistent, but slightly malty. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of coriander and a dry finish. An OK but quite ordinary blonde.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2004
at 17:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[Draft at ZBF 2004] A clear dark brown beer with a fine disappearing though laziing head. The aroma is sweet roasted with notes of raisins and plums. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and a dry hoppy end.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2004
at 07:17
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
(draught) Fully hazy amber-red; foxy head, quite lacey. Overpowering onslaught of perfumey "fruitaroma" - or another toiletsoap article. Taste is even worse - melted fruitsweets for overweight American children. Ouch! Sweet - with a citric acid sourness. Less natural, one dies. Sticky mouthfeel, which is tried to be gainsaid by the obligatory coldness at which it is served. Truly horrible. Thank God this one was on the house...
Tried
from Can
on 09 Apr 2004
at 00:44