6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Very unclear, pale almost greyish colour. Huge, dense and very pretty head. Has some of the same perfumy notes as found in most witbiers - must be the coriander - with some vague, underlying tartness. According to my label this also contains oats - unmalted? 080998
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2005
at 06:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Rather unusual kriek not based on lambic, wit or sour ale. Actually I get a more spicy sensation - dare I say.... Orval? Has the same dry spicy, bitterness - without the slightest touch of sweetness. Hazy, pale red with a small white head. Dry and rather tart cherry notes. Very quenching. 280398
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2005
at 15:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 75 cl) Dark, hazy brown with a fine head. Some roasted malt, with unusual citric tart notes. A bit vinous. Surprisingly light body considering the alcohol. 270398
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2005
at 16:53
4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottled. Hazy ruby. There’s some disturbing butyric acid in the aroma. Fairly sweet with hard mouthfeel. Low hop rate, low bitterness, low enjoyment rate...
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2005
at 02:31
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle Pale, yellow body. White, frothy head. Fully diminishing. Spare lace. Hops and yoghurt in the nose. Moderately bitter initial flavour. Heavily bitter finish. Way too alcoholic. Fully bodied, like it has a much higher ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2005
at 16:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle Ruby body. Rocky, brown head, mostly lasting. Nose of nuts, caramel. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2005
at 09:01
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Absolutely gorgeous deep-red colour; head pinkish, gone in secs. Fruit nose: is it cherry, is it grape, is it anything else? Vinous anyway, bit of tobacco as well. Grape juice with the sugars removed, fruit acids - without the tannines from the kernels - dominate the taste. Great, but somewhere I preferred their former grapes (I’m told they changed) - the preferences of the rich. Bit of cork, earthy as well. Medium bodied, acidburn, fruitesters, dry. Impressive any way to look at it.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2004
at 01:59
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Good off-white head, dwindling at lightspeed; red, hazy beer. Sourish, fruity nose with all the great acids, cherry, redcurrent, lactic, yoghurt. Mellow sourish, creamy-cherry taste, 100% natural flavours, complex in no way juice could ever achieve. Some cake-bottom tasting malts. Medium bodied, full-fruit body. Great, absolutely top non-lambic cherrybeer.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2004
at 01:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
I’m pretty sure this beer is brewed at Van Steenberge, not in Wetteren. Superfluously high head, light-brown, dense and fast retreating; opaque brown beer with reddish shine. Rich dark malts nose, chocolate cake, Belgian "truffles", bit of wood, slightly vinous. Again, sweet & vinous taste, touch of sweet chocolate and some wood, dried prunes. I’m sure molasses are used, but I wonder about spices - if so, they’re very cleverly dosaged. Velvety mouthfeel, creamy, but rather medium bodied at best. Not a heavy beer, but, along with its colour, that’s the message it wants to convey. With the body excepted, they succeeded.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2004
at 14:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
(I’m pretty sure this beer is brewed at Van Steenberge, not in Wetteren) Pale yellow - orange; very creamy snow-white head, collapsing. Fresh plantshoots (luzerne,...) nose, white candi sugar - and (I’m sorry!) pickles. Roasted caramel taste, liquorice, lots of malt, pale and cookie. Some sweetness, just a touch of acidity from the heavy carbonation. Retronasal there’s some burnt malt bitterness. Dry, (typical candi-sugar dryness), bit of "cobwebs", as they’re called here. Medium bodied. Not a bad beer. Just another Belgian "strong" ale, nothing outrageous. And THAT’s what I want...
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2004
at 14:06