8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Beautiful appearance: hazy orange golden color, big frothy and creamy head, lasting forever. Aroma is hoppy, a bit tart, some cinnamon, some citrus. Taste is sweet, caramel malty, very soft, but also sparkling on the tongue, because of the high carbonation. Even, when you taste without smelling the beer, it almost tastes like an abbey double, but then a refreshing double with some triple notes like citrus and some dry hops. Complex beer and very nice!
Tried
on 04 Mar 2004
at 14:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy redbrown color, thick lasting head. Aroma is fruity black currant, sweet malty, raisin. Same kind of taste, soft and creamy. Lasting creamy palate. Nice brew.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2003
at 04:38
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Looks decent, purple/pink with a slight pinkish head - the smell and taste is all sour, sour, sour - dry and earthy - can't taste any cherries at all - their tripel is much, much better.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2003
at 18:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
The label looks like police tape stuck on a bottle - Tart aroma, with some hops and spices - cloudy golden with not much of a head - the flavor is extremely hoppy for the style, like a pale ale/tripel hybrid - slight sweetness, some yeast and fruit notes - a unique surprise is lurking in this brew in the form of a black coffee-like flavor which adds a very interesting element to the beer - the hops dominate the finish, but there is a decent malt backbone throughout - I'm not that impressed with what the European microbreweries have done so far, but this is a decent beer - I don't like it as a tripel, but if I put that aside I think it's a quite good - give it time and it will grow on you.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2003
at 19:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Radek touched the cork lightly and it exploded out of the bottle, putting a dent in his ceiling. With loud noises and swiftly flying projectiles in the air, former Ratebeerian Turbo exited the room with a quickness. The beer did some foaming, but soon settled down. But it was clearly agitated, as evidenced by the chunks of yeast floating around in my glass. The opaqueness set off the straw colour, giving it life. The head calmed down to a thinnish, but rocky formation. The aroma was all yeast, then yielded to spices, alcohol, and a slight hint of fruitiness (cherry). The pale malts on the palate somewhat came off as cloying, with notes of honey, alcohol, peaches, white pepper and yeast. Rough and ready version of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2003
at 07:37