8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I think I about finished a bottle of this to myself at ABF on 6/16/07
Well, well, well, no one thinks much of it, eh?? I don’t know what to say. It’s very clean, and as I much appreciate, not chalk full of crude esters and phenols. What’s there is integrated with the abundant hoppiness that ranges from a sweet grassiness, to a zesty herbal quality, even throwing in some light citrus (tangerine, lemon). Pineapple, peach and apricot esters are about the strongest of the Belgian notes, and quite moderate at that (I thought). The malt evokes notions of biscuits, for sure, with almost a chewy, vanilla-wheat-like flavor, no doubt emanating from the careful malting and unfiltered nature. Honey grows lightly in strength, with warming, but the hops continue to balance all the way through.
For being a tri-culture of yeast, it, surprisingly, is very light on the Belgian yeast character. Though it’s obviously not intended to be a funky, exotic, Belgian yeast bomb. It remains clean and lightly sweet, very dainty, with proper attenuation, especially given how young it is. Carbonation is quite strong right now, but will settle down, and even at its current level, it hardly is problematic. I found neither flaw, nor alcohol. Didnt find the plastic, graininess or popcorn.
Very intense, white head, with strong lacing and a lemon-lime, brassy-colored body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2007
at 16:28