7.9/10
—
Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a bright cloudy yellow. Gives the aroma of cloves and banana. Looking at this beer you know you are in for a treat. Flavor is lemon grass with a nice balance of the wheat. Very tasty! Nice pouring instructions on the bottle make this a very nice white.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2004
at 22:47
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
sweet malts., orange and spices aroma. Nice taste of pears and banana, with alcool warming you up. Good body.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2004
at 12:29
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Batch #40. Poured a cloudy yellow-orange with a medium-thick white head. Vinous, pineapple juice aroma led to a nicely balanced flavor of white grape, apple peel (a touch), pineapple juice and spice leading to bready yeast characteristics and a medium dry finish of crackers and a touch of alcohol. Tripels seem to very between very sweet, fruity examples and dry, yeasty examples. This version strikes a keen balance between the two extremes. Smooth palate. Very nice.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2004
at 00:03
7.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Batch #9. Poured cloudy yellow-orange with an off-white head and plenty of sediment in the body. Vinous, apple peel aroma. I expected this to be sweet but was surprised by the very strong estery nature of the body- lots of earthy, bready flavors with apple peel and spice. Flavor is in common with many Tripels but the alcohol content of this beer is lower, leading to a smooth, creamy sip. Good stuff!
Tried
on 13 Feb 2004
at 00:49
5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Nice spicey nose with a nice white head. The taste is not what i would expect. a watered down blanche with little caracter.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2003
at 18:45
7.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2003 bottle Reserve SpecialePours a soft orange with some deeper tones of gold and light beige. Mostly clouded. Big off-white head. Fairly faint aroma of the typical Allagash belgian yeast, but has a nice almost nutty malt aroma. Begins fairly light, low carbonation and lots of yeasty flavor, body is light to medium, prone to wateriness, but a good dry toffee malt is slightly apparent. A bit of spiciness and a fairly light, airy texture. I think this beer is underated, as it is not trying to be a super imperial ultra deluxe premium crazily malted/hopped beer, but the balance is there (could use a bit more sweet malt) and it is very subtle. Pleasant honey spice aftertaste that lingers. Well made. 2004 bottle Summer Ale Is it me or does this stuff not really taste the same? Much fruitier, good light yeast notes, lightly chewy and very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2003
at 21:07
7.2/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thanks for Darkover for this one. Pours a hazy dark yellow color with a thin off-white head. Very little lacing. Aroma is very spicy with pepper, coriander and some citrus. Light-bodied and crisp with a spicy and fruity character, with yeast flavor as well. The finish is sweet, fruity and clean. This is a solid Wit.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2003
at 09:47
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(draught) Pale yellow, slight white head, lacey. Nose is citrussy, fresh orange flowers, some coriandre. Taste gives a bitter cookie-like flavour (mannah), mixed with the more classical witbier tastes. No overdose of coriandre or curaçao - OK. Light bodied - not thin. In the aftertaste, a mild sweetness appears. A better than average wit. I like the bitterish starting taint.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2003
at 10:11
4.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Batch 37. Bottle. A reddish-brown/mahogony color in a very carbonated beer. It had a weak aroma for the style. Very yeasty tasting and just not enough depth. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2003
at 20:10
8.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Slightly cloudy, copper-ish in color - no head on my sample, just a tiny, white lacing - aroma is of spices and dried fruits, crisp and inviting - the flavor is bold, but not overpowering - grassy, barnyardy notes - green raisins, some cherries, perhaps even plums - a subtle smoke flavor that I'm sure would make this even more enjoyable when I drink it in the cold weather - slight hops in the finish remind you that you are drinking and American-made belgian ale - quite enjoyable - this ranks right up there with their tripel, IMHO.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2003
at 19:29