7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle that I picked up at Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Gent, Belgium, 31-10-09 consumed 10-12-09 Initially poured clear copper in colour but then a rather careless second pour set forth all manner of yeast and sediment, it was now a hazy sludgy colour. Taste is pleasantly tangy with some slight sour cherries, oak and generally fruity throughout. Some oak on the nose. Nice gentle sour tang but tempered well by sweetness with some raw cane sugar flavours. Alcohol is well hidden, nice beer. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2009
at 23:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
murky muddy brown with an explosive light tan head that fizzes out rapidly and leaves thin bubbles with scant lacing. Aroma is unique; unfinished, newly cut oak sawdust, and pine nuts. I have never sniffed a beer like this before. unique taste, like a smooth cream liquor with a bot of chili and acid (but sort of in a good way). some hints of butterscotch and light spice, maybe nutmeg. good body, very smooth. this is a strange one. I think maybe I like it, at least enough to try it again to see if it grows on me.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2009
at 07:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle at Delerium. Pours hazy orange with a small, creamy, lacing and white head. Aroma is fruity, spiced, light acidic and malty. Sweet and spiced flavoured, much like gluhkrieks. Sweet malty and distinct fruity - slight spiced note. Lingering fruity and yeasty flavoured finish. Nice complex yeast profile with a spiced and mixed fruity base. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2009
at 06:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hot from tap, Kerstbier Festival 2009. Pours murky dark orange with a bubbly white head. Aroma is spiced and apple. Sweet malty, spiced and light cherry fruity flavoured. Lingering spiced and sweet flavoured. Nice spice note.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2009
at 23:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear golden with a large white head. Sour aroma with brett and hints of lacto. Sourish flavour with lacto, lemons and brett notes. Sourish and dry finish.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2009
at 10:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. An unclear golden beer with some sediment floating around under a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of malt and fruit. And the flavor is sweet malty with notes of fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2009
at 03:39
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
330 ml bottle. Medium to dark bown with lots of red and lots of floaties. A slight lacy head. Tangy, sour aroma of green apples, cherry, dust, a bit of barnyard and chocolate. Sweet-and-sour flavor of chocolate, caramel, cherries, green apples, and dusty mold form an old oak barrel. Dry finish with sour tang. Smooth body, not very heavy. Something like a very strong Flanders red, but I can’t help thinking it is also infected. Decent stuff, though not exactly right on. Alcohol completely hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2009
at 16:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium white head over golden beer with an ochre sheen. Fresh, leafy, grassy nose, but with some worrying chlorine touches. Malty, grainy flavour with a definite wheat touch. Every new sip has a bit of spice - like dry mustard powder. Medium bodied, dry-bread aftertaste with hints at alcohol (?). One thing has to be marked. It does not taste infected... I’m relieved that the chlorine has worked...
Tried
on 08 Nov 2009
at 02:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours chestnut brown with a very small tan head and just a slight amount of lacing. Aroma is caramel candy, toffee and malt. Tastes of candy apples, and very sweet dates, with sugar-coated raisins. Not much hops leaves the malt abit unbalanced, so that sweetness dominates all aspects of this one. Alcohol is not well hidden.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Nov 2009
at 16:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep brown coloured body with a very thin, two millimetre tall tan head. Aroma of sour grapes (like a lambic), caramel, malt, alcohol and a bit of tart yeast - nice! Medium-bodied; Strong assertive maltiness up front with some wheat and yeast, then fades to a pleasant tangy character full of fruit and ends with a mellow alcohol taste coupled with some raisins and pit fruits - nice! Aftertaste shows a mix between sour grapes and a malty, pit-fruity alcohol finish - good for the style and definitely an interesting take! I sampled this 33 cL stubby bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits in Washington, DC on 25-July-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 25-September-2009.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2009
at 00:50