7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
I have a 37.5 cl bottle that came from a friendly Belgian retailer very early in the year, just now getting it out to try. For this event I am using the Trappistes Rochefort glass, my favorite for quadrupels. The arrival is a cola-colored liquid with a creamy head of sepia foam that departs promptly. The scent is full of ripe, dark fruit, some grain and a bit of booziness. The taste is good, but a distance from the best in the style. Figs, baked bread, a hint of caramel, raisins and straw. The alcohol is apparent, as is a bit of bitterness at the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2023
at 22:57
7/10
Bottle from Drinks Vanuxeem, Ploegsteert, Belgium. Pours a deep amber colour with a large foamy off white head. Aromas of caramel, toasty bread, tea and a hint of nuts. Taste is bitter with more notes of caramel, toasty bread and tea with some herbal notes, peppery spice and a hint of nuts. Big bitterness throughout that lingers on the finish. Medium body with fairly low carbonation. Decent but a little too bitter for me personally.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2023
at 22:09
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Vintage 2013. Frothy off-white fair mostly diminishing head. Dark amber colour. MOderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Very peated notes. Moderate bitter very peated flavor. Long moderate bitter fnish. Creamy palate.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2023
at 08:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Vintage 2013. Frothy white fair fully diminishing head. Dark brown colour. MOderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Cognac present. Oily palate.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2023
at 08:26
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Bier Palais Brugge. Cloudy gold colour thick white head. Diacetyl. Wow ages since I had diacetyl so strong. Settles down. Not much of a wheat beer. Some tropical melon and pineapple modern hops. Yikes. Don't like yeast hops ot diacetyl .
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2023
at 13:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty coffee caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy coffee caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy coffee caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2023
at 10:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Smell- weak malt, weak hops, tea. Foam- thin, malt, weak hops, faint bitter tones, faint herbal tones. Head is large, white-brown in color. Sticks. Appearance- interesting label, but generic bottle cap. Clear orange-amber in color, high in carbonation. From - pint Taster - malt, weak herbal tones, weak hops, weak bitterness, some gasoline in the back and faint alcohol tones. Interesting, I guess its tea-infused so I am getting that. Interesting little experiment, but nothing special so I would return.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2023
at 14:51
7/10
Tried
on 20 Jun 2023
at 16:48
7/10
Bottle from Drinks Vanuxeem, Ploegsteert, Belgium. Pours a hazy light golden colour with a large fluffy white head. Aromas of toasted grains, hay and floral. Taste is again toasted grains, hay, floral and a grassy bitterness on the dry finish. Medium body with fairly low carbonation. Not a typical Belgian Blond style beer but more like a German Pilsner. Decent enough but a different sort of Belgian beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2023
at 20:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Large foamy white head on a finely carbonated amber coloured body. Malt, spicy, fruity & tea aroma. Medium bodied, foamy & cloying. Spicy, hoppy, malt, tea & biscuit tastes with a tangy finish. Tastes like an EIPA.
Tried
on 06 May 2023
at 21:09