7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle 75 cl) Orangey golden and hazy, the head is pretty much absent. Tart indeed and tarter than the original Belle-Vue but far from the taste bud killers in classical gueuzes. This is just dry and quenching. 180494
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2005
at 09:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
[Vintage 1997 - sampled 2004] A cognac colored beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with notes of alcohol and fruit, especially peach. The flavor is dusty sweet with alcohol running over the tongue. In my opinion a little over the top.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2004
at 12:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[Vintage 1994 - sampled 2004] A hazy orange beer with no head. The aroma is lovely sour with notes of grapefruit. The flavor is of sour grapefruit and wood - the sourness draws out the mouthwater and burns slightly in the throat.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2004
at 17:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1997 vintage: Orangey-red colour. Woody, slightly marzipan-like aroma. Somewhat acetic. Sweet & sour, mainly with cherries and some sugary, marshmallowy notes. Sweet and sour finish.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2004
at 02:04
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Cloudy tan colour. Clean, brettanomyces nose. Very leathery and very tart flavour, with apple skin and oak. So much better than my last sample, which was also from Akkurat.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2004
at 01:59
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled, 1997 vintage. Dark red. Wonderful lightly balsamic cherry aroma. Firm, creamy mouthfeel. Dryish with medium acidity and concentrated flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2004
at 09:53
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottled, 1994 vintage. Hazy golden. Citric acid up front. Lively sparkling mouthfeel. The flavour is so concentrated, like fresh lemon juice, but lightly sparkling. Intense and refreshing. Damn, this was good...
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2004
at 09:51
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(This is still the real one - from Schepdaal/St. Gertrudis - but a filtered, sweet, version very much like the one these days coming from Zuun/St. Jans Molenbeek - Belle-Vue) Hardboard amber - hazy; thin white head, even some lace. Very earthy nose, wood, quite a bit of sulphur, of course Brett - also a light brown candi sugar streak. Sweetish taste, woody and candi superposed on a nearly immediate adstringent sourness with wood, sulphur and velpon retronasal, figthing with farmyard and phenolic flavours. Light to medium, some slickness. Sweetened, rough-filtered but underneath the real beast lurks. Wish it would come out and bite some more.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2004
at 12:58