6/10
Tried
on 17 Jul 2016
at 14:10
6/10
Tried
on 16 Jul 2016
at 12:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Commissioned "bière de Hotton", bought at Le Pré Vert in Bastogne. Very violent gusher, spouting out of the bottle upon opening. Thick cobweb-lacing, greyish white, irregular head over a cloudy - and eventually murky - bronze-ish deep amber coloured beer. Aroma has strong spiciness of all sorts, hints of curcuma, sweet red curry, liquorish, ras al hanout, dried apricot, pomegranate, fried egg, earth, coriander seed, vague dried mint. Fruity sweetish onset, apricot, dry banana, fig, sourish berry-like touch bringing balance, medium carbo, bready and honeyish malt sweetness upon which the sweet, aromatic spiciness is built growing stronger towards the end, a bit soapy (coriander?), phenolic and liquorish-like, earthy hop bitterish accent. Typical ’overdrive spiciness’ which I’ve encountered in other Saint-Monons, and the heavy gushing did not help in my appreciation of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2016
at 13:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared. Very hazy with virtually no head. Aroma of massive herbs, spice, completely overwhelming everything else. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2016
at 16:12
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
33cl bottle shared with Kermis. Thin ring off white head. Very herbal. Hazy amber pour. Too herbal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2016
at 16:11
6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared. Murky gravy brown with no head. Aroma is pretty herbal upfront, malty, overripe dark fruit, veggie notes, caramel, and light yeast. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2016
at 14:33
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
33cl bottle shared with Kermis. Thin ring off white head. Murky amber pour. Very average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2016
at 14:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared. Hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma of herbs, veggies, honey, caramel, yeast and malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2016
at 16:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
330 ml. bottle sampled / shared with philus & kraddel. Hazy golden ,creamy white head. Nose is massive sweet soap, excessively candy, sweetness & soap like ginger in a bad way. Taste is plaster, dough, ginger, excessive sweet spices, soap, ginger, bad artificial, dough, extremely sweet, chemical soap, yeast. Yeast & soap, body excessive sweetness. This is really excessive, way too much, if I remember ingredients don’t even list spices, is this the yeast? What gives, not a fan, fun label ‘though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2016
at 07:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours more like a white beer . smell is Lemon. Bit spiced. Taste is strong citrussy. Spiced, on the Border of Overkill ( cleaning Products ) ok.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2016
at 18:04