7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
cellar leftover i assume 2012 pours fuzzy brown, small white , very fast fading white head smell is sweet ( sugar and maltyness ) way to high carbo . very boring, typical taste . sugary, sweet, malts, ... but with a good earthy back wich makes this better than most other christmasbeers.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2013
at 13:30
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle: Cloudy, yellow-orange...floaties....tall, frothy white head. Sour orange aroma. Taste is tart, dry, sticky orange/banana/peach.... Ok, just a bit too tangy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2013
at 11:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Very good snowwhite head with lacerings. Veiled, but bright-orange beer. Spicy, citrussy, very yeasty nose with "young" esters. Fresh bitter oranges. Spicy-bitterish, with again, a fruity orangey sweetness in the background. Finish is a bit empty, but the very cold serving temperature wasn’t helping here. Warming up, I get citrus, mainly oranges if a bit unripe ones. Medium bodied (4%!!), slick. Hint at alcohol, which surprises me no end. Not half bad! If it keeps in the bottle, it might develop even better, if the low ABV doesn’t prevent it. The peppers give spicy bitterness, but no real heat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2013
at 23:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Smisje Big Bayou (by Brouwerij Smisje):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
5/X/13 - on tap @ Modeste Bierfestival (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2013-921)
Clear orange beer, big fizzy foamy head, bit stable, little adhesive. Aroma: soapy, spices, hay, grains, wheat (?), bit sourish, weird in an interesting way. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: spicy start, well, that came as no surprise of course, citrus, little bitter, grassy, sourish touch. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, citrus, little spicy, hay, weird touch, not bad!
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
5/X/13 - on tap @ Modeste Bierfestival (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2013-921)
Clear orange beer, big fizzy foamy head, bit stable, little adhesive. Aroma: soapy, spices, hay, grains, wheat (?), bit sourish, weird in an interesting way. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: spicy start, well, that came as no surprise of course, citrus, little bitter, grassy, sourish touch. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, citrus, little spicy, hay, weird touch, not bad!
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2013
at 11:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden orange spiced yeast grassy littlr citrus good bitterness dry Dorata schiuma piuttosto abbondante buona persistenza persisteza note di cereale erbaceo discreto malto un tocco luppolato amaro discreto
Tried
on 28 Sep 2013
at 10:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
19th January 2013
Bottle opened with an air gun crack but no gushing! Opaque dark brown beer with a medium size pale tan head. Palate is slightly soft but with decent carbonation. Airy creamy malt. A little wood. Mellow semi sweet cognac with well integrated generic fruits. Mild minerals and a touch of lactose. Bittersweet cognac to finish.
Bottle opened with an air gun crack but no gushing! Opaque dark brown beer with a medium size pale tan head. Palate is slightly soft but with decent carbonation. Airy creamy malt. A little wood. Mellow semi sweet cognac with well integrated generic fruits. Mild minerals and a touch of lactose. Bittersweet cognac to finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2013
at 05:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the Leiderkerke Beer Festival. Glowing, pastel orange-gold, foamy, fine head. Cloudy. Nose of minerals, vinegar, lemon. Very tart, yogurt. Strange flavor, sour, cabbage, sourdough bread, lemon, vanilla, a bit of vinegar. Fascinating, creamy, lactic, hoppy, citric. Strange, probably off, but nice.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2013
at 05:59
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Apparently, this was meant to be a Halloween beer. This becomes clear with the use of pumpkin in this quadrupel/barley wine-like dark and spicey ale. Quite a unique beer and very good.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2013
at 15:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Taste like a bitter ale with some herbs and spices. Nice beer, but lacks the complexity of the older Smisje beers.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2013
at 15:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Good Belgian take on the imperial stout style. With the usual dark coffee and chocolate, but with a sweet Belgian twist of yeast and raisin.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2013
at 15:15