Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Deep golden colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, yeast, mild notes of alcohol and some wood too. Flavour is quite the same but with a lot of nuttyness and also grassy notes added. Also some notes of yeast and candy sugary sweetness. Aftertaste is yeasty, nutty and quite sugary.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Hazy orange colour, not much head. Aroma is spicy, bready, fruity, diacetylic toffeeish and some slight sweetness. Flavour is spices, caramel and grass along with some sour fruityness. Aftertaste keeps the spicyness and fruityness.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
This is another very nice brew from this brewery. It pours with a very large foamy head and an orange hue of brown colored body, where the very bottom center of the glass has a beautiful glow from the light. Otherwise, you cannot see through it at all and the head never really fades, just leaves a thick lacing across the whole surface. The head just has these little bubbles that are constantly popping, little by little, so fun to look at. Aroma starts with a fruity, esters filled brown sugar smell. There is a light bit of smoke underneath that, which I just love. Hints of sweet raisin and just a faint touch of dry herb. Taste starts with strong fruity esters and finishes with a dry herbalness and a very light bitterness from the herbal flavor. This dry bitter herb sits around for a bit and its hugged by fruity sweetness. It has a soft mouthfeel and very, very easy to keep drinking. The body is just medium, the carbonation is not strong, just goes down, as if it weren’t even there. I do not know what it is but this brewer hits the sweet spot with me.
750mL capped bottle, American label, Westy goblet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33 cL bottle. Pours brown with a dark orange hue, dense, huge and tan head. Yeasty and caramel aroma, mild yeasty spice note. Flavour is sweet toffee, dark caramel malt and distinct yeast spice note. Has a smooth chocolate note following this. Goes into a flavourful light spiced note alongside the smooth chocolate notes in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
[i]Bottle at National Winter Ales Festival, Manchester 2008 [/i] Poured hazy golden colour without much of a head, although a good degree of carbonation. Tropical fruits stick out quite prominently as does a nice sweetness and then slight tartness, some yeastiness and spices start to show also, really rather decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Manchester Winter ale festial 08 ... Clowdy hazy orange ... nice sweet orange hop ... sweet juicy in your face ... nice hop ... little tart ... lots of tropical fruit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Rich caramel amber with a big light beige head. Malty, caramel aroma with yeast and spice and slight fruitiness. Caramel malt flavor with yeast, spice, and light citrus. Medium body - high carbonation. Lingering toffee, spice, light citrus. Nice balance and complexity. More peppery phenolic as it warms.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
The beer pours with a large head but it quickly fades into an surface covering lacing first but eventually into a hairline thick ring. It’s got a very hazy, orange/copper body with a medium clarity. Aroma first starts with nice sweet banana esters and then there are faint granny smith apple skins. Light sweet grainy cereal there as well. Taste is a sort of reduced version of the aroma light cereal, banana, apple skin. Medium body with a strong carbonation. Nothing "special" except an easy drinking yet full beer.
11.2oz bottle, Shelton Bros winter mix pack, Corsendonk tulip glass.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark brown with off white head. Aroma has sweet malt, ripe fruits and yeast. Flavor does not match the aroma and is some what watery malty with plums.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled
Courtesy of bierkoning, ty Edo! Hazy yellow color, very lively, huge cloudy off-white head. Grassy spicey (coriander) nose. Medium-bodied. Quite traditional tripel: fruity (mango, peach), alcoholic and hoppy. Drinkable, sweetish tripel.