7.5/10
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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.
11.2oz bottle, Shelton Bros winter mix pack, Corsendonk tulip glass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2008
at 20:40
6.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2008
at 14:13
6.6/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2007
at 11:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy amber. Sweet spicy aroma with notes of yeast and hops. Sweet yeasty flavor with corriander that ends mildly bitter. Refreshing.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2007
at 16:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a hazy orange with a huge white head. Aroma is a very sweet fruit with some caramel and a touch of yeast. Flavor is heavily spiced with some nutmeg and lemon peel. Finish is a bit bitter and candi sugar. A bit different but nothing earth shaking as its kind of a one trick pony with all the spice. More of a spiced ale than anything.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2007
at 22:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@Kerstbierfest, Essen. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is malts, grass, hops and some mild spices. Flavour is spices, caramel malts, some fruits, yeast and earth. Pleasantly balanced, but not sure where the Christmassy notes are.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2007
at 04:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Hazy orange colour, big white head. Aroma is glue, grass, some malts, slight notes of floweryness too. Flavour is grass, hops, spices, yeast and a bit wooden. Wellbalanced and quite pleasant tripel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2007
at 06:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Vintage 2004 sample Good cream-coloured head; bright copper-chestnut beer. Oxydized malts, expensive delight cookies, caramel to the fore. Sugesting sweetness - and a lot. Taste showing its age - chocolate, more cookies, caramel, madeira. Still pretty well in shape - some higher alcohols obvious. Slick, a bit oily & well bodied. Carbonation is still 100% OK, even imposing itself. Nice to try one that I overlooked so far.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2007
at 06:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hazy dark amber brew, with a small, fizzy, off-white head - the aroma is fairly yeasty, with a strong caramel sweetness, candied dark fruits (fig, raisin), and background wintery spices (nutmeg) - not as yeasty as I thought it would be based on the aroma, but a moderate yeasty character remains in the background throughout - a bit peppery/spicy at first, which dies down fast, but a mild warming spice character remains in place as some dark fruit and chocolate flavors become dominant - strong caramel and fig sweetness finishes thing off, but a strong spiciness persists, coupling with moderate alcohol to make the beer fairly warming - a tad too sweet, though - rather subtle, and lacking some depth, but quite nice for the cold weather.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2007
at 19:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep amber into a tulip. Offwhite head quickly subsides to skim surface. Honey and spice aromas. Quite thick with upfront honey and a lasting winter spice finish.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2007
at 19:45