Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Brown bottle, 33 cl, savoured on July 3 2007; eye: amber with caramel reflections, generous creamy beige head, slight lacing, clear, average effervescence; nose: sugar, caramelized malt, hops, fruity; mouth: in that order, creamy, caramelized malt, small dark berries, alcohol, pepper, fruity, cloying finale in caramelized malt with a good mix of hops and pepper, a bit thin, medium body, quite sweet, lightly bitter, texture is also sticky, average carbonation; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl; œil : ambrée avec des reflets caramels, abondante mousse beige crémeuse, très légère dentelle, claire, effervescence moyenne; nez : sucre, malt caramélisé, houblon, fruitée; bouche : dans cet ordre, crémeuse, malt caramélisé, petits fruits foncés, alcool, poivre, fruitée, finale toquante en malt caramélisé avec un mélange de houblon et de poivre, un peu mince, corps moyen, pas mal sucrée, légèrement amère, texture aussi collante, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : ordinaire
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Red brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, spices. Flavour is caramel, fruit, alcohol, spices, sweet. ok beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Hazy orange-gold with a dense, miscellaneous off-white head, leaving some lace. A bit sweetish, quite spicey nose (whiff of coriander?), quite aromatic. Human sweat flavour, peas, dry grain or greenmalt. Ending on a perfumey note with maybe parsley or cilandro/corianderroot. After some time, the greenery gets more piney, resiny. Medium bodied, slick, nearly viscous if it wer more heavy. Reasonable, quite perfumed beer, just a bit short of character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled (BB 11/2008)
Orange copper brown color, huge cloudy head. Fruity, crisp aroma (mango, pineapple). Bitter crisp flavor. Very hoppy (pine needles) with dry fruity notes. Tripel-like ale with long hoppy aftertaste. Nicely balanced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled at the Belgian Embassy in Oslo. Unclear, brown body with a tan to beige head. It has an aroma of caramel and spices, quite nice, but maybe a bit boring. Sweet and lightly spiced flavor as well, and a sweetish mouthfeel. A quite pleasant beer, but a tad anonymous. (070103)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle: Poured a hazy brown orange amber with bubbly cream head. Fruit and spice aroma. Nice sweet malt flavor with a slight acidic finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle: Poured a dark brown with a light brown head. The aroma was hoppy and grassy fruit earthiness. The taste was sweet caramel spice malt.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Old gold, clear; disappearing fine white head. Cookie malt, a bit liqueurish but not very alcoholic in the nose; yeast aroma. Soft-sweet taste, long-lasting sweetness, part bready, part sugar, part honey-ish - and a strange yeast flavour. Very nice soft spring water quality, very remarkable. Some fermentation off-product is toddling around, and it disturbs the balance a bit. Still - beer that has its merits.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, amber golden with a tall, dense, handsome, white head leaving laces. Soft aroma of malt and fruit - cherry plums perhaps? Very soft mouthfeel. Medium-bodied with lightly sweet malt accents. Dry finish. 200107
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Pours hazy and golden, with a good deal of carbonation, floaties and a nice off-white head. Complex aroma with apples, citrus, yeast-notes and hints of orange and raspberry. The flavor is yeasty and fruity, with hops, sweetness and some sour notes. Full body and a finish with a nice bitterness. The bottle was dated best before 20061031, and the lagering sure didn’t hurt it. (061111)