6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Huge yellowish head, lacey; dark gold with shine varying from orange to yellow-green. Nose of caramel, grain, vaguely hops Belgian style. Hoppy flavour on quite sweet-caramelish taste. Flowery hoppiness is OK but not assertive enough. Belgians are afraid of hopbite. Touch of acidity, probably linked to the high carbonation. Spritzy mouthfeel. Palate is sweet. Nothing wrong with this, it just stops were it might become special. Too sweet and not enough (noble) hops.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2003
at 12:44
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Well, the first thing one notices is the ridicuolous foam on this brew. Its the biggest of any brew I have seen and it grows in front of your eyes. Perfect honey colored body. Sweet taste and very easy to drink. One can smell a trace of the alcohol but when drinking you taste none. A very very impressive belgian blonde.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2003
at 18:29
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rerate from bottle. 7 3 6 3 12 Salty, wooden, funky aroma Cloudy orange brown, offwhite golden lace Dry wooden base, a bit orangepeel, fennel. Aroma is nice, Feels a little bit unbalanced on the palate Old rating: 7 2 7 2 13 Fruity (banana) arom with some raisins and sugar. Murky brown, creamy head, but retention not too good. Fruity cobbwebs in the taste, otherwise pretty bland. Lightbodied and relatively highly carbonized.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2003
at 13:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice light golden color with an OK foam. This tripel isn't to distinct from the other belgian tripels but it isnt bad either. Some carbonation and a medium body.
Tried
on 31 May 2003
at 18:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Original rating: 5/3/03. Nice and dark color with little head. Smooth going down, similar to other dubbels but never a bad choice to drink.
Rerate 4/11/06. Almost two years has past and I have learned more about beer. While this is a fine brew it lacks the taste and palate for a Belgian of this style. 7/4/6/3/14
Rerate: 4/16/13. Wow, I cannot believe that it has been almost 10 years since I first rated this beer. This was the 9th beer I ever rated. Even wackier is that it has been 7 years since I rerated this, probably one of the first beers I rerated. So, this particular bottle has some weird code on it, 10 173 14, no idea what it means. This was one of my first gateway beers. Fortunately, its still pretty damn good. Eh, I wouldn’t say too fresh or too old. Picked it up on clearance for $3.99, can’t pass up such a deal. Strong plum candi sugar, thick sweet black bread and heavy yeastiness. Slight rye character. Flavor is similarly bready and sweet but not as much as the aroma makes you think. Everlasting head on a dark brown body. Nicely felt body but not heavy, evaporates nicely off the palate. Solid beer. 8/4/8/4/16
Rerate 4/11/06. Almost two years has past and I have learned more about beer. While this is a fine brew it lacks the taste and palate for a Belgian of this style. 7/4/6/3/14
Rerate: 4/16/13. Wow, I cannot believe that it has been almost 10 years since I first rated this beer. This was the 9th beer I ever rated. Even wackier is that it has been 7 years since I rerated this, probably one of the first beers I rerated. So, this particular bottle has some weird code on it, 10 173 14, no idea what it means. This was one of my first gateway beers. Fortunately, its still pretty damn good. Eh, I wouldn’t say too fresh or too old. Picked it up on clearance for $3.99, can’t pass up such a deal. Strong plum candi sugar, thick sweet black bread and heavy yeastiness. Slight rye character. Flavor is similarly bready and sweet but not as much as the aroma makes you think. Everlasting head on a dark brown body. Nicely felt body but not heavy, evaporates nicely off the palate. Solid beer. 8/4/8/4/16
Tried
from Can
on 31 May 2003
at 18:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Golden coloured with very little head. Vague aroma of honey melon. Sweet and balsamic with big toffee flavour. The mouthfeel is quite sharp, and the finish is clean and full of honey.
Golden coloured with very little head. Vague aroma of honey melon. Sweet and balsamic with big toffee flavour. The mouthfeel is quite sharp, and the finish is clean and full of honey.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2003
at 14:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Malt and raisin aroma, also some notes like strong black tea from the hops. Dark amber, lace clings to tha glas. Incredibly complex hop taste: A background bitternes like from bitter tea , accompagnied by a range of aromahops which fill the whole spectrum. Medium body, a tad watery exit, but all in all a really lovely beer.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2003
at 12:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very dark. Caramel aroma. Malt aroma, but the first beer with a malt aroma I like quite a bit.
Tried
on 10 Jan 2003
at 12:20
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Sparkling brown,large dense beige head. Antiseptic aroma and flavor. Possibly a tainted bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2003
at 13:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Golden coloured and slightly hazy with dense, creamy haed. Aroma of fruit and honey. Sweet and malty with nice warming malt character. The finish is sweetish with rather low bitterness. Pleasant, but not overly interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2002
at 14:34