5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 157 / 420. Pours dark, but clear amber to brown. Good white head, but def. not bigger than AVG. Experienced no pop, gushing whatsoever as well, which seems very different than the bottle Countbeer had. No problems here (so far) . Smell is spiced, bit sweet, some oak. Complex ! Taste is sharp bitter, in a very buttery way ( not sure if it’s ment to be this buttery) with a bourbon undertone ( in the buttery aspect ). Some mild oak. Ok body, but too much carbonation for sure. The beer has some bitterness to it as well. What to say as a conclusion ? Well, this beer is completely off in balance. The bourbon absolutely does not match with the beer, which results to ( by combination with other aspects) an off-putting buttery flavor. think of a extreme dyacethyl-case. The undertone might be OK, but a 75 of this, alone, at this price, NO thank you ! I might be able to wrestle myself to a small glass at best, but I can buy many, many other beers for this money that are way better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2015
at 14:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle, 0.33 l - BB 12/2017, at One Pint Pub, 20151219) The beer poured clear and mahogany coloured. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had clove, yeast and caramel. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were caramel, yeast, clove, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was spicy, sweet and bitter. A but too spicy brew. A rather nice balance still.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2015
at 12:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
75cl bottle @ Shrewsbury Beer Share, Dec 15, courtesy of little miss Haddock below. Certainly the first bourbon-barrel aged saison I’ve heard of. The sweet bourbon elements seem to blend effortlessly with the sweet vanilla saison yeast remarkably well. Sweet funk aroma. I know jeremy didn’t like it but I did. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2015
at 15:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 315 of 420 from De Bierboom, Brugge. Shared with friends at the December 2015 Shrewsbury Beer Exchange Group meeting. Misty dark orange pour, off-white head. Highly carbonated, almost ’fizzy’ in fact: maybe wants another 6 months in the bottle to calm down a little? Anyway the nose and taste were a strange blend of spiced wood and toffee apples with mild citrus notes. Weird, interesting but just didn’t seem to be balanced or finished fully. OK is the best I can say about it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2015
at 06:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear dark amber. Small white head. Smell is sweet. Taste is sweet, earthy, herbal. Very spiced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2015
at 14:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle. Pours hazy dark golden colour with a huge most good lasting white head. Aroma of strong malt, floral hops, vegetables, spices. Taste of floral hops, green tea, strong malt, spices, interesting!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2015
at 14:08
9/10
Nog eentje vergeten blijkbaar. Super lekker. Complex. Aanrader!
Tried
on 09 Nov 2015
at 23:48
6/10
Tried
on 07 Nov 2015
at 18:20
5/10
Tried
on 07 Nov 2015
at 18:17
8/10
Tried
on 07 Nov 2015
at 17:54