4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pour is the color of sunshine with a big white head. Aroma is wheaty but very hard to detect. Flavor is extremly weak. Almost like drinking water with a bt of lemon in there. Very sub-par.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2005
at 19:56
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pour is a dull yellow with a white head. Aroma is almost non-existant. Flavor is more malty than hoppy and i agree with most reviews here that this is fairly average.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2005
at 18:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle Pours a cloudy orange with a medium sized off white head. This quickly dissipates leaving silky smootin lacing. Slightly sour citurs aroma with a little musty yeast notes as well. Flavors are similar dry and begish yeast flavor with some lemon and orange flavors as well. Strange flavor. Nice soft carbonation. Astringent trailer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2005
at 15:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
POur is a very hazy off orange with a frothy white head. Aroma is a bit lemony with notes of vanilla. Flavor is yeasty and caramel with lots of sweetness throughtout. You get a nice dose of wet hops on the end of the swallow. Vey tasty and quite unique.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2005
at 19:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Didn’t expect to like this one quite as much as I did... All told, out of the bottle it looks about like a cross between an amber ale and a wheat beer. Nice amber/orange color with a lot of haze. Lemony nose. Body is rather crisp and ends with a slight citrus twist at the end that is refreshing. Definitely worth trying...
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2005
at 22:17
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
2004 bottle compliments of csbosox who sent an incredible assortment of stuff I’ve never tried. Anyways, I got all excited before opening this only to have the usual New Belgium disappointment. I don’t know what it is, they filter the absolute lifeblood out of this. They should win an award for most filtered beers. Beyond that it’s got a decent raspberry and brown caramel and toffee malt flavor, but it’s just so mediocre. Like a brown ale with a touch of raspberry puree. Great color, aside from being absolutely clear. Aroma of caramel, tobacco, maple and raspberry. Too much hops as well, on the end; a very dry bitterness without any real sweetness, just some fruit acidity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2005
at 15:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Brownish color with a nice beige head. Raspberry and sweet chocolate aroma. Cocoa and raspberry flavor. Medium body, easy to drink. Reminds me a bit of the raspberry cream sees candy. Just enough tartness and sweetness to make it well balanced and to give some depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2004
at 19:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pour is a deep red with a nice sized white head. Aroma is fruity and spicey. Smell like Christmas! Flavor is excellent. Lots of yeasty and malty goodness. Lots of fruityness in this brew as well. Banana comes to mind. Over probably the best "Belgian" I have had that did not come from Belgium.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2004
at 15:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Cheery red beer with a cherry Vicks drops aroma. Tart cherry atste with a nice balancing sweetness, good bodied kriek, close to the belgian style. (June 2004).
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2004
at 18:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
2004 bottle. Pours a very mildly hazy, yellow, some very light orange tints. Small white head, fairly rapidly dissipating, with slight lacing. At first I thought this was just as filtered as their other beers, but then read that there is a yeast injection. Whatever, it’s still filtered. Aroma is light honeydew melon, lemons, sponge cake, mild belgian yeast, vanilla. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly yeasty and has a bit more citrus and hop bite to it than expected. But overall, it is still quite tame and mild. Little bit of thinning on the very end. Some esters, but they are very muted. Body is pretty smooth with a bit of alcohol giving it a fuzzy palate. Moderate carbonation, medium body. I enjoy trippels with more aggressive yeast and less filtration.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2004
at 16:34