6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Enormous thanks to Luttonm and ippopotamo36 for these, and, of course, Milan and Andrej for getting this to us! Well... honestly, this was past the bb date and will be rerated as soon as possible. Yeasty, malty aroma, some pear. Mild hoppy bitter taste, vague pear, slightly overcarbonated, somewhat malty of course, actually nice enough like this too.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2014
at 16:53
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap from the source, namely the Sabaja pub in Pristina-Kosovo. Reportedly a fresh batch. Pours intense golden color, almost amber a bit cloudy with a medium-small off-white head (some lacing). Nose: hidden grassy notes. Mouth: medium carbonation, weak body, some bitterness. Inoffensive. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Dec 2014
at 11:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at the Pozarevac tasting without Matt (Matt, come back!). Pours black color with a slightly beige head. Nose: a bit of smoked bacon and some metallic notes. Mouth: very anonymous. Not that complex. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2014
at 17:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Sabaja IPA (by Sabaja Craft Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
5/XII/14 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ home - BB: 22/II/15 (2014-1462) Thanks to Markoijelena for the trade!
Little cloudy deep orange to amber beer, big creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: fruity start, some citrus, sweet malts, quite some peaches, bit of band-aid, but only slightly. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citric start, pretty fruity, some pineapple, bit of an off-flavour, band-aid, chemical, but easily overpowered by more fruity hops. Aftertaste: nice bitterness, pretty fruity, citrus, bit of pineapple, little sourish, soft sweet caramel malts in the finish as well. Well done, this tastes promising!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
5/XII/14 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ home - BB: 22/II/15 (2014-1462) Thanks to Markoijelena for the trade!
Little cloudy deep orange to amber beer, big creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: fruity start, some citrus, sweet malts, quite some peaches, bit of band-aid, but only slightly. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citric start, pretty fruity, some pineapple, bit of an off-flavour, band-aid, chemical, but easily overpowered by more fruity hops. Aftertaste: nice bitterness, pretty fruity, citrus, bit of pineapple, little sourish, soft sweet caramel malts in the finish as well. Well done, this tastes promising!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2014
at 13:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (courtesy of Travlr - huge thanks). Orange malt and pine/grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with large off white head. Sweet light orange malt and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Not as hoppy as most US version but pleasant and overall a very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2014
at 19:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle @ Belgian Autumn Gathering 2014. Thanks tderoeck! Dark brown colour, thin beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, smoke, bacon and campfire. Sour notes. Not very well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2014
at 06:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark reddish brown colour, beige head. Smoky aroma, butter, quite harsh smoke, band aid. Bit herbal flavour, smoke, bacon, light chocolate, caramel. Finish caramel, band aid and smoke. Interesting beer, nice to see there are craft brews coming out of Prishtina.
(From 33cL bottle @ The Autumn Gathering Formerly Known as RBBAG (I) Mons, Gent 2014. Thanks for sharing, tderoeck!!)
(From 33cL bottle @ The Autumn Gathering Formerly Known as RBBAG (I) Mons, Gent 2014. Thanks for sharing, tderoeck!!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2014
at 06:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Thank you tderoeck! Tasting glass from 330 ml. medicine-style bottle consumed @ “The Tasting formerly known as Mons RBBAG I (2014)”. Reddish dark brown with no head. Nose is strange smoked earth, farmland. Taste is herbal, weak, wood, strange, earth, farmland, watery, sugar, strange,… Light body, watery,… Not very good, at least they are trying in a non-beer country I suppose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2014
at 08:18
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Sabaja Smoked Porter (by Sabaja Craft Brewery):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
25/X/14 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ The Autumn Gathering formerly known as RBBAG Mons (Gent) - BB: n/a (2014-1262) Thanks to markoijelena for the trade! Also: Kosovo: check!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: hay, grains, bit malty, cow fodder, little roasted, bit dirty. MF: ok carbon, light body. Taste: sourish touch, little roasted, cow fodder, hay, caramel, bit hoppy. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, hoppy, roasted malts, hint of caramel, bit of a German feel to it.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
25/X/14 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ The Autumn Gathering formerly known as RBBAG Mons (Gent) - BB: n/a (2014-1262) Thanks to markoijelena for the trade! Also: Kosovo: check!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: hay, grains, bit malty, cow fodder, little roasted, bit dirty. MF: ok carbon, light body. Taste: sourish touch, little roasted, cow fodder, hay, caramel, bit hoppy. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, hoppy, roasted malts, hint of caramel, bit of a German feel to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2014
at 13:04
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle from the source. Cloudy golden orange color, small white head. Aroma of citrus bubblegum. Taste has some banana esters, citrus. Not much dusty, barnyard or funky characteristics I’d expect in a saison, closer almost to a Belgian wit but without the spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2014
at 01:23