7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Sainte Hélène Jean Chris Numero 2 (by Brasserie Sainte Hélène):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
18/VII/2012 - 75cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ De Dochter van de Korenaar brewery - BB: n/a - (2012-725)
Dark brown to black beer, beige to brown head, unstable, irregular bubbles, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, raisins, mocha, coffee, caramel, sweet brown sugar. MF: soft carbon, medium body, soft velvet like texture. Taste: bit caramelly, lots of mocha, coffee, little sour, some red berries, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: mocha, coffee, bit of caramel, raisins, dry hoppy ending.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
18/VII/2012 - 75cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ De Dochter van de Korenaar brewery - BB: n/a - (2012-725)
Dark brown to black beer, beige to brown head, unstable, irregular bubbles, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, raisins, mocha, coffee, caramel, sweet brown sugar. MF: soft carbon, medium body, soft velvet like texture. Taste: bit caramelly, lots of mocha, coffee, little sour, some red berries, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: mocha, coffee, bit of caramel, raisins, dry hoppy ending.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2012
at 10:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Moeder Lambic, Brussels. Pours dark, black-brown with a creamy, tan head. Has a dark roast aroma with some burnt sugar and definite citrus poking through. Nice flavor if slightly thin. Lightly sweet with some roast, light plastic, burnt cocoa, and some burnt citrus rind. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Burnt roast malt finish, with some wood, scorched earth, cocoa, mild citrus and grass. Pretty solid. (3.6)
Bottle at the ChrisO Snow Tasting, London. Pours dark brown with a fine, tan cream head. Moderate roast in the nose, some burnt toast. Light sweet flavor with dry and toasty bread, hints of cocoa. Light in body with average carbonation. Somewhat dry to finish with more cocoa and earthy bitterness. Kind of bland this time around. (3.1)
Bottle at the ChrisO Snow Tasting, London. Pours dark brown with a fine, tan cream head. Moderate roast in the nose, some burnt toast. Light sweet flavor with dry and toasty bread, hints of cocoa. Light in body with average carbonation. Somewhat dry to finish with more cocoa and earthy bitterness. Kind of bland this time around. (3.1)
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2012
at 16:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cloudy orange colour with a white head. Hoppy and light acidic aroma. Fresh fruity flavour with a nice caramel background. Moderate sweet and some acidic notes. Lovely beer!
[On tap at brewery with Grima]
[On tap at brewery with Grima]
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jul 2012
at 09:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hazy golden colour with a white head. Fresh citric aroma. Good round texture. Citric, light grassy and a bit sour flvour.
[On tap at brewery together with Grima]
[On tap at brewery together with Grima]
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jul 2012
at 06:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy golden colour with a white head. Lovely hoppy aroma. Hoppy and bitter flavour with a moderate sweet malt background. Nice ale.
[On tap at brewery with Grima]
[On tap at brewery with Grima]
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jul 2012
at 03:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden and light hazy colour with a thick nice foam. Mild fine hoppy and spice aroma. Lovely texture. Together with a well blended hoppy and mild fruity flavour. Refreshing mild biterness. Toghether with Nøgne Ø Pils. This must be the best premium lager/pilsner I have ever had! Outstanding.
[On tap at brewery together with Grima]
[On tap at brewery together with Grima]
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2012
at 02:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured up on tap at Delirium Hoppy Loft with dark mahogany body and tan head. The aroma offers up dark roasted malts, chocolate, black licorice, some mango to tangelo and then various sort of Belgian yeasty spicy notes. The taste begins with dark roasted malts, some coffee and chocolate. It then moves into sort of wild yeast sourness and a growing tropical fruit like malt sweetened hoppiness. With the tropical fruit hops I get maybe a bit of floral to go along with grapefruit too. Cool stuff with loads of harmonious flavors.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2012
at 07:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
10th July 2010
Cloudy brown beer. Nice creamy off white head. Semi soft palate. Milky semi sweet malt. A little toffee. Some subtle well blended fruits, peach and orange. Finishes dry and soft and a little spicy. Well joined up. Bitterish aftertaste.
Cloudy brown beer. Nice creamy off white head. Semi soft palate. Milky semi sweet malt. A little toffee. Some subtle well blended fruits, peach and orange. Finishes dry and soft and a little spicy. Well joined up. Bitterish aftertaste.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2012
at 03:04
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 4
27th June 2010
As ’Blonde’. Cloudy gold beer. Little white head. Rustic orangey nose. Soft but very dry palate. Sourish beer. Bretty malt with a little tangy orange. Nice flavour but the palate is ridiculously dry. Not a scrap of moisture left in me gob. Hate it when brewers do this!
As ’Blonde’. Cloudy gold beer. Little white head. Rustic orangey nose. Soft but very dry palate. Sourish beer. Bretty malt with a little tangy orange. Nice flavour but the palate is ridiculously dry. Not a scrap of moisture left in me gob. Hate it when brewers do this!
Tried
on 21 Jun 2012
at 16:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Bier Planet, Brussels (expensive!); bb 02/2016
Cloudy amber color; the carbonation seems to be low, but still able to produce a big head, creamy and persistent. Nice aroma, malt, earthy, with soil, wet soil and manure; demerara sugar. Good body, with some malt, and a clear yeasty and spicy profile; the bitterness is stronger than the average; the sweetness level is very average for strong Belgian beers; traces of vegetables. Too spicy to be a Barley Wine, this is a Strong Belgian Ale, not even very well brewed.
Cloudy amber color; the carbonation seems to be low, but still able to produce a big head, creamy and persistent. Nice aroma, malt, earthy, with soil, wet soil and manure; demerara sugar. Good body, with some malt, and a clear yeasty and spicy profile; the bitterness is stronger than the average; the sweetness level is very average for strong Belgian beers; traces of vegetables. Too spicy to be a Barley Wine, this is a Strong Belgian Ale, not even very well brewed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2012
at 08:02