Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Kettner, Feb. '24. Dark brown, cola highlights, lingering froth. Toffee & bittersharp booze on the nose. Bittersweet caramel, cola, burnt raisin acidity, lingering burnt veg, resin, major tea astringency. Medium low carbonation, kinda thin. Sharp, pithy, acidic finish. A little difficult.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
4.5% edition, Kettner, February '24. Hazy berry-colored pour with some scummy white lace. Obvious kettle nose. Sharp, thin, fruit juice, yeast, metallic. PB&J All the way. Jammy grape & sharper raspberry, dusty sulfites, peanut butter dust, mellow earthy malt, straight earth finish. Simple & good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On tap at Kettner. Clear, rich honey gold pour with some scummy lace. Lime leaf & coconut nose. Taste is more floral with obvious tea. Sweet, honey, mint, really herbal, medicinal, lime leaf, dead finish. Messy but interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear, honey, frothy pour @Kettner. Onion & orange, veggie nose. Imperial sweet onion lager. Soft but persistent herbal. Bittersweet, boozy-ish, smooth honey finish. Sort of malt liquor adjacent but more one-sided than other craft options. Good-ish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
9.5% at Stone Kettner with a Girl Scout Cookie pairing, February '24. Dark brown on black pour, thin cookie lace. Thick cola & chocolate nose, no fruit yet. Dense fudge, earthy coffee, weak but noticeable hit of uncertain, acidic red fruit, bittersweet finish. K.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Belché from Stone Brewing: Liberty Station 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught@CBC2016. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some fruity and nectary elements. Flavour is yeasty, spicy, some bitter, herbal and earthy tones. Nice yeasty and fruity aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown beer from the brewery sampler. Coffee nose, lightly sweet on the tongue, great roasty flavors. Excellent use of coffee, one of the better coffee beers I've had. 3.7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Clear straw amber beer at the brewery, part of a flight. Lightly tropical/citrus, moderate bitterness that lasts. 3.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Dark brown beer in the brewery flight. Mild with nice earthy roasty flavors, great low ALC, 3.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Clear gold beer from the brewery flight. very big hop bitterness, pretty mild flavor overall, hot California pine forest, citrusy. 3.4