9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle from 5/2007. Huge head this time! Great orange-copper color, fizzy and calling my name. Singular aroma of hops, some funky yeast, grass, citrus. Very hoppy, citrus, funky flavor with a bit of caramel malt. There still is really no other beer like this! Smooth, and you can taste the alcohol, but fabulously complex for such a light beer. Feel like drinking water later, as the finish is so dry. Love it. Bought a whole case so I’ll probably be re-doing these ratings over the next year or so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2008
at 06:38
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle. Pours amber with a magnificent creamy and long lasting head! Aroma has funky yeast qualities, citrus hops, clove and some sweet bread/cookies notes. Flavour is just wonderful! Complex but also highly drinkble. Small sour funkiness. Citrus hops. Perfect bitterness of orange cest in the aftertaste. Dry end. The balance of this beer is just perfect. Big bodied and smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2008
at 15:37
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Pours on the lighter side of an amber, slightly red? Aroma is one of the best things about this beer. I would love to get an Orval candle :) Taste is citrousy and yeasty. Hops are not lost in the backround but hit you with a pleasant scent and sufficient bitterness. I love the way this beer really comes to it’s form as it’s warmed. Great beer!
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2008
at 05:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
ambrata buona schiuma non abbondante ma persistente sentori di luppolo lieve fruttato in bocca leggera anche se non ha un corpo scarno il luppolo fa da padrone sembra una bitter
Tried
on 18 Aug 2008
at 12:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours hazy golden with thick fluffy off-white head. Aroma is complex fruity and yeasty. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Flavour is complex with bread, pepper, spice, fruit and caramel but dominated by bitterness. For me this was rather a harsh bitterness and whilst very interesting it didn’t quite work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2008
at 09:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Auberge de l’Ange Gardien, rated according to tasting notes from last year. Clear amber/orange colour, white head. Aroma of bread, yeast, some malts and some floral notes. Flavour is like it’s big brother, but with less body, a bit watery, and a bit more pronounced bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2008
at 02:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33cl.Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lancing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate hoppy, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. After so long time looking for this beer i manage to get it and it was a bit of disappointment, because it was just a very watery - thinner version off big brother the normal orval not thing else ! (240508)
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2008
at 01:53
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Ahhh, this is the life.... this beer has been a long time favourite, and still is. Nice copper/amber colour with a huge fluffy/rocky head. The smell is divine. Fresh bread, a little sourish, hops, a little fruit, very complex. Taste is even better, yeasty, hoppy, a little sweet and a little sour. Nice bitter finish. This is a beer for all occasions, and an all-nighter. It’s refreshing, tasteful, not too high in ABV and because of the fairly high carbonation it is not a gusher, but a real tasting beer. Excellent!
Tried
on 13 Jul 2008
at 12:04
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
330 mL bottle. Pours somewhat hazy, just a bit lighter than amber. Large head. Aroma is sweet, some hops, banana, tart apple, a little bit sour. Flavor is spicy apple, pear, with some bitter hops coming through and a bit of sourness. Carbonation is rather high, but it works pretty well with these flavors. An interesting experience.
Rerate after trying again 8/24/08, as my numbers for this were clearly too low on first rate.
Rerate after trying again 8/24/08, as my numbers for this were clearly too low on first rate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2008
at 00:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Light brown. Cloudy. Lots of head, longlasting.
Aroma: Very fruity.
Taste: Fruit and berries. Bitter. A bit sour aftertaste.
Info: 330ml bottle, 24/3-2006, 94/300, 55/500
2015 re-rate (2.8->3.5):
Appearance: Bottled 20/4-2011. Dark red-brown, clear. Nice amount of off-white head.
Aroma: Nice fruits, lots of it.
Taste: Lots of dark fruit, slight bitterness. Nice.
Bought: ?, 330 ml, CHF ?.??
Info: 11/7-2015, BB: 20/4-2016
Aroma: Very fruity.
Taste: Fruit and berries. Bitter. A bit sour aftertaste.
Info: 330ml bottle, 24/3-2006, 94/300, 55/500
2015 re-rate (2.8->3.5):
Appearance: Bottled 20/4-2011. Dark red-brown, clear. Nice amount of off-white head.
Aroma: Nice fruits, lots of it.
Taste: Lots of dark fruit, slight bitterness. Nice.
Bought: ?, 330 ml, CHF ?.??
Info: 11/7-2015, BB: 20/4-2016
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2008
at 14:32