6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy orange-amber beer with a very good orange head, fed by lively carbonation. Lots of coloured malt and restrained caramel. Fresh vegetable/parsley/even insectoid aromas. Again rather sharp light-coloured malt flavours with vegetable/insectoid overtones, stressed by the near fizzy carbonation. Restrained sweetness, and a faint earthy flavour. Rather sharp MF, medium bodied, alcohol remaining hidden. Bit middle-of-the-road beer; rather amber than brown ale.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2008
at 05:52
6.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very thick-set, irregular, just off-white head, extremely tenacious, over dirty yellow-orange beer. Dry, and at the same time sweet-alcoholic nose, betraying white candi sugar. Some herbal notes, quite malty overall. Sweetish main taste, with some spicy touches. Generally speaking a bit bland, the very active carbonation is oddly giving the most of the depth. Bit unpleasant almond flavour warming up. Not very well attenuated, but quite spritzy. Medium bodied. Quite sweet; sample probably very young, might ripen quite a bit in a positive way. I believe the info that the beer is home-brewed ( with a licence, mark ), but I would wonder very much to learn that the yeast hasn’t had its origins @ Van Steenberge.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2008
at 15:12