6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very dense, thick, just off-white head over fully hazy light yellow beer. Hops, partly C-hops, and I seem to get oats. Citrus, chocho. Faint citrus, faint lupulin, faintly hoppy, but with a strange, unusual maltbacking. Very carbonated, quite gristslick, velvety texture. Rather light body for 7% ABV. I'm happy for the guys that they can grow, but I have to admit I've had better Tourists than this. And better from 't Verzet as well.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 29 Oct 2023
at 09:22
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught Thick off-white head, leaving shards of lace over clear copper beer. Citrus, ureum, exotic fruit, caramel, and a hint a candi sugar. Dry, leafy, faintly roasted/toasted malts. Dry bread, grapes, citruspeel. Dry leafy finish. Light to medium bodied, good carbonation. Actually pretty good, not at all what I expected seen the specs.
Tried
from Draft
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 22 Oct 2023
at 08:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught Thick cream head, stable; fully muddy chocolate brown beer. Dry hopbales, lupulin, black chocolate, wood. Dry with a fine sourish edge upon the classic aromatic hops, and obvious chocolate malt. Finish is hopbitterness. Soft, creamy MF (the oats working), good carbonation, spritzy. Excellent black IPA, as I like them. The oats are a very clever addition.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Oct 2023
at 09:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draught Huge, dense white head over deep golden beer with a faint mossy sheen. Nice inviting fruity & leafy aromas, hopoils, all aromatic and a hint of arachide. Bitter, fruity, citrus. Again arachide, but I don't expect fatty acids. Dry hopbales, hopoil. Light body, but the hopoil slickness avoids any sign of emptiness; good carbonation. Long lasting flavours. Excellent session IPA, great work, guys!
Tried
from Draft
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 17 Sep 2023
at 06:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught Fluffy, big head over muddy mossy orange beer. Very intense oranges' nose, ever so faintly liqueurish, citrusleaves. Bitterish as orangepeel, again faintly liqueurish - yielding an alcoholic impression. Fruity notes - specifically orange - keep dominating. Ureum, asafoetida, if all in minimal quantities, almonds. There is a certain amount of hopburn. Serious hopoil viscosity, sharpish MF, adequate carbonation. One for those, not afraid of some hopburn. I like it...
Tried
from Draft
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 30 Jul 2023
at 09:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught Pale lemon-yellow beer with little head. Very fresh-smelling, ultra-dry, lemony, bit asafoetida. Ultra dry in the mouth as well, lemony as lemonsquash with a dash of white candi sugar. Finish is just dry, with a musk-like character. Not very carbonated, quite refreshing. Medium bodied. Excellent!
Tried
from Draft
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 26 Apr 2023
at 08:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught Fluffy & lacey head, rather stable, over almost clear ochre-orange beer. Faint whiff of solvent, some faint alcohol. Malts, pale and a tad toasted. Again solvent in the taste. Sharpish feel, enhanced by the quite traceable alcohol. Toasted grains, certainly warming up. Bit slick, film rather than oily, gristslickness. Not very carbonated. Something - even when not really damning - is not quite OK. Too aggressive feel, as from the yeast.
Tried
from Draft
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 26 Apr 2023
at 08:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught Fluffy, off-white head over hazy orange-golden beer. Very inviting outspoken citrussy nose, bit asafoetida, ureum. Citruspeel, grapefruit, othe grains. Short whiff of arachide. Quite bitter, kernels, citruspeel, and again whiffs of other grains. Bananapeel in the aftertaste. Seems pretty well-bodied, quite slick, (hop)oily: good carbonation. Nice! Strong for a saison, maybe, but all the other boxes are ticked fine.
Tried
from Draft
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 26 Apr 2023
at 08:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught Medium, dense & fine, dark cream head over jet-black beer. Roast, some coffee, roasted chocolate, roasted to burnt malts, dark bread crust. Sweet roast, roasted nuts, honey-cured roast meat. Some faraway liquorice, black chocolate, Belgian buns with chocolate and somehow, cilandro in the finish. At least medium bodied, slick, medium to good carbonation, somewhat creamy feel. Surprisingly good top fermenting porter, excelling in a maltsweetness at the opposite of cloying.
Tried
from Draft
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 21 Feb 2023
at 09:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught Very fine & dense off-white head over hazy orange-yellow beer, lacey. Ureum, asafoetida, citruspeel, and then resin and pine take over. Citrus, pineresins, ultra dry finish. Straw, Szechuan pepper. Very dry, oily, good carbonation, at least medium bodied. Good! One of Speciale Belges' best, no discussion.
Tried
from Draft
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 21 Feb 2023
at 09:01