7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (HBF2009, vintage 2007). Deep amber color, small beige head. Lots of vanillla and oak in the nose. Sticky toffeish palate. Loads of vanilla and toffee. Some bitterness in the aftertaste. Very balanced dessert beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2009
at 13:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught@HBF2009. Clear amber color, good white cloudy head. Very fresh leafy, grass aroma. Odd watermelon notes with juicy hoppyness, crisp carbonation. Yeasty twist. Fresh and good.
Tried
on 15 May 2009
at 10:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught@HBF2009. Golden colour, big fluffy off white head. Aroma is bigtime fruits and somegrassy notes. Flavour is grassy hops, some grains, Mild notes of caramel malts. Balanced and mellow, yet a bit aggressive bitterness.
Tried
on 15 May 2009
at 10:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@HBF2009. Hazy orange colour, small offwhite head. Aroma is hops, some earth, mild yeast and some grassyness as well. Flavour is yeast, grass, fruity hops and some hints of toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2009
at 09:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (0,75 ltr, HBF, thanks Markku K). Clear amber color, small white head. Caramel, cheese, mild hops in the nose. Alcohol, hops backed with caramel maltyness. Not really biere de garde, more like "imperial amber ale": Balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2009
at 09:45
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pour is a straw looking yellow with a fizzy white head. Aroma is grassy with some bready malts. Flavor is again some bready malts but to a lesser degree. Not made to impress but made to quench in the heat. Reminds me of some eastern euro lagers.
Tried
on 13 May 2009
at 19:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2007 750 mL bottle courtesy of CrellMoset. Thanks! Pours a hazy amber color, though I got the last pour and others’ from the same bottle were clear. Almost nonexistent head, but again, others got more of a head from the same bottle. The wood is HUGE in the aroma...maple, vanilla, oak, peach, pear, woody hop notes in the finish. Taste is cotton candy, toffee, oak, vanilla, maple, caramel. Taste like a caramel candy and is sweet, but is not cloying. Strong alcohol warmth that gets quite boozy. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2009
at 01:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours clear deep amber into a snifter. Off-white head slowly recedes to skim surface leaving spider lacing. Oak, cinammon and maple syrup aromas. Full and oaky with sweet molasses and caramel upfront. Lasting oak and dark caramel alcohol burn. Nice.
Tried
on 05 May 2009
at 17:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
In the English style. Mild hop flavor and aroma with lightly bitter malt. drinkable enough. Just a little sweetness, with some bread dough.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2009
at 15:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Swalden28. Pours with a small tan head over a dark brown body. Aroma is so much roast it is sick. I hope you like coffee!. Spice fresh ground coffee and coffee been oils. Taste is coffee and nothing more. Fizzish bubbles with a dryish mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2009
at 15:04