7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 375cl (BBE 2007)
Dark hazy orange, lots of big yeast particles, big foamy beige head. Fresh, yeasty and lemony aroma. Light, metallic, citrusy, weizen like beer with earthy notes. Oily, earthy, fruity aftertaste.
Dark hazy orange, lots of big yeast particles, big foamy beige head. Fresh, yeasty and lemony aroma. Light, metallic, citrusy, weizen like beer with earthy notes. Oily, earthy, fruity aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2005
at 14:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled 375cl (BBE 2007)
Hazy orange, small orange head, lots of floating yeast. Nose is dry hops, cardboard and earthy notes. Very earthy (mould) flavor. Spices (coriander), bitterish hops, alcohol and maybe wheat also. Complex beer (but not totally great) - like a geuze on drugs.
Hazy orange, small orange head, lots of floating yeast. Nose is dry hops, cardboard and earthy notes. Very earthy (mould) flavor. Spices (coriander), bitterish hops, alcohol and maybe wheat also. Complex beer (but not totally great) - like a geuze on drugs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2005
at 14:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled. Cloudy golden with rich head and lots of sediment. Fruity,lightly raisiny aroma. Sweetish with pleasant malt and yeast character. The body is however a bit thin, an the character of the fig juice and hardly noticable. Subtle, and a bit lacking in body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2005
at 04:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Corked bottle
Beautiful copper color; huge head. Very nice aroma, dry, malty, mature apples and red grapes. Good body, some malt, a peculiar woody astringency. Correct final.
Below my expectations…
Beautiful copper color; huge head. Very nice aroma, dry, malty, mature apples and red grapes. Good body, some malt, a peculiar woody astringency. Correct final.
Below my expectations…
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2005
at 02:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy orange body with tons of dark yeast sediment, medium light cream head. Tangy, earthy, grassy aroma with hints of lemon. Rather delicate. Herbal body with flower petals, pepper, and grass with a touch of lemon. Spicy, rather bitter finish, with plenty of bready yeast esters. A touch Beatrix-esque. Not too exciting overall, though; I’ve had quite a few beers almost exactly like this one.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2005
at 14:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Corked bottle
Hazy blond color. Malty aroma, good malty taste and the typical Belgian hops. A classic Belgian Stgrong Ale, very good, showing at the end a light liquorice character.
Hazy blond color. Malty aroma, good malty taste and the typical Belgian hops. A classic Belgian Stgrong Ale, very good, showing at the end a light liquorice character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2005
at 04:57
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cloudy orange color, large head. Aroma of yeast, some caramel malt, spicy. Taste is dry, yeasty, bit malty. Heavy on the stomach, not easy drinkable. It starts quite ok, but it’s getting really boring and disgusting after a while.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2005
at 12:22
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Strange aroma and flavour. slightly sour flavour with OK bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2004
at 17:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very high, fluffy head, reasonably stable; dark orange-amber, fully hazy. Bit smoky nose, leather, ironoxide, verbena, higher alcohols? Spicey, iron-y taste, bit cheesy and again leather. Fusels and esters, farmyard flavours, and there’s a set of spruce on the farm, piney tastes coming up retronasal, softly acidic. Well-bodied, reasonably warming, light burning sensation. Very good winterbeer. The exact "golden middle" between spicey X-mas, and spicey-refreshing Walloon beer. Good!
Tried
on 08 Dec 2004
at 10:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
The cork explodes from the bottle as soon as the cage is loosened - surprisingly small head considering the explosive opening - aroma of damp vegitation, hints of pear and apple - light bodied, but not what I would call thin - spicy and herbal up front, with slight hops - apple peach and plum flavors come in - some grain in the finish - not all that flavorful for a winter ale, and, as others have noted, this, coupled with the light body, make it more appropriate for warmer weather - save it for the spring and it will work well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2004
at 19:42