7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Deep golden brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is dried fruits, apple,yeast. Flavour is apple, yeast, fruit, caramel, alcohol , spices
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2007
at 02:17
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Pours a cloudy straw blonde with a massive white head that just doesn’t want to leave. Clumps of foamy lacing. Nose is noticably Belgian; of fruits, yeast, and grain. The taste is what separates this from the pack. A blend of apple, pear, and citrus round out the fruitiness. Light yeast, malt, and some spices are present in a very smooth, clean, and drinkable ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2007
at 09:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Clear, copper body and a beige head. Caramel, dried fruits, hops, candisugar and spicy notes in the aroma, but maybe a bit weak. Alcohol, dried fruits, sugar, spices and hops and some more alcohol in the flavor. Warming, full-bodied beer with a warming finish. Dried fruits, caramel and spice-notes as well in the finish. A real classic beer, and the story behind the beer goes well with the flavor. (070404)
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2007
at 13:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
First ratingInitial Rating Date: 4/13/2007(33 cl bottle at The Rover, Göteborg)Shady golden color, big white lasting fluffy head. Flowery, fruity and honey scent. Spritzy yeasty aftertaste. Spritzy high co2 mouthfeel. Spicy yeasty taste. Low bitterness.7/2/6/2/13=3.0Second rating(Draught at The Rover, Göteborg)Slight shady golden color, big white lasting head. Spicy, estery and phenolic scent. Also plastic and band-aid. Phenolic sweet taste. Spicy aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.6/4/6/3/13=3.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2007
at 03:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
02/2007 ...Ruby colour with an odd aroma, malty bitter with long linger and odd after taste. 1.4 bottle at home ... ruby ... small tan head ... protien bits floating ... sweet toffee ... berry fruits ... sweet fruits ... soft berry ... quite bananana ... 2.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2007
at 06:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
First rating33 cl bottle from Systembolaget Clear copper color, lasting tan head. Acidic, caramell and light fruity scent. Vinous and sweet, spicy and yeast, also alcohol taste. Medium body, rather high co2. Medium bitterness. Sweet and chocolate aftertaste.7/4/7/3/14=3.5RerateBottle at a blind tasting, on August 30, 2009Clear copper color, off-white head. Spicy, alcohol, sweet scent. Hoppy, spicy, sweet, phenolic taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.8/4/8/3/16=3.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2007
at 13:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours bright gold into a tulip. Significant head recedes at a medium pace to skim surface with slight spot lacing. Malt and lemon aromas. Slick with slightly sweet caramel finish. Alcohol burn after a long finish. A little sweeter than I’d hoped.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2007
at 18:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle (2002 enjoyed in 2007): Poured a medium beige/orangey color ale with a light white bubbly head with average retention. Aroma of dry cereal with some saison-like yeasty notes. Taste was quite dry with some nice malt presence and a dry yeasty finish. Carbonation was a bit too much for my liking but I guess that is part of this beer style. Even though this beer packs a bit of alcohol, I couldn’t detect any alcohol notes. While this beer was quite interesting and complex, it does confirm that I am not a big fan of Champagne and even though brew with beer ingredient, I still don’t dig the mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2007
at 13:56
3.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
This is one of those brews that I am almost afraid to rate with my bad taste tastebuds. On tap at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse in Pgh. This pours like any other pale yellow american ubiquitous lager as far as color goes. Has a clean white head. Aroma is not outstanding and there are a few streams of carbonation rising with in. The tap handle on this is cool looking. Initial flavor is slightly strong but definitely not oppressive. Much milder than the domestic coarse trippels I’ve tasted such as Southern Tier. Interesting off flavor on the onset and then it immediately fades to an alky hint. Again, this is not oppressive, it is just that you can tell the alky content is letting you know its there if you want to notice. Low carbonation, very little tingle on the back of the throat. I am not overly impressed with this beer and will probably get hammered for my numbers. This trippel just does not appeal to my delicate girlie taste buds. THe alky is continually apparent but not in the face. Finish is immediately medium bitter but fades after a few moments to just a memory. Overall, not bad but I’ve been spoiled by Grimbergen Blonde and Chimay White. On par with Allagash trippel and Southern Tier.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2007
at 18:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Light stone fruit and banana aroma. Slightly hazy medium gold color with a vigorous real ale white head that laces. Starts fruit sweet, could be a mix of peach and orange, might not be; it then has a hit of yeastiness, gets a change in sweetness, seems to have some hop, but might be a bit of fruit peel without the sugar. Finishes very dry (after all the sugar runs through your mouth). A bit puckery despite the sweetness. As it warms, it seems that orange definitely comes forth in both aroma and flavor. Complex little thing.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2007
at 18:48