7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(draught) Deep amber colour, clear; head is amber as well, creamy, but is too influenced by the glass by half. Ambrée and cookie malt nose. Cookies, or more precisely cake, or sweet pie-bottom. It’s just a tad roasted. Not my favourite style, but it’s done in an appropriate way. Compliments. Medium bodied, just a bit dry. Sweetness remains until the aftertaste, but it never imposes itself to the detriment of the overall. It gets liqueurish in the aftertaste, the alcohol coming through. Pauwel Kwak was a tad lowered in alcohol during its existence. Exceptionally, I think they didn’t do it a disservice, the other one had a too -fast-enough streak.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2004
at 04:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy yellow beer with a thick, lasting white head. Fresh aroma with lemon, coriander, fruits and honey. Lemon and candy flavour with a hint of alcohol. Big almost oily mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Sep 2004
at 13:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Clear amber beer with a thin white head. Yeast and spice aroma, but not that strong. Banana and yeast flavors that are a bit overshadowed by the bubblegum taste. Too sweet and not enough depth.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2004
at 15:02
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Flat amber beer with a fruity almost strawberry sweet aroma. The flavour is fruity but with a harsh bitter finish. Overall quite a poor Belgian beer.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2004
at 18:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle Pours a very light pale hazy blonde. A very agressive white head that left nice lacing. Aroma is fruity including bananas, apples. Flavour was sweet and a bit spicey. Cloves, bananas again. Quite sweet. Nice feel, smooth, carbonation is lively but soft. Pleasant mild lingering aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2004
at 23:49
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Clear, blond body. White frothy head, mostly diminishing. Fair lace. Bitter initial flavour and bitter finish.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2004
at 16:23
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Golden colour, champagnelike sparkling head. Aroma of malt anf toffee. Firm and full bodied, yet with light, sparkling mouthfeel. Medium sweet. Fresh and peppery. Very complex, yet drinkable. A good beer, but only the presentation is really fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2004
at 16:45
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Rich golden colour. Bright and clear. Aroma of PineSol, cologne, spices (mace, cardamom) and occasional biscuity malts. The body is spritzy yet thick - an odd combination. Rich, slighlty caramelized bready malt notes abound, along side overly assertive pine needles. Slightly tart. An odd beer, quite the experience. Do as suggested and serve cold because the thickness as it warms clashes with the elements it wants to present.
Tried
on 24 May 2004
at 20:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured clear copper with a medium light tan head that quickly disappeared. One thing I found curious about this beer was the strong alcohol flavor- rare for a Belgian ale of only 8% ABV. Otherwise the flavor was not very complex, with apple peel and vinous notes leading to a somewhat drier, crackery finish. Aroma was also of apple peel. Almost reminiscent of an alcoholic apple cider, this just isn’t a very complex beer.
Tried
on 13 May 2004
at 00:56
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Wow. I had this at Muffuletta on Como Ave. here in Minneapolis. Aromas of pear, wheat, and citrus. Appearance of a cloudy hefeweizen with no head. Exceptionally complex and smooth. Flavors of pear, apple, honey, coriander, citrus, wheat, and malt. This beer is highly complex with many aromas and flavors.this is outstanding and it is hard to find anything better.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2004
at 21:18