6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy golden color, huge frothy head. Aroma of some hop, grapefruit, bit sweet. Bitter and sweet taste, quite dry.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2006
at 09:35
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Huge off-white head over slightly hazy dark-golden beer. Dry and fresh EU hops, a bit sulphury, nose van ’t putteke , ending slightly citrussy. Off taste due to the yeast, no doubt. Can’t name the flavour, but it’s quite well-known. Bit celery-like. Adstringent MF; medium bodied, a bit oily. Oops. Small brewing fault. Better next time.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Nov 2006
at 16:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Slightly hazy reddish brown with a dense, beige head leaving some laces. Rather violent carbonation. Spicy aroma with ginger being very prominent. Very full-bodied with sweetish, roasted malt, brown sugar and dried fruit. Spicy, herbal almost medicinal - like cough syrup. 211006
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2006
at 09:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draught Medium yellow head over orange-gold beer, with a slight green shine. Very fresh greenery & hoppy nose, slightly grapey, raisins touch, but especially fresh hops - obviously USA hops. Grapey-hoppy, but with remarkable little bitterness. One problem: the flavours vanish almost instantly, leaving just a whiff of concentrated fruitjuicesweetness. Unexisting palate, rather light body. Pity about the ending, I can’t give marks for what doesn’t exist, can I? Aroma, OTOH is great. When you know about the grapejuice, one understands, but the Cascade hops blend in perfectly, hiding the fruitjuice until the unfortunate finish.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2006
at 13:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample is from the first trial run, bottled Near gushing to good yellow head, leaving lace; hazy orange beer with amber shine. Again very USA-hopslike nose, and a lot of caramel malts; further a certain pear-like aroma. BItter-malty, but obvious hopbitterness, not coloured malts. The malt does, however, more than support the hops, and finally imposes itself after some warming. Alcohol is obvious in the taste too. Well-bodied, slick to nearly oily; alcoholburn. Nice, and better balanced than the two other kings. It grows on you, even when the start isn’t bad at all. For using Challenger and Saaz, as well as Goldings, it is remarkably C-hop like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2006
at 13:44
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2011-01-08, batch 302, bb 2011-10, 5-4-5-2-9=25
Dark brown color; medium sized head. Light sour aroma. Slim body; the flavor is sourish, and with some vegetables. Infected.
2006-09-16, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Dark brown color; thick creamy head. Aroma of malt, caramel, spices (light cinnamon, nutmeg), delicate. Average structure, quite malty flavor, a lot of sweet caramel, a touch of sweet liquorice, light spices (coriander and nutmeg); nice mix, complex enough. The final is warming and with a respectable bitterness for a Belgian Ale, with good caramel and liquorice touch, but shows a light astringency, sign that maybe the beer is still young.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2006
at 17:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Brugs Beertje. Deep brown with thick lasting beige head. Heavy brown malt, bit vinous. Some choc. Prickly on end. Good mix of choc malt and vinous fruit notes, plummy. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2006
at 07:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Huge, fluffy head, yellowish over fully hazy orange-ochre beer. Pungent spicey nose - lavender? Like a desinfectant, but with a natural herb. Lavender again, going over in an outspoken bitter almond flavour. The spices & almond completely overwhelm anything else. Some sweetness; retronasal citrus, soapy. Good point: somehow it’s refreshing. Medium bodied. There’s just too much of this lavender thingy. Pity, because a bit more balance might have yielded a much better beer.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2006
at 13:46
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 330ml. Dark, dark brown body with a moderate tan head. Nice, pleasant aroma with some fruit, nut, coffee and alcohol. Flavor is malty, sweet, and moderate roasted. Aftertaste is long and sweet. A very good beer in a Belgium (free)style. Maybe a bit less sweetness and some more hops would make this a world classic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2006
at 09:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled at RBSG06. Cloudy orange color with a thin white head. Aroma of very light caramel. Very light caramel flavor, but somewhat watery.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2006
at 09:39