Bierridder (4318) ticked Retteketet from HopSaSam 3 years ago
--- Beer merged from original tick of Holy Mole California Reaper on 01 Jan 2023 at 14:03 - Score: 9
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Retteketet from HopSaSam 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
25/I/22 - 33cl bottle from a trade, shared @ home, BB: 29/XII/25, bottled: I/2021, lot 201229 (2022-98)
Very dark brown beer, big solid dense beige brown head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots and lots of dried orange peel, some chocolate notes, candied orange peel, bit spicy, some cardamom. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very weird, soapy flavour, lots of orange peel, soft roast, floral, weird hoppy touch, caramel notes, more candied orange peel. Aftertaste: weird and soapy bitterness lingering throughout the whole beer, bitter hops, orange peel, way too much orange peel, don’t like it.
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jefverstraete (7489) reviewed Retteketet from HopSaSam 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Dark brown colour, beige foam. Nose of chocolate, roasted malts, oranges. Taste is light sweet, orange peel, bitter piny hops. Rather thin and unbalanced. Not great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
11 September 2021. At Summer Belgian Beer Geek Gathering. Many thanks, Klaas & Liesbeth, cheers to the whole crew!
Hazy black, stable, beige head. Aroma of walnut (oil), black olive, coffee liqueur, toast, prune, burnt sugar. Taste has sweet date & fig under a layter of caramelly maltiness with an edge of residual (brown) sugar, caramelized walnut too, touch of umami olive. Earthy hoppy finish, toasty, nutty still though sweet brown sugar lingers too; alcohol warmth of coffee liqueur. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. The walnut could have provided more balance, bitterness, 'powderiness' perhaps, yet it's enjoyable.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours black / Dark brown. Small to no head. Scent is full, sweet, mild chocolate. Dark - but not overly roasty - malts. Taste is full, sweet, mild chocolate. Tad sharp. Dry, malty, bit 'plastic'. OK though, just not great.