Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft courtesy of Professor Briem, vielen dank! Cloudy yellow color, large white head. Aroma of perfume! And bitter spice. Taste is earthy, aromatic herbs and other flora. Delicious.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pour is a hazy orange with almost no head at all. Aroma is hard to detect. Some hefe banana and estery yeast but that is faint and there is not much else. Flavor is more pronounced. Some sour notes to start then comes a almost juniper berry. A ever so slight smoke note hits the tounge after the swallow. It’s different I’ll give it that.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Pours deep cloudy gold into a stein. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface leaving scant sheets. Sweet tropical fruit aromas. Medium bodied and dry with earthy caramel and sour wheat front to back. Lasting slightly bitter finish. No sign of smoke.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Whole Foods, Bowery, NY 500ml ($7): Pours a light copper with floaters and bubbles and a loose looking white head. Aroma is mostly ginger. I don’t really smell the anise, but I taste a tiny bit of it. The rosemary is subdued as are the bay leaves. The body is light and crisp. This is mostly a ginger ale, but certainly a good one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ RBESG Grand Tasting 2012, Bratislava. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Tart and dry. Some wheat, grain and citrus.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle @ RBESG Grand Tasting 2012, Bratislava. Pours cloudy golden with a ´white head. Phenolic and tart. Some juicy fruit and a bit of funk. Very yeasty. A bit like a mixture of everything. Ok
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours a hazy yellow with light soapy head. Huge nose of potpourri. Tastes heavily of ginger, lemon, bay leaves, eucalyptus, earth, and anise. Interesting different brew for a Tuesday night
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
500 mL bottle. Pours a clear golden with a large white head. Mild tart wheat aroma hinting at smoke. Light wheat flavor with smoky tones and a light tartness. It’s okay, but not really exciting nor to my taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500 ml bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours hazy golden straw color with a small 1 finger foamy white head with decent retention, that reduces to nearly nothing. Minimal lacing clinging to the glass. Aromas of lemon, apple, wheat, pepper, clove, herbal, floral, earth, anise, and steak sauce; seriously, steak sauce. Some very interesting aromas with good strength and decent balance. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, wheat, rosemary, basil, ginger, pepper, clove, anise, and herbal spiciness. Very slight tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of light fruit, spices, herbs, wheat, and pepper on the finish for a very short bit. Nice flavor balance and complexity; quite dry on the finish. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very crisp and clean mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with no warming present on the finish at all as expected. Extremely easy to drink. Overall this is a nice Gruit style ale. The aromas were certainly interesting; but the taste was nicely balanced and very smooth. This was quite enjoyable.