Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle(keep on learnin’, jfb!): Golden, hazy , small and slowly diminishing white head, malic acid and cellary flavours in the fruity-sourish nose;mild dryish sourish flavour with a delicate residual sweetness, light to medium bodied and pretty soft; fruity-apply finish covering slight traces of cider. Good…
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle( kindly delivered by jfb!): Deep golden, cloudy , slowly collapsing loose white head with a little lace, sweetish wheaty-fruity (apricots) nose with very faint traces of smoked malt; dryish sourish-sweetish flavour, light bodied; lingering hoppy and sourish finish. Not too special, tastes a bit like an average German Hefeweizen…
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pale, slightly hazy warm golden colour, white head. Aroma of banana, smoke, wheat and wood. Smoky flavour, ash, malts and wheat. Lots of carbo. Finish ash and wheat.
(From 50cL bottle @ RBESG 2013 Grand Tasting, De Molen. Thanks for sharing, jfb!)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy pale golden colour, firm white head. Funky aroma, wort, malts, herbal, horse blanket and apple juice. Light sour flavour, citrus, fanta. Lots of carbo. Finish citrus and horse blanket. Interesting beer.
(From 50cL bottle @ RBESG 2013 Grand Tasting, De Molen. Thanks for sharing, jfb!)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Hazy, pale yellow colour, white head. Herbal aroma, spicy, rosemary, caraway, reminding of nasi kruiden, the cheap "Dutch" spice mix for making "Indonesian" fried rice. Light bitter flavour, very spicy, bay leaves, angelic root. Finish bay leaves, herbal, angelic root. Strange and cool beer, but not a beer I could drink every day.
(From 50cL bottle @ RBESG 2013 Grand Tasting, De Molen. Thanks for sharing, jfb!)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared at a sour tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Cloudy yellow. Pretty smoky aroma, somewhat meaty, with some fruitiness and an oxidation note. Flavor has light sweetness, quite a bit of smokiness, a bit of fruitiness, faint sourness, and a finish with light hoppy bitterness. Light to medium-bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Aroma is moderately estery with notes of red apple cider, pear and banana. There are light acid and smoke notes, but the esters seem to dominate the aroma. Light malt character with hints of phenolics. Pours a cloudy, dull gold with some light brown highlights. Medium sized white head that recedes fairly quickly. Flavor starts with some maltiness with notes of wheat and lightly toasted bread. Light acidity, nowhere near as acidic as Berliner Weiss. The smoke hits in the finish and is fairly light but definitely noticeable. Moderate ester notes that trend more towards banana. Light wheat note in finish as well. Low noble hop flavor in late palate with low bitterness. Mouthfeel is light bodied and a bit watery, carbonation is medium high. No astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall an OK beer, but I wonder how representative of the style this beer is. The esters seem too strong and the smoke too light based on the little reading I have done. Also it could use more hop character.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Sampled @ RBESG 13 Grand Tasting. Hazy yellow to orange colour with a small white head. Smells smoked, wheat and banana. Tastes swet and sour, wort, barnyard, corn. Thin to medium body and soft carbo.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Sampled @ RBESG 13 Grand Tasting. Hazy yellow colour with a lacing white head. There’s hardly any smell at all. Tastes slightly sour, fresh and quite boring. Thin body, medium carbo.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Sampled @ RBESG 13 Grand Tasting. Hazy yellow colour with a small white head. Smells ginger, sweet, herbs, spices. Tastes ginger, herbs, spices and a particular kind of candy (Anta-Flu Orange version). Like bad babi-pangang. Thin body, soft carbo.