5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Dark brown with thick light brown cream head. Almost no aroma at all. Light caramel malt flavor.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2006
at 10:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Clear, reddish brown, with a small beige head. Slightly mild and acidic aroma, with berries and some malty sweetness. The flavor is quite mild too, with berries, sourness and green apples. Thin body and a mellow finish. A lovely, delicate beer that should be enjoyed without too many beers tasted the same night. (060704)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2006
at 05:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Clear, brown ale with a nice creamy, beige head. Mild aroma with some caramel and sourness. Flavor has malt, spices and a hint of acidity. Thin body. A decent, but quite boring beer. Rating: 5-4-5-2-10-2.6. 060704
Bottle. It pours an almost clear body, copper in color and with a nice, beige head. The aroma is a bit sweetish, but quite nice, with dried dark fruits and caramel. Some hops shine through, but very gentle. The flavor has a nice bitterness to balance the caramel sweetness and dried fruits, but the hops don’t leave any other flavors. Full-bodied and sweetish. A quite decent one, and judging by my previous rating, way better than four years ago. 100611
Bottle. It pours an almost clear body, copper in color and with a nice, beige head. The aroma is a bit sweetish, but quite nice, with dried dark fruits and caramel. Some hops shine through, but very gentle. The flavor has a nice bitterness to balance the caramel sweetness and dried fruits, but the hops don’t leave any other flavors. Full-bodied and sweetish. A quite decent one, and judging by my previous rating, way better than four years ago. 100611
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2006
at 05:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Good Belgian white. Cloudy white color, with nice white head. Aroma of spices and banana. Taste of citrus. Nice finish, and seems to be a lot like a wheat beer more than a belgian white.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2006
at 22:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear dark cherry color with a frothy off-white head. Sour aroma with some malty hints. Sweet slightly sour flavor, light spice, and some fruity hints.
Tried
on 21 May 2006
at 21:11
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Slightly cloudy, pink colour. Small stable pink head. Sweet flavour, quite a lot of raspberry. Slight acidity and aspartam in aftertaste. Starts off OK, but gets yucky after a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2006
at 09:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottled. Golden colour, with lively carbonation, sparkling big creamy off-white head, which takes ages to settle. Aroma is rubbery, malty and hoppy. Very boring. Flavour is malts and hops with some weak caramellish notes as well as weak honey. Sticky palate, and the carbonation tickles the tongue and throat in a nice way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2006
at 12:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled on draft at the Sharp Edge in Pittsburgh this beer poured a dark reddish-brown color with a huge red-tan head that lingers forever. The aroma is sweet, tangy and fruity. The flavor is bitter and sour with an almost vinegar like element followed by strong ripe fruits and a crisp and tangy finish. oddly sour and vinegary for a dubbel but not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2006
at 16:27
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle with a 2003 on the back label, not sure if that’s the best before or bottled on date. Received from the ever acquiescent Larry Pitonka, thanks André! Consumed, with SuIIy on 4/18/06
A fine, dense, old-ivory colored head perched atop a slightly-darker-than-gueuze brass-golden, with tiny bubbles slung throughout the liquid and a settled out clarity, with the sediment left at the bottom of the bottle. Heavy lacing proceeds down the glass.
Nose is a sniffer! B. Lambicus is tart, lightly fruity (bittersweet cherries, strawberries) and highly aromatic, while light pils-like malts allow a soft landing on the end. Some lightly funky straw, grass, dew and farmyard notes show a playfulness to deepen the effect of the barrel innoculations. Poignant, for sure, yes and with lightly cedary/neutral oak tannins providing a drying graininess and acidity. Light hints of lemon-sugar candies dot the nose, as some light vanillin and just a touch of powdered sugar hassle the otherwise jaw-dropping aroma. Perhaps a sugar addition at bottling, as it would be hard to believe there is sugar added otherwise. Maybe it’s just restsweetness, as Joris says. Alcohol is not apparent in the nose.
The flavor is tart, lightly sour in points but also balanced with pale malt and/or pils sugars. Something gives it a copper sheen, so perhaps it’s the pale malts. Whatever the case, the light honey is not overdone and allows the wild yeast to present a very tart front, deepening in to an oily, old-tannin and tart cherry finish that lingers long. Almost riesling-like in places, sort of a mix between a gueuze, a flemish sour and a white wine. Carbonation is moderately tight, engaging and neither too heavy, nor too light (especially when factoring in its age). Mouthfeel is gueuze-like, but with added smoothness from the residual sweetness. Some minor oxidation. No alcohol noticed in flavor. Fair amount of acidity builds up on the palate, but with some malt still left, it’s little a problem (especially for someone who enjoys lambic). Like a dessert lambic, or something like that. Wish I had another bottle, that’s for sure.
A fine, dense, old-ivory colored head perched atop a slightly-darker-than-gueuze brass-golden, with tiny bubbles slung throughout the liquid and a settled out clarity, with the sediment left at the bottom of the bottle. Heavy lacing proceeds down the glass.
Nose is a sniffer! B. Lambicus is tart, lightly fruity (bittersweet cherries, strawberries) and highly aromatic, while light pils-like malts allow a soft landing on the end. Some lightly funky straw, grass, dew and farmyard notes show a playfulness to deepen the effect of the barrel innoculations. Poignant, for sure, yes and with lightly cedary/neutral oak tannins providing a drying graininess and acidity. Light hints of lemon-sugar candies dot the nose, as some light vanillin and just a touch of powdered sugar hassle the otherwise jaw-dropping aroma. Perhaps a sugar addition at bottling, as it would be hard to believe there is sugar added otherwise. Maybe it’s just restsweetness, as Joris says. Alcohol is not apparent in the nose.
The flavor is tart, lightly sour in points but also balanced with pale malt and/or pils sugars. Something gives it a copper sheen, so perhaps it’s the pale malts. Whatever the case, the light honey is not overdone and allows the wild yeast to present a very tart front, deepening in to an oily, old-tannin and tart cherry finish that lingers long. Almost riesling-like in places, sort of a mix between a gueuze, a flemish sour and a white wine. Carbonation is moderately tight, engaging and neither too heavy, nor too light (especially when factoring in its age). Mouthfeel is gueuze-like, but with added smoothness from the residual sweetness. Some minor oxidation. No alcohol noticed in flavor. Fair amount of acidity builds up on the palate, but with some malt still left, it’s little a problem (especially for someone who enjoys lambic). Like a dessert lambic, or something like that. Wish I had another bottle, that’s for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2006
at 16:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Mahogony beer with a big beige head. Tart, fruity aroma with light sweetness. Malty, plum and cherry fruit flavor with light spice. LIght underlying tartness. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2006
at 16:50