Subsidiaries
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Enormous, hyper-dense yellow/orange head, grows instead of collapsing for some time. Hazy, dark-orange beer. Nose of apricots, wheat, orangezest and spoiled milk. Coriander, too. Head is predictably very bitter. Beer is bitter enough, again remindful of orangezest, rather than hops. A trace of candisugar too, even some sweetness. Very dry, alcoholburn finally betrays the alcoholcontent. Buttery mouthfeel. Very long, fruity but dry aftertaste. As Per said, dangerously quaffable - and that à ratio of 0.5 litres...
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2003
at 07:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pale yellow, a bit hazy. Beautiful dense white head, as whipped cream, going down lacy. Nose with grain, wheat, white candi sugar (? - isn't added says the lable). Very dry - sugar again! Peppery, bitterish Belgian-type hops (? - Hallertau, they say...) After some time, malt fills in with a certain sweetness. Dense, full mouthfeel. Surprising for a 5.7% beer. Blind, I would reckon this a Belgian tripel. I keep tasting and feeling white candi sugar, and a harsh bite I would normally connect with Challenger or Target... Strange. But undoubtedly very professionaly brewed.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2003
at 11:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Orange-hazy, slight greenish shine. White head, diminishing to a half cm thickness. Nose of wheat, yeast, spicy, citruspeel. Bitterish-wheat, with citrussy notes dominates an underlying sweetness. Estery - maybe a bit of cloves in the finish. Flowery quality. Refreshing, light to medium-bodied. Pappy mouthfeel, probably due to the wheat. I find as much from a German Hefeweizen as from a Belgian wit in this beer. It misses the cloves/banana from the Germans, and the coriander from the Belgians. And it ain't the worse for it.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2003
at 06:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap, Jan Primus. Cloudy orange color, with a big head frothy head. Yeasty aroma, spicy and grainy. Taste is a bit sour yeasty, but also quite refreshing. Bitter palate, still refreshing. Another type of springbock, which i had not tasted before. Perhaps even a bit german wheat like.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2003
at 10:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy orange color, with an initially huge frothy head. Spicy, apricot aroma, orange peel. Sweet taste, bit sharp, hardly any alcohol noticed. Good palate. The best De Prael brew i've had until now.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2003
at 17:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy yellow beige color. Aroma of spices and yeast. Typical belgian white taste, refreshing, citrus. But this one is not as refreshing as some others, but more yeasty. Overall an average belgian white.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2003
at 02:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown/black color, with a thick creamy head. Aroma is full and sweet chocolate malty, but not very complex. Sweet taste, chocolate malty. Bit dry and sharp alcoholic palate.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2003
at 14:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottled. Pale yellow, cloudy. Lemony nose. Soft mouthfeel, a palate full of vanilla and spices. Bready. Leaves with a fantastic tangy orangey finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2002
at 03:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Orange coloured and really cloudy. Big apricot aroma. Sweet and very soft. Dangerously drinkable with intensely fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2002
at 03:46