6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 2
Overall 6
(Draught)Clear gold, dense, broken-white head. Crisp, slightly corn-sweet smell, touch of coloured malt. Nice bitter onslaught in the taste, but quickly gone - then the malt fills in without becoming sweet. I get some roasted notes. Medium-bodied. It's the finish of the palate where it derails. Sharp metallic-bitter aftertaste, like burnt unripe peanuts - typically Leroy. Even adstringent. Damn this finish. I ruins a potentially good beer.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2004
at 00:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nice fruity nose with honey, grapes, a touch of pineapple and abundant esters mingling with wet hay. The body is cloudy yellow-orange with a dense, puffy light tan head. Flavor is of dry bread, cereal and flowers with a nice sweet touch, but I concur with PsychProf on the copper aftertaste; my mouth feels like I've been sucking on a penny. Otherwise this is highly drinkable and a fairly unique interpretation.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2004
at 22:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy orange with a lasting bubbly white head. Crisp, fruity aroma, some apple, some lemon. Initial round malt/hops flavour followed by a long and bitter hops aftertaste. (re-rate needed to fit with the numbers I use today)
Tried
on 04 Feb 2004
at 08:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Poured a deep murky amber brew with a nice huge foamy white head that's long lasting. ABV is bit too omnipresent but excellent carbonation. Taste is sweet with some quite complex mix of spice. I notice that some of the other review mentioned a metallic taste, which I have heard of before. If I recall well, the metallic taste is from the hops and usually goes away after the bottle is aged a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2004
at 13:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Brewed under the name and the recipe(???) of the former Bevernagie brewery at Lichtervelde) Dull straw-gold; slim white rim for head. Just grainy nose, not much else, but a few fruity esters. Very dull-sweet taste, quite grainy again - but with a very authentic-tasting lactic retronasal aroma. Medium bodied, some tartness in the finish. The taste is surprisingly authentic. I wouldn't have expected it from the Leroy-Van Eecke duo.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2004
at 00:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Light orange brew with a huge white head. Good carbonation with complex spicy aroma. Taste of hops is really present with good body. Taste of complex spice is really enjoyable. Overall, a really fine strong belgian brew.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2004
at 14:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Yellow hazy brew ith a nice head that disapeared a bit too quickly. Yeasty nose and incredible yeasty flavor as only the belgian brewer can do. Note of coriander and citrus. Great body for a witbier. Very impressive for this style.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2004
at 12:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma of coriander seed, malt and some sugars. Medium-bodied; Sweet flavourful characters with some good complex peaches/pears and honey are noticed in the taste. Overall, a fairly good beer-definately nice to try! I had this bottle at the Winter Party at Oakes' place in Toronto, Canada on 05-December-2003. I owe a large amount of thanks to MartinT for supplying this bottle to the party for us to all sample!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2003
at 01:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2013-04-04, draught at Restobière, Brussels, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Golden color, bright, with generous compact head. The aroma is mildly fruity, and with some vegetables, but nice. The mouthfeel is round and smooth; it has a nice flavor of malt with a touch of cereals and of spices; the moderate sweetness, balances perfectly this beer; correct bitterness.
Very fresh.
2008-03-24, bottle, 7-4-7-4-14=36
Cloudy deep blond color; big head. Good aroma of malt and sugar, lightly fruity. It has a medium body, with a too light malt flavor; it has a very strong bitterness, but the hop qualities are hidden by a too strong yeast presence. Not as good and stylish as I remembered.
2003-11-13, bottle, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Golden to orange color. Very nice malt and hop aroma. Dry flavor, a lot spicy (coriander), malty and hoppy, with a final just more bitter than the average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2003
at 07:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Beautiful dark brown color, thick creamy head. Aroma is malty, bit port and metal. Sweet malty taste, some raisin. Sticky palate.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2003
at 17:47