7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Brasserie Union is best known for their Grimbergen-range and their "Cuvée de l’Ermitage". Here the two seem to have melted together. Reddish amber with a nice but not very lasting head. Extremely full-bodied, sweetish caramel with a lightly burned edge and a pronounced bitterness. But excellent indeed. 051099
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2005
at 13:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 25 cl) Dark amber with quite a huge head. Malty but the bitter hops seems to dominate in a harsh not so pleasant way. 110893
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2005
at 16:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 25 cl) Brown with a ruby-red tint. Some caramel flavours that are rapidly erased by the dominating sourness. Sour ales are always refreshing in small quantities, this is no exception. 070893
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2005
at 16:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled 25cl (BB 06/2006)
Dark ruby color, small but steady coffee head, lace. Sour berries in the nose, also some roasted malts like in dark lager. Sourness mixed with chocolate, berry-like and candy sugar sweetness. Finishing quite watery. Mild sourness and decent carbonation makes this quite easy Flemish sour ale.
Dark ruby color, small but steady coffee head, lace. Sour berries in the nose, also some roasted malts like in dark lager. Sourness mixed with chocolate, berry-like and candy sugar sweetness. Finishing quite watery. Mild sourness and decent carbonation makes this quite easy Flemish sour ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2005
at 09:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Riecht alkoholisch und leicht nach Himbeeren. Süffiges Zeug, den Alkohol schmeckt man so gut wie gar nicht. Fruchtig und erfrischend, zum Ende her herb werdend. Feines Zeug zum öfteren trinken. Test vom 17.3.2005, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,11,11,8,9,9 - 9,55
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2005
at 13:41
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Aroma of caramel/bonbon. Dark brown colour with red hue. Unstable head. Thin, acidic/sour flavour. Sour aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2004
at 06:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A red-brown beer with a huge beige lazing head. The aroma is sweet caramel with notes of coriander. The flavor is of alcohol, caramel, and prunes with lemon-soda in the background and a dry finish. The mouthfeel is very soft.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2004
at 16:29
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Dark yellow-brown head, creamy; dark brown, clear beer, with deep ruby shine. Vanilla, marzipan, glue, bit woody - general nasal impression of burnt, bitter-caramel malt with overlying sweetness. Taste fully confirms the nose: harsh bitter woody flavours with overlying sweetness. The sweetness masks that the roasted, bitter tastes even have a bilous character. Full-bodied, slick mouthfeel. Slight alcoholburn. Aftertaste again gives this marzipan aroma - this time obviously made from bitter almonds. Awful beer -I cannot understand people really like this. So harsh, unrefined, unbalanced...
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2004
at 13:06
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazy light amber color. Just some caramel; reasonably bitter; not special, but drinkable.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2004
at 04:17
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Seriously aged sample - found it in the cellar, not realising this constituted a blank on the database). Clear, dark amber-red; slim, irregular cream-yellowish head. Dark malts, fruity nose as from ripe apples or apple-ester, bubblegum. Bitterish - acorn-like, harsh taste, superimposed on a sweet base. Fruity, very slight liquorice, lots of bubblegum and even a bit banana or grapes. Thick mouthfeel, nearly chewy, some alcoholburn. Long fruity aftertaste. I would really like this beer, if it weren’t for the horribly harsh initial bitterness. It wears of after some time, but having spoiled a great deal. Surprisingly, virtually no signs of oxidation - young it is still harsher, I seem to recall.
Tried
on 14 May 2004
at 15:27