7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nut brown. Full bodied, oily, aromatic and bitter. ........................
Tried
on 08 Mar 2002
at 07:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Yellow-brown. Sweet, vinuous, mild and soft with short, intensive complex aroma.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2002
at 03:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown. Creamy and oaty. Not the most complex of porters, but nice. ..
Tried
on 21 Jan 2002
at 06:40
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Wonderfully complex malt flavours...........................................
Tried
on 09 Jun 2001
at 20:34
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
If you can try this cask-conditioned, don't miss it. Tasted very fresh, soft, and clean. Soft floral flavors were indicate of plenty of hops. Hop aftertaste lingered. Extremely drinkable. Light cloudy yellow color.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2001
at 22:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Strangely pilsnerish to me. Esp reminiscent of Sam Adam's Golden Pilsner. Punchily bitter in an unpleasant way, with little detectable hop flavor. Harsh hop aroma. Unbalanced bitterness masks malt and any hop flavoring. Very pale (as per named) yellow ale, with slight head and med carb.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2001
at 17:29
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
I don't buy the description above. Its not really very Belgiany at all, and although it had a nice, interesting sweet flavor, I found it lacking in body and flavor. Aroma was sweet - color is orangish brown but lighter than I'd like. Its only Belgiany trait was that it vaguely resembled the unique Orval, but I'd call it Orval Lite at best.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2001
at 11:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
An exceptionally well balanced ESB, with good malt sweetness paired with a background of bitterness. There's also a nice hint of hop aroma. Maybe a bit lacking on body for an ESB but other very good.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2001
at 00:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bright golden. Toasty, herbal, spicy aroma. Clean yeast character, faint pale malts and a little bit of spiciness. Also some yeast and minerals. Quick, refreshing.
Old notes (2000: Beige with a spicy, yeasty-fruity aroma, the carbonation is spritzy but forceful, and the palate showing the malty-yeasty-spicy combination of a grisette, but lighter in body. 7 3 6 3 14 = 3.3
Old notes (2000: Beige with a spicy, yeasty-fruity aroma, the carbonation is spritzy but forceful, and the palate showing the malty-yeasty-spicy combination of a grisette, but lighter in body. 7 3 6 3 14 = 3.3
Tried
on 09 Dec 2000
at 21:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
A rather unusually caramel-tasting bitter, but quite good...................
Tried
on 29 Jun 2000
at 16:53