7.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a deep ruby color ale with a small bubbly head tat disappeared quite quickly. Aroma of figs raisins with some sweet cookie dough. Taste is warming with some sweet figs, hints of cookie dough and brown sugar notes that are clearly detectable. Body is above average but could have been even more full. Carbonation is low and I believe this is the way it should be for this beer. Price is a little bit steep but considering I am able to get this type of quality around here, I don’t have an issue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2006
at 09:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
At Festival Bières et Saveurs Sept. 2005. Reddish brown ale with a thin moka head. Diacetyl caramel aroma, very oily. Sweet malt with fruity berries. Nice beer but not a Bieropholie caliber.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2006
at 21:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark orange amber also, with a thick bigger bubbled head, off-white, and lacing. Would have imagined hops would be more pronounced, but I found them more coniferous, with nice fruity esters, berry-like. In mouth, the hops are definitely sharper in mouth, but less long, almost dropping more quickly. Citrusy and caramel. Actually prefered Cascade better.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2006
at 18:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Deep orange amber ale with a thick off-white head. Lacing. Light spicey pungeant hops with caramel malts in aroma. In mouth, classy hops, floral and long in mouth, pleasing, with citrusy notes, herbal, almost minty. Rich hops, a bit thin, but quaffable.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2006
at 17:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
"Head" gone in secs, leaving clear but opaque Coca-Cola coloured beer, no carbonation visible. Outspoken milk-sourish, lactic nose, with cherries on jenever, slightly vinous, lots of esters; in the finish liquorice. Very rich beer, with woody & vinous notes, fruity-esters, fusels too, and tons of liquorice. I seem to get faint smoked malt too. Alcohol obvious in the finish. Unbelievably rich texture, velvety beginning, but turning into sharper, near adstringent MF, and an alcoholwarmth explosion. Warming up, I get more and more, timidly bready, German Doppelbock hints, even if more vinous. Remarkable beer indeed. If anything is disappointing me, it’s this Cola-like appearance. The taste is great, and I’m more than grateful to my new friend Olivier who came so generous.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2006
at 13:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark red-foxy; very little carbonation, and coloured head fast gone. Sharpish vegetable smell, as (sweetwater) algae; coloured malts and lots of it. Toasted, crumbly hard bread or crisps in the end. Just a whiff of hops, and charcoal. Very outspoken taste of coloured and roasted malts, stout-ish without being it - roasted barley. In a second helping, an explosion of resiny hops, I find little or no citrus here. There is a touch of saltiness hidden, however. Sligthly oily texture, very remarkable. No carbonation, but doesn’t feel dead. Bit strange for an old ale. To me, more a cross between an APA and a dry stout. Which is perfect with me. Grand merci à Olivier!
Tried
on 03 Jan 2006
at 00:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brown ale with mahogany hues and a thin off-white head, lacing. Light caramel in aroma with light floral hops, peppery. Nice caramel malt in mouth, with nutty notes, floral hops comming well. A nice mix between a nut brown and an old ale. Bottle from Rahman, Dec. 2005. 2.49$
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2006
at 14:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - sampled at the RBESP 2005
Chestnut colouring, creamy brown head. Molassis, chocolate and nut aroma notes. Nutty, slightly herbal flavors, sugary. Somewhat oxidized, a bit flat, sticky oily mouthfeel - in a good way.
Chestnut colouring, creamy brown head. Molassis, chocolate and nut aroma notes. Nutty, slightly herbal flavors, sugary. Somewhat oxidized, a bit flat, sticky oily mouthfeel - in a good way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2005
at 07:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark amber colour, slight haze. The aroma is mainly caramelly with a yeast backdrop and orangey hop notes. The flavour is woody and whole wheat bready with a big astringent bitterness, faint citrusy notes like kaffir limes. Honestly, a bit too astringent for my liking.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2005
at 02:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a deep orange amber color ale with a nice medium dark foamy head with great retention. Aroma of sweet floral hops with a good malt backbone. Taste is also dominated by the floral hops with a decent touch of bitterness at the end. Creamy texture make this even more enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2005
at 14:42