Boutip (9769) reviewed Cascade from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a hazy brown color ale with a huge bubbly head with average retention. Aroma of dry hops and with some roasted malt. Taste kind of surprise me since I thought that Cascade hops were more floral and sweet then bitter but this is still very enjoyable nonetheless. Another fine beer from Bieropholie and a nice experiment.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Golding from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A hazy amber beer with an orange head. The aroma is plainly hoppy, while the flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and some dust, leading to a dry slightly acidic end.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed IPA from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A hazy amber beer with a light brown head. The aroma is of caramel as well as light notes of grass and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of grass and with an extreme dry end.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Cascade from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A hazy orange beer with a small orange head. The aroma is sweet and slightly hoppy combined with hints of nuts. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, alfa acid, and nuts, leading to a dry bitter end.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Na Zdravi! from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On draught at Mondial, 2005. Had this one quite a few times. Lightly hazy body is a brilliant copper-gold with some amber highlights. Thick, white, fluffy/creamy head is full and lasting providing sheets of lacing. Smells of dry, earthy/grassy hops. Farmy, leafy, lightly bitter as well. Creamy, honeyish malt backbone can be sensed in the nose and comes alive in the flavor. Some sweaty dough-like notes and creamy sugar notes do detract from the crisp hoppiness of the aroma, somewhat. Full bodied and wonderfully extracted malt. Tons of noble-hops character. Sweet honey dough, caramel suggestions and sweet biscuits and honey. Surprising amount of bitterness for using noble hops, with no citurs flavors, which is a great change of pace (not that there should be any real citrus notes). Crisp, bitting yeast on the end, highly refreshing and drinkable. Moderate carbonation and a great drinkability for how malty and hoppy it is. Been waiting for this one for a long time, and it did not disappoint.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Bock Émissaire from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured a black color ale with a huge dark head with average retention. Aroma of roasted malt, subtle banana with some mild chocolate. Taste is sweeter then expected but very enjoyable nonetheless. The mix between the sweetness, the banana and the roasted malt is great. Body is full and the only thing that didn’t please me as much as the rest was the molasses feel at the end. Anyway, another great beer from Biropholie.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed MacKroken Flower from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
2005 bottle from the generous MartinT, shared with OldGrowth on 5/28/2005. Clear, magenta tinged amber body. Moderate white head slowly recedes to a ring. Thick toffee in the nose, rich maple syrup, some alcohol detracts. Flavor has more toffee, and more alcohol. Anise on the finish. Plant roots or something that gives a earthy/floral mix. Some light yeast notes on the finish, but then a big burn lingers. As it warms and breathes, the alcohol really comes forth and ruins the experience for me. At 9.5 abv, I really think this one needs a lot more body, and could handle some hop flavor to take the edge of the alcohol burn. Medium to medium-full body, moderate carbonation. Dusty, dry mouthfeel.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Cascade from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2005 bottle. Another deep cherry-amber-copper pour, unfiltered, with a two-finger dark-beige head, creamy and lasting, with good lacing. Smells citrusy, candied oranges and toffee. Bit of roastiness, graham crackers, sweet cream and a bit of pine astringency in the background. Flavor begins with a large amount of bitterness, but is well rounded out by the caramel and candy-like sweetness of the malt. Cookie dough, biscotti and more oranges with a moderately bitter finish and a wonderfully creamy consistency. Very low carbonation, medium-full body. On a personal level, I like low-alpha bitterness, non-citric hops for the most part, so I really liked the goldings, but I make an exception for cascades, which I also love.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Golding from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2005 bottle from Depanneur Peluso. Beautiful deep amber-orange, light brown shades and a faded copper-gold tinge on the edges. Large yellow head is fairly well-retained and fades to a ring. Smells of caramel, lightly floral hops, rich toffee, yet some sweet, dried hay, rich warmed honey. Very hard to pinpoint everything in the aroma, for me. Flavor begins with more floral notes, hints of spicy perfume-like notes, with toffee right away, flowers, soft, yet noticeable bitterness. Flowery, lightly bitter finish, bits of caramel. Short and dry, mostly. Medium body. Soft carbonation, bit watery, though not in a bad way.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed IPA from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Dark chestnut, slight haze; thick miscellaneous yellowish head. Cookies, caramel and non-specific hops smell; also something meaty-yeasty going on in the background. Very prominent roasted taste, crème brulée, scorched caramel, going seamlessly over in the hops. There is, as MartinT says, something almondy underneath, even marzipany, held back however. Peppery not only in the taste, but even in the MF, rich body, slick. Strange. I feel uncharacteristically unsure about the marks given. One point less would seem to do it terrible injustice, one more would make it exaggerately overrated. En tout cas, je préfère la Cascade, René.