6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Red-amber, slight haze; 2 cm of off-white head, a bit disparate. Sweet, fruity nose. Whiff of diacetyl? Then a nose, combined of melting candlewax and freshly boiled artichokeleaves. Unappetising burnt taste, as from fries blackened in the deep-frying pan. Orangezest in the background, maybe toffee too. After some time, taste softens, gets more fruitier, as from rosehips. Medium bodied. The scorched taste is awful in the beginning, even when it fades a bit. Not my cuppa tea.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jun 2004
at 15:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy yellow with greenish shine; very fine-bubbled head, receding, fed by typical Weizen-carbonation. First, spicey aromas, even touch coriander, and "milk-ripe" wheat; then banana and even cloves. Corianderimpression all but vanished. Bitterish first taste, immediately softened by a soft-sweet taste. No sourness, bitterness keeps hanging around though diminished. Fruity flavours, mainly grapefruit & grapefruitpeel. Creamy, milky mouthfeel; quite refreshing. Easily, and even by far, the bitterest Hefeweizen ever tried. Grapefruit(peel)bitterness rather than hops. But I’m NOT complaining.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2004
at 13:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Coca-coloured; a few moments of yellowish head, then gone. Chocolate, caramel, brandy-ish aroma; touch of coffee. Sourish taste, the acidity of a Guinness multiplied by 4 or 5, lots of burnt/roasted malt. Oatmeal? Again bit of chocolate, tobacco, coffee - or stout, maybe. Not very full-bodied, even for a standard stout. Well, yeah, an ordinary stout with a lot of acidity. Not very subtle. A bit of a bummer after having tried Le Charbonnier.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2004
at 15:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Yellowish head, fast receding; pale orange beer, slight haze, good carbonation. Some malts, flakes and - very strange - a smell of carrots. More vegetable smells, lake a garden veggie patch. Quite bitter, with again, a marked vegetable and earthy flavour. Bitterbite is rather harsh. Flowery notes throughout. Malt is there, but a bit overwhelmed. Rather light bodied, maybe medium - would be consistent with an 1047 OG, from a well-hopped and well-attenuated beer. Aftertaste has some orangey-citrus notes. I’m not over the moon. But then again, there’s much worse on P.A. in that styles’ country of origin!
Tried
on 14 Jun 2004
at 13:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Slightly hazy amber; good yellowish, thick head, irregular. Smoked nose with a touch of sourness - superb!! Smoked malts, unripe fruits. Again a just superb blend of smokiness (reminding me of Herrnsdorfer Rauchzart) and sour fruitness - a touch wheaty. Sourish grapes. Very refreshing despite the smokiness. Love it. Well-bodied. Please!! Lambicbrewers, start experimenting with smoked Bamberg malt, please. Jacob L., it’s not just gueuze with imperial doses of American hops, we want - we need it to be full of smoked malts too! Thanks Alex!!
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2004
at 11:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thin, off-white head, slowly disappearing; fully hazy (yeast in suspension) peach-coloured beer. Very perfumey, but not fruit; rather spciy: coriander maybe, rosewater, other aromatic spices; also a whiff of wet cardboard. Taste is more fruity; sweet (red) gooseberry, bit citrus fruit but not aggressively sour, some exotic fruit - but no raspberry... finish is a bit grainy, pale malts. Very slightly acidic. Light mouthfeel without being thin. Acidity makes it refreshing. Several brewers have told me that raspberries pose a problem, losing both colour and flavour fast. But aroma... They will have to learn yet in Switzerland, one needs a LOT of fruit - or something else. I’m sure they will get there.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2004
at 15:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear golden-yellow; slim white head. Fine, delicate vegetal nose that reminds me of summer wheat. No doubt it is the elderflower. There’s definitely an aroma of wheat, like for a Belgian wit. Taste is again, delicate sourish, not wheat-like this time, definitely flowery or fruity, bit like nectaring. Flavour of hay. Light to medium bodied. Nice tingling sensation, quite refreshing. Another very nice, remarkable beer. Laurent Mousson failed to convert me to Swiss beer a couple of years ago, Alex ’fiulijn’ is completely succeeding this time.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2004
at 09:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2013-06-22, bottle, 5.5% ABV, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Dark amber color with medium sized head. Moderate smoke aroma; light yeast too. The smoke is more present in the flavor, with the dark caramel; correct bitterness; compared to the Aecht Schlenkerla, it has a weaker body, more ashes, a bit of sourness. It’s very good.
2003-06-13, draught, 5% ABV, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Dark amber color. Light smokey aroma; bread. Very good body, smokey, malty, quite sweet. I guess it would be perfect with a sharper bitterness, but can be compared to some Bamberg ones!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2003
at 00:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg
Hazy blond color. Nice fruity aroma; sweet muscadel. Fresh beer, the good base is enhanced by a delicate elderflower note, persistent. A very good one!
Hazy blond color. Nice fruity aroma; sweet muscadel. Fresh beer, the good base is enhanced by a delicate elderflower note, persistent. A very good one!
Tried
on 04 Jul 2003
at 00:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Very dark brown with small head. Light licorice aroma. Sweet and rather malty, some molasses. Vague chocolatey finish. A very mild interpretation of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2003
at 08:08