Subsidiaries
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Hazy, muddy brown coloured body with a dense tan head. Aroma of malt, raisins, caramel and some nuts. Medium-bodied; Odd cardboard flavour with some malt and raisins coming through. Aftertaste dry and bitter-a bit offensive. Overall, decent but not the best dubbel i’ve had! I sampled this 33 cL bottle from a bottle shop purchased in St. Kilda (Melbourne), Australia.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2004
at 22:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Ommegang fest. bottled. Clear brown ale with light sweet caramel aroma. Light spices and ginger with sweet fruity malt taste and smooth alcohol finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2004
at 09:36
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Undated Bottle. Wow, I’m surprised at the ratingo on this one, seems people actually dont mind this crap. Anyways, it pours a light amber-peach, rosy and warm-hued but extremely clear and bubbly, with a small fizzy white head that disappears rapidly. Aroma of strong musty socks mixed with sharp, strong, dry peach esters to the max. Flavor starts out immensely dry of dry, tart, stale peaches. No sweetness in this and a bittersweet, almost spoiled fermenting fruit flavor. The peach flavor is there, but it’s not fresh, it’s not real, and it’s not subtle. Sharp and stinging, this dosent make for a very palatable beer. Finishes with a hint of sweetness, but it also finishes with an awfully artificial lightly syrupy candy flavor. A bit plasticy as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2004
at 08:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
This Belgium ale pours a slightly cloudy yellow with a white foamy head. First sniff found citrus scents with a haze of alcohol. Slightly doughy like most of the other Belgium ales i’ve had are. Maybe a little pepper note also. First sip was slightly watery but good. Yeasty as most, with nice carbonation. The finish is pretty yeasty and so is the palate.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2004
at 19:23
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Pale golden, very lively. Dryish and lemony with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Hiding the alcohol completely is it’s most prominent feature.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2004
at 14:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Hazy golden, extremely lively. Sweet, with lots of aromatic hops. Soft and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2004
at 03:59
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottled. Clear red. Sweet cherry lemonade with a dash of artificial juice. Fanta is more complex. There is beer in here?
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2004
at 14:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(draught) Orange-golden beer; mass of very fine yellow-tinted head. Very meaty, yeasty notes in the nose, strong estery smelling, maybe touch of coriander. Extremely scorched & alcoholic taste (would have guessed Huyghe!), bits of cookie malt, quite aggressive and sharp. Probably lots of sugar. Some citrus in the aftertaste. Alcoholburn, medium to well-bodied. Served - of course - from a "small, secret brewery"... Not very distinctive.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2004
at 01:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Muddy orange, end of bottle full of UFO’s; huge dense, off-white head. Sourish, wheatish smell (or another of the six...), citrus zeste. A bit scorched, very much citrus zeste, quite sharp taste. Then filling in, getting sweet and spicey retronasal. Spices (unidentifiable) impose themselves in the finish, to the detriment of the balance and making the beer again more sharpish-bitter. Very well-bodied, nearly porridge-like, slick. In the aftertaste, the scorched flavours disappear. One of the better Van Steenberge commanded beers. It is supposed to be a 100% original recipe, which is a rarity for this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2004
at 01:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Golden, slightly orange, beer, clear and well-carbonated; huge off-white head. Typical Van Steenberge mix of peppery spice, candi sugar and some citrus. Dry, slightly bitterish-spicey taste. Candi sugar, lots of malt underneath, giving a sweet finish. Dry and full-bodied, at the same time alcoholburn. Long dry-spicey aftertaste, no new flavours. I could say that it bears the ubiquitous Van Steenberge stamp. It’s no doubt more accurate to think of it as the umpteenth labelbeer from Ertvelde.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2004
at 11:54