5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Yellow with little white head. Aroma is lime citrus some dish water soap. Taste is artificial sweet with quite some sourness. Quite unbalanced and a bit watery.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2017
at 16:42
5/10
Tried
on 02 Nov 2017
at 17:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
From Sep 2007
Pours from 330ml bottle(best by 20/09/08) a slightly hazy straw colour with a fairly large head of foam that recedes quickly to just some spotting and some lacing.
The smell is of wheat, banana, and clove.
The taste is some nice wheat flavour, very light clove, and even lighter banana. Very lightly flavoured over all but what is there is good. Just needs to be a bit more assertive. The mouthfeel is light, the carbo is light, and it finishes on the watery side.
Bottom line: It's been a while since I last had some of this and I don't recall it being *this* light on the flavours. In my book, it's just so so. There are lots of others in the style that please my palate more.
Pours from 330ml bottle(best by 20/09/08) a slightly hazy straw colour with a fairly large head of foam that recedes quickly to just some spotting and some lacing.
The smell is of wheat, banana, and clove.
The taste is some nice wheat flavour, very light clove, and even lighter banana. Very lightly flavoured over all but what is there is good. Just needs to be a bit more assertive. The mouthfeel is light, the carbo is light, and it finishes on the watery side.
Bottom line: It's been a while since I last had some of this and I don't recall it being *this* light on the flavours. In my book, it's just so so. There are lots of others in the style that please my palate more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2017
at 09:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, small bubbly head, cloudy palish red color, aroma and flavor of raspbery with hints of metal, light sweetness, light bitterness lightish sourness. More a beer then expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2017
at 14:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
250ml bottle. Cloudy, orangey golden colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Wheaty, slightly spicy and minimally fruity aroma, hints of banana, orange. Taste is minimally sweet wheaty, slightly fruity, hints of banana, orange, a bitter and minimally tart touch of orange zest, coriander overtones. Very well balanced, paradigmatic for sure, but not outstanding.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2017
at 15:27
8/10
годовой хугарден %)
Tried
on 21 Oct 2017
at 20:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Apparently I haven't rated this yet. This time had it on tap at Hong Kong International Airport, paired with local pork belly and chicken rice dish. Poured deep white-orange with some white foam on top. Nose is as always, lots of orange juice, invitingly fruity. Taste has a bit of carbonation, light and flavourful, goes down really easy. I have pretty much always liked Hoegaarden, even long before I knew about craft beer. Best on tap and from that heavy original glass!
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2017
at 12:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(On tap) Murky ruddy brown with good pinkish head. Raspberry aroma. Medium body, slightly sticky and oily with modest carbonation. Nice balance of sweet and sour. It is quite sweet, but for a low alcohol fruit flavored beer it's not unreasonable. There's no bitterness and no hint of alcohol. Great refreshing drink but maybe marginal as a beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2017
at 04:30
6/10
Zwaar bevochten 3-2 zege --- Beer merged from original tick of 0.0% Citrus on 13 Oct 2018 at 22:56 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2017
at 19:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Unclear, deep amber-brown colored, medium beige creamy head. Aroma is of some toasted malt, bit chocolate, orange, some spice, Belgian yeasty, dried fruits. Taste is medium sweet malt, bit brown sugar, orange, some spices, Belgian yeasty notes, dried fruits, toast and some light chocolate, light+ bitterness, sweetish finish. Medium bodied, soft+ carbonation, bit creamy.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2017
at 01:09