Draft @ Moeder Lambic. Orangée-cuivrée, col fin blanc présentant qcq bulles qui disparaissent vite. Arôme est houblonné, renfermé, résineux, fruité houblonné sur un bouquet malté/grains, tirant vers caramel, drêche. Palais est agréablement houblonné avec une effervescence un peu faiblarde qui enlève un peu de magique à la bière et de ce fait tirant plus vers un profil huileux. Une fois passé cette surprise des houblons, on retrouve une bière qui présente un profil malté, grains et surtout levure trop encombrant au palais pour vraiment apprécier les houblons. Le tout reste alors huileux et résineux en bouche avec une effervescence trop faible qui n’améliore pas la dégustation. Pointe de fruité agrumes très léger procurant une pointe d’épices, thé vert feuilles bouillies, amertume fleurie, le tout est accompagné d’un malté plus présent sur une pointe sucrée venant du crystal malt-pâle.

05/12 A 0.5 l bottle @Animal, Madrid, shared with teddybeer. Thanks Tibor! It poured hazy golden body with medium sized head. Orange hop and floral malt aroma. Flavor was quite simple, slightly bitter, same so sweet, herbal and grapefruit hops rounded in a boring, simple sugary way. Thinner to medium in body with pleasant, biscuit and herbal bittersweet finish. Definitely not bad, even pleasant, BUT rather typical, common EPA, not "the best beer in the World" as producers market it and justify the title with nothing except extremely high price. -1 overall for such pretentious attitude.

Sample @ Animal. Shared with ’Heavy’. Thanks Tibor. Golden colour with a small white head, medium lasting. Aroma is malty, fruity and floral hops. Flavor is quite sweet, fruity and a light bittery final. Medium bodied and carbonation.

On tap at Moeder Lambic. Hazy dark orange colour with a nice formation of an off-white head. Tarty aroma, caramel, sour, peach and yeast. Flavour is moderate sweet but also with acidic hints. The final is sourish and dry. Carbonation is soft. Body is medium. Texture is moderate oily.

(Draught at Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas, Brussels, 19 July 2012) Dark brown colour, almost black, with foamy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, dark bread and caramel. Roasted, malty taste with chocolate, raisins, dark bread, brown malt and a mild, spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain malt sweetness. Quite decent.

Not sure where I got this bottle. It’s a big bottle so hoping I can get through it. Enjoyed at cellar temp (60F) in a Duvel Tulip.

A - Intense carbonation even on a very delicate pour. Dark nut brown ale very cloudy 4 finger leather head with really nice lacing and subsided slowly.

S - Very musty leathery scent. roasted almonds. Very nutty.

T - Big carbonation makes flavours hard to detect. Old candy, burnt caramel and multi-grain bread. Sweet and like a cheap candy store toffee.

M - 100% carbonation. Medium body. bitter old candy finish with a hint of oak.

O - This tastes okay. It’s not great and I wouldn’t have it again. It’s also very big so I’m not happy to finish it.

Draft sampled @ Chez Moeder Lambic // thx to ajax25g // light brown with a tanned bubbly head // smell is sweet, definetly candy sugar, touch faro-like; caramel, fruity, definetly smell better than it taste but taste is far from bad // taste is sweet, candy sugar in here, faro-esque (no sourness here, just the kind of sweetness of a faro), caramel malts, spices, nuts, hint of lipton ice tea // soft carb, touch too light body for me // not bad, seems like Spain is coming up these days, will Spain become the new Italy? It is possible

Draft @ Moeder Lambic, Fontainas. Continuing the crusade for better Castilian beers, the beer sort of reminded me of a light Black IPA. Brune trouble, col léger blanc/beige. Arôme malt grillé, grains, houblonné assez fleuri avec un bouquet malté restant nettement plus en avant. En bouche, malt grillé, caramel sur ce finit rappelant des houblons US notamment de Northern Brewer rajoutant un agréable profile d’amertume. Le tout conserve une approche qui pour moi oscille entre un côté bien malté et cette balance houblonnée entre une belle amertume et pointe sèche de grains. Houblon est fleuri et herbacé avec une note de résine et de pin. Fin de bouche est collante aux lèvres. Belle découverte.

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Draft. Brown beer with a dark cream head. Malt aroma. Malt and light cocoa flavor with light toffee and backing hops. Medium bodied. Malt and light cocoa lingers with light toffee and backing hops.