Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Vintage 2006 at 9.0% ABV. Clear, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Very fresh aroma of pine needles. Full, sweetish body with lots of caramel and wonderful flavours of pines and citrus - almost soapy perfumy, but never unpleasant and sticky as it manages to retain quite some freshness. The bitterness is not overwhelming and only seems to awake rather late on the palate. Yummy. 191206
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Dark black body with rust red head. Strong aroma, alcohol, oak, roasted malt and vanilla. Complex flavor, dried fruit, coffee, wood and some vanilla. Long, sweet and warming finish. Nice stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
This beer is a hazy amber-orange color with a medium thick and creamy ivory white head. Thin, spotty lacing. The aroma is fruity (mostly citrus) with a touch of spice and yeast. Medium-bodied with citrus, hops and bready malt flavors. Doesn’t taste very "Belgian" but as far as Golden Ales go it is pretty good. The finish is dry with a peppery hops aftertaste. Pretty good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
2006 bottle from iowaherkeye; nose of bourbon, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, oak, and smoke EXTREMELY COMPLEX; Balcker than night with a tiny tan head; thick syrupy body exhumes these flavors, 1) coffee, 2) caramel, 3) chocolate, 4) bourbon, 5) vanilla, and 6) a liitle bitter hop finish! Alcohol extremely well covered!
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled at the Richmond Beer Industry Gathering 2006. Dark black body with a small creamy light brown head. Dry chocolate and bitter aroma. Strong dark malt, chocolate, coffee, and bourbon flavors with a hint of vanilla.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled, thanks Immy! Hazy deep golden, lively head. Yeasty almond aroma. Swet and fruity. Densely malty with notes of butter and some grassy/spicy hops. Medium bodied with some crystal malt character.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Pere Jacques from Goose Island Beer Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Tpaliga: Poured a cloudy deep brown color ale with a medium dirty white foamy head with average retention. Aroma of candi sugar, big strong malt and subtle yeast characteristic can be detected. Taste is quite sweet with lots of candi sugar and some dry figs characteristics. Body was definitely fuller then average with some well concealed alcohol. Very reminiscent of Gouden Carolus Keizer though probably not as complex.
Fin (18365) reviewed IPA from Goose Island Beer Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle picked up at Tuckers Maltings, Newton Abbot,, Devon 14-11-06 had the same evening. Poured a warm golden colour, this was a super crisp refreshing hoppy beer, with great citrusy flavours very impressive, I liked this a lot and have had this before but forgot how good it was.
jcr (3164) reviewed Matilda from Goose Island Beer Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 12
Spice is the predominate aroma and flavor from this Belgian style ale. Almost too much so when that spice comes up against the hops. Cloudy amber pour with small, white head. The nose presents pepper, clove and plastic Band-Aid. Clove is the top flavor, too. But there are hints of orange juice and tart cherries. Beneath the spice are the floral hops. I was not particularly in love with the combination which left an aftertaste of musty plastic. Lively carbonation. Medium body that comes across as clean, but then has a slightly sticky finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
bottle - Pours a nice shade of brown with a toasted malt aroma. The flavor is sweet caramel malts with some nutty flavor. It’s easy to drink like most browns, has a medium body, and finishes mildly dry.