Bloekie (165), Belgium
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 | Sep 7, 2009 Aged bottle from 1980, brewed by Tielemans, tasted at the Kulminator, Antwerp.
Clear amber, small head, aroma is sour, taste of sour Palm-beer. Huge succes!
Ungstrup (15436), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 | Mar 5, 2006 A hazy orange beer with an off-white head. The aroma is primarily of oranges, slightly over ripe, combined with light metal notes, and so is the flavor, while the body is a bit thin. Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 | Jan 27, 2006 Vintage bottle (old, dirty with a rusty cap) courtesy of Joris - thanks!! Thin white head that lasts well, hazy orange golden body. Fruit, berry and wet woody aroma with a sourish edge - rather old and fusty. Extremely dry and woody flavor probably helped by the age - with a fresh sourness to back the dryness up. Quite thin and watery body. Definately over the top but still drinkable. duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 | Nov 2, 2005 Bottle. Sweet stale caramel flavours, and slightly on the sticky side of the scale, ever so slight sourness. This tasted old/gone to me. GarethYoung (1110), Glasgow, Scotland
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 | Oct 27, 2005 [bottle at LCRBM] smelled slightly herbal, some sherry notes. Don’t know hold old this was but it tasted too old, had a thin body and generally wasnt my cup of tea. Interesting stuff though. Magicdave6 (5559), London, Greater London, England
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 | Oct 18, 2005 No#76. What an unexpected find. Aroma is fruity with a alround well balancedness coming off it. Taste is very similar though thin and the slight sourness gives it a great refreshing character. Papsoe (15172), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Jul 10, 2005 (Bottle 25 cl) Hmm, label doesn’t say Huyghe anywhere, only Biertoren. But since the latter closed in 1993 and this bottle was bought in 1998 I reckon it’s the Huyghe version. I believe it was a blending beer originally (Speciale & Lambic?) but don’t know if that’s still the case. Dark, reddish brown - not much head, or carbonation for that matter. Very quenching acidity but a lot less sharp and metallic than other sour ales. Vinous and very light-bodied with some roasted notes from the malt. Very interesting. 150298 JorisPPattyn (5193), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Jun 17, 2005 Pretty aged bottle, might well hail from Biertoren in Kampenhout Good ochre head, not lasting; slightly hazy amber beer. Caramel, artificial sweetener or cassonade nose, and a very, very faraway acidity (which was the hailmark of the original Aarschotsen bruinen), yoghurt and some nuttiness. Much more lively acidity, metallic and probably lactic acid, yoghurt again, and some biscuity-nuttiness. Light bodied, not thin however, rather refreshing. Metallic aftertaste. Nice, but nowhere up to the stuff of old (Tielemans,...)
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