 BeerandBlues2 (3231), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 15, 2009 Bottle. Pours clear amber with an average, rocky, white head, somewhat diminishing with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, hay, straw), light hops (grass), average yeast (horse blanket, barnyard, earth) with notes of apple, coriander, and pear. Medium bodied, slick texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness and acidity, moderate bitterness.
Avengedpoet (325), Mesa, Arizona, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 13, 2009 Pours a luminescent yellow with a thick pillowy white head. Aroma is of heavy coriander, alcohol, and some muted belgian yeast notes. Taste is of fresh coriander, lots of alcohol, and too much carbonation. Once I worked out a lot of the carbonation, I found this beer much more enjoyable (way too prickly as bottled). This beer is NOT dry at all. It was quite apparent that there was a high finishing gravity, as evidenced by the thick mouthfeel and lingering on the palate. The coriander really accumulates quickly to an annoying level, making any more than half of a glass of this un-drinkable. However, if you stay within these boundaries, this was a fairly enjoyable beer, though not stupendous. Doesn’t come close to challenging their Grand Cru in my opinion.
fidel (1012), Livermore, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 21, 2009 Pours hazy golden, bready, spicey, yeasty, citrus, little floral, dry finish.
Jmichael (633), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 6, 2009 notice the coriander on this, spritzy palate, and mild trappist quality, a good belgian with a fun american twist, good stuff.
kegbear (273), Orange, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 5, 2009 Bottle. Aroma of yeast, bread, spice and banana. Tastes of bread, orange peel, banana, sweet malt and corriander. Quite nice.
darkguardian (506), Florida, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 30, 2008 22oz bottle. Another homerun from Alesmith. Poured a straw color. Fine but restrained aroma of wheat, banana, yeast, orange peel and coriander. Taste is perfectly balanced. This is more like a cross between a Belgian Wit and a Belgian Abbey Tripel. Perfectly done it has a heavy sweet finish with huge long caramel notes and yeasty heavy notes, but the front half of the beer is all wit. Orange peel, coriander, cinnamon and grapefruit all come into play. Wonderfully crafted beer. As a side note my bottle listed the abv as 11%. It didn’t taste remotely close to that. More like 8 or 8.5. Very well hidden.
boto (1345), Granby, Connecticut, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 21, 2008 750ml bottle: This one pours a hazy, golden color. Mine actually had almost no head on it at all. There was no "pop" when I opened it either. Very nice aroma. Banana, cloves, wheat, spices, sweetness, and a few others. Very nice taste. Slight notes of the bananas, coriander, yeast breadiness, other spices and fruits. This is a very nice brew.
SamGamgee (1466), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 17, 2008 Draught at the Red. Hazy gold with a creamy white head. Sweet aroma. Plenty of fruity notes with banana domination, some spicing, and light tartness. The flavor has that same fruity sweetness, with some orange/banana, and a spicy and alcoholic wrap-up. A lemony, tangy citrus flavor come in a bit later. The sugar lightens the body to a medium clip; much easier to drink than the grand cru, and with very creamy, tight carbonation. For 11%, this is insanely easy to put down. The banana/spice flavors and creamy texture make me think of a belgian pale-strong crossed with a German hef. Definitely the preferred of their big Belgian styled offerings a this point.
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