iskirwan1 (66), monument, Colorado, USA Jan 25, 2007 pours a deep gold with minuim head.aroma of sweet malts,bubblegum,cloves and a very pleasnet floarl hop note,taste his creamy yet prickly strong malt backbone with various phenloic notes and a nice floaral hop note in the backround(just like the aroma)hides the alcohol well.little too no lacing and a light too medium body.overall pretty good not as complex as I would like a belgian style too be but still good. LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA Jan 21, 2007 22 oz bottle. Pours golden color with full foam white head. Aroma fruit, cinnamon and lite hops. Dry hoppy taste and yeast presence. RedHaze (370), Where the hell am I?, Nebraska, USA Jan 14, 2007 22oz bottle.
Pours a slightly hazy orange with a thin head that rapidly retreats to a a spotty head that fades to almost nothing. The subsequent lacing is tattered and sparce.
Smell; bananas and cloves are dominant, but I also detect a little citrus and yeast as well. There’s also some spices that are a bit hard to pick out, but they are there. Overall a little weaker than I would have liked in the aroma department.
Taste; the flavor carries through more so than the aroma did. This is definitely fruity, with bananas, lemons and apricots. This has a very sweet honey like quality that’s balanced a bit by some peppery spiciness, with a prominant alcohol presence. Unfortunately this became pretty harsh after it warmed up, and became quite a bit harder to drink. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a drinkability that takes a hit due to a high alcohol content and a sweetness that becomes a little cloying after a while. detroiter (958), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA Jan 13, 2007 Pours a clear and bright copper orange, topped by a good inch of off white foam. Decent head retention, good lacing. Strong dry malt aroma with some orange and a hint of tea.
Quite sweet flavor, again with some orange and stronger tea. Candi sugar and coriander and just a hint of bubblegum into the finish. Alcohol, coriander, clove, green hops, and bitter orange in the aftertaste.
Medium to full body, softly carbonated, quite smooth sipper. dyetube (397), Dallas, Texas, USA Jan 3, 2007 This beer pours a golden amber with no head. on the nose I am getting bread and malt. This beer is very typical of the style of a belgian ale. Not a very bad beer at all... Cheers! Jwasciuk (194), Lowell, Michigan, USA Jan 2, 2007 Pours hazy medium orange with a small frothy white head. Aroma is complex, malty; cookies, hoppy: pine and oranges, Yeasty: bubblegum. Flavor is close to perfectly balanced with an average duration finish. Light to medium bodied, a bit oily and lively carbonated. Excelent! Maria (6056), Thisted, Denmark Jan 2, 2007 Warm amber with a small head. The aroma has notes of hops, spice (coriander and more) and fruit. The flavour is fruity with notes of peach, a bit of apple, coriander, candy sugar, caramel and the finish has a nice bitterness, more than the Belgian ones, but just right for me. A nice one - seems to be words at the end of all my Avery ratings :) swanmann (304), Norman, Oklahoma, USA Dec 31, 2006 Big bottle poured golden honey color with sustained white head. Sudsy and almost oily. Syrupy aroma of bananas and cardamom. Complexities that I can’t place. The flavor is sweet and spicy with mild bitters. The mouthfeel is soft carbonation with medium body. Very good. When I get my hands on another one I’ll age it a while.
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