 ThaBobfather (130), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
May 21, 2008
Courtesy of Tmoney99.
The first smell of this is sharply orange/honey. Pour a nice deep amber color. Sips very well. There’s a lot here. Some aged tastes with spice and fruit. Much less bubbly than many strong ales. Very solid.
Miksu (1291), Jyväskylä, Finland
Oct 9, 2008 12 oz bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm. Sweetish, fruity and spicy aroma with honey, banana, lemon, mango-apricot nectar, ginger and bouillon. Sweet, honeyish and spicy flavor with some tartness, pepper, orange, lemon and tropical fruits. A bit chewy moutfeel. The spiciness is substantial giving a weird bouillon association.
CapnJazz (13), Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 6, 2008 Pours a muddy light gold with a white head. Huge spicy aroma with some citrus. Kind of medicinal. Flavor is all over the place. Heavy wheat base, which is inherently a contradiction. Some residual fruit sweetness especially orange, peach, and banana. Really large burst of spices, light and lively. Kind of chalky and medicinal. In a couple words, this beer is not all there. Too unbalanced to really enjoy. Has some really interesting elements, though.
Moggman (54), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Oct 2, 2008 Bottle. Golden/Amber color with off white head. Wheat flavor with orange and coriander undertones. Finish is smooth with a bit of alcoholic bitterness.
lithy (206), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Sep 30, 2008 Big thanks to wetherel for a great trade bonus. Nice honey golden color, very opaque and a sliver of off white head lingers forever. Lots of yeasty sediment floaties. Imperial witbier perhaps...alcohol notes, exotic citrus like papaya, mango and pineapple. Smooth wheat Belgian flavors. Paradise seed finishes with a slight but enjoyable alcohol bite.
TAR (2008), Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
Sep 29, 2008 Bronzed orange. Quickly dying off-white ring of foam. Decent aroma is comprised of peach, melon, coriander, gummy candy, orange peels, and black pepper. Fuzzy carbonation. Bottle conditioned. Gentle, well-rounded bite of acidity is curbed by a stewed-peach sweetness which saturates the core. Succulently fruity with tangy wheat bolstering the body, but intensely spicy with an overbearing mix of coriander and alcohol. Quite muddled and increasingly cloying. Yeast imparts some unpleasant chalkiness and aspirin-like bitterness which is amplified by the relentless spiciness. Melon lends some slickness to the otherwise tacky and sappy body, but fails to overcome the spices. Flabby finish is sweetly malty with an overt honey-drizzled apricot suagariness and a lingering mixture of orange peel sweetness and coriander. This wasn’t very good when fresh, and I can’t say aging it has helped any.
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