 austinpowers (2828), New York, New York, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Apr 17, 2005 Not a Flemish Sour Ale, despite its label. This is far closer to a Belgian Strong Ale, and it looks the part. Hazy light orange color with lots of bite in that 9% abv. Wild yeast flavors. Not my bag, but others should like it.
ratman197 (3252), Arvada, Colorado, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Apr 14, 2005 Hazy orange color with a white head, leaves behind a ring of Brussels lace as you drink it. Spicy, sour aroma lets you know its got that Belgian thing goin on.
Fruity slightly sour flavor, with a mildly sour aftertaste. Good mouthfeel. This is an excellent summer thirst quencher.
beerinmarch (2829), Washington, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 10, 2005 Tons of wild yeastiness going on in this brew, big crisp bite to the nose with bretts and sour acidic smells mixing and attacking with the spiciness. Taste followed in the footsteps with a very lively carbonation to emphasize the sharp spiciness of the bretts and finished strong with a medium sour twang. Lots of citrus and hay throughout with a very dry finish.
JonR888710 (999), Cochabamba, Bolivia
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 3, 2005 Brassy-gold body with a slight hint of peach. Huge head of cottony, white bubbles. Superior lacing in the glass. Smell is of bandaids, medicine, dry cloves, public bathroom (urine, antiseptic), and a strong fragrant floral, gardeny scent. Big flavor. Lots of peach and lemon up front, with drying clove, to the point of being astringent. Also some wheat/doughy qualities. But overall, extremely bitter. Aftertaste is high alcohol and more bandaids. I can tell this is a well-crafted beer but the end result is something that makes me feel I’m drinking in an operating room.
Kinz (2214), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 30, 2005 Updated: Aug 19, 2008Spoon Whacker. Pours a clear, orange color with a nice head. Aroma is faintly citric, with something vaguely funky working in the background. Slight malt flavor, some almost candy sweetness, and a definite yeast note that suggests at something wild, but is so kept in check as to make it simply a celery-like annoyance as opposed to any real feature of the beer. Almost herbaceous, but in the end, not particularly good. RERATE: 8/19/08, Reinaert bottling, and yes, I am embittered by the rebadge on this. I’m curious as to which of the various Bosch paintings this one corresponds to. In any case, Clear medium gold with a nice white head that collapses very quickly into a ring. Aroma is brett dominated, with that wet leather thing going on, and a touch of orange marmalade. Flavor is similar, but the end is clearly of bittering floral accented hops. Didn’t catch that at all in the aroma. Original rating was a 6,3,6,3,12, and this is a bit better. New numbers going up.
Hopistotle420 (1178), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 22, 2005 Bottle Pig Nun: Great label. Pours a lovely peachy golden hue. Awesome aroma of slight wild sourness, funky, sweet yeasty. Big puffy white head, mostly lasting, leaving sheets of lace. Geat belgian mouthfeel. Steady carbonation. Sweet first, pineapple, band-aid, bready, medicinal, yeasty, pale fruit, clove, pear, medium body. Finishes with slight spice, yeast and peppery alcohol. Quite delicious in my opinion.
Ernest (4501), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Mar 16, 2005 Updated: Nov 16, 2005(As Reinaert Flemish Wild Ale, reviewed Aug 04) Head is initially small, fizzy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately yeasty (barnyard, horseblanket), lightly malty (toasted grain), with notes of clove and pepper. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, slightly metallic. Not bad, nifty yeast, but the aftertaste is a bit disconcerting...metallic and maybe even a little husky. The residual sweetness is somewhat like saccharine. Rather odd.
jazz88 (2238), San Francisco, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 15, 2005 Bottle (Pig Nun version). A hazy orange color with a white head. Citrus (orange, lemon), apple, lambic-like aroma (although without the dry musty element) and light pepper. A nice full fruit flavor with coating malts, medicinal, and bread. Quite enjoyable.
Earlier Rating: 11/12/2003 Total Score: 3.4
Bottle. Hazy yellow in color with a fluffy and creamy white head. A light fruit aroma (banana and grapefruit) with some pepper. A harsh bite at the front that mellows only slightly as it settles. This beer seems to be a fusion with a lambic without the sourness. In place of the sour finish it has a "wild" quality (i.e., fresh, unrefined).
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