 Heathen (810), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 23, 2009
THOUGHTS: The Blue version is my favorite beer and I went into this rating think that if this was half as good as the blue, it would be great. It wound up not all like I was expecting, but was still nice. It was a little like Duvel, but way more interesting. It still had that certain Gouden Carolus taste and aroma, but without the wonderful intertwining dark malts. Hid alcohol quite nicely, but it appears in the belly.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a hazy, dark yellow with nice carbonation and a large, creamy, off-white head that slowly diminished tho a thick sheet that left excellent side-coating lacing. The aroma was candy sugar, very light floral hops, light to moderate yeast, honey, spices, light colored and tropical fruits. The initial flavor was sweet and lightly acidic; while the finish was sweet, slightly bitter and slightly acidic with and average duration. There was honey, spices, slight alcohol, tropical fruits, slight hops, candy sugar and yeast. The medium body, may have been a little thicker, but was lightened by the carbonation was sort of syrupy and then very dry with rather fizzy carbonation and a slightly metallic and lightly alcoholic finish.
TeamTrappist (399), jericho, New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Bottle. Spicy yeasty nose. Creamy mouthful. Zesty and spicy and rich full flavor. Nice lively carbonation lights up your mouth and your senses. Complex and bitter finish.
Bricks (39), USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 2008 - A little bit of a let down from the Blue, which was incredible. This is reminiscent of a Bernardus Abt 12.. although not quite that high in quality. A rich, creamy, blonde ale.
omhper (12245), Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 Bottled. Hazy deep golden, airy head. Fruity nose with plenty of perfume and coriander. Sweet and full bodied, estery alcohol, soap and coriander. Soft´and warming, arousing and complex. Juicy saffron finish with herbal bitterness.
Defreni (1023), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Flaske: Lys næsten trippel i sit udseende. Duft af gær og frugt. Dejlig frisk i sin smag, gør at den igen minder om en trippel i sit udtryk. Dejlig belgisk øl hvor sødmen og gæren kombineret giver et balanceret udtryk Rigtig god øl.
Gypsy19 (644), California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 8, 2009 750ml from Total Wine & More, Roseville. Pours a mostly clear orange, fizzy within, with a large egg-white head. Aroma is mostly hoppy, with some lighter fruits coming around sparingly. Flavor is nice: Quite fruity and spicy, with a sharp funky bitterness at the end. Kind of an astringent bite, but it works. Lighter feel, good spritz element on the tongue. Not too memorable, but very likeable. Overall, very good.
armando629 (997), Budapest, Hungary
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 0, 75 l bottle, vintage 2009.
Hazy golden beer with a huge and stable, foamy white head what diminishes very slowly, leaves a nice lace on the glass and never disappears. Rich aroma of caramel and honey, spicy character with coriander, liqueric malt. Oily texture, a density like honey, very thick body with caramel, again the liqueric malt and the spicy character of coriander, some vanilla. Fine alcoholic-spicy aftertaste with a mild hop in the aftertaste. Very good and balanced brew.
SHIG (2037), Aviano, Italy
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 1, 2009 Bottle: Poured a golden with white fluffy head. Aroma is that of fruit. Taste is apples, malts, and light hop finish.
Taverner (861), San Ramon, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 29, 2009 Apples! I smell apples! Pour of a clear golden with fluffy white head gives me that definite sweet apple aroma. Flavor is a malted version of the apple aroma I was talking about earlier. Very much like Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider, except it gets you drunk. Or drunker.
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