 Ughsmash (4025), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 6, 2008 Thanks to Blake for bringing the 750! Poured hazy medium golden with well-retained, creamy cap of white head.. sticky lacing. The aroma picked up lots of bright noble hops upfront.. juicy pineapple and floral notes led with a soft bready backing.. loved the presentation. The flavor had lemon zest, dry floral, and pineapple bitterness over a pale bitterness that didn’t provide too much.. great spicy tripel-like yeast strain throughout. Medium-plus bodied with a whole lotta carbonation on the palate.. spicy overall and quite enjoyable.
porterhouse (1154), Alna, Maine, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 30, 2008 (750 ml bottle from 1828 Vintage House) A bitter Belgian... Cork ejects with alot of force. Pours cloudy light amber-blonde with a large foamy, fluffy whitish head that settles to about 1/8" and stays. Aroma has Band Aid, yeast, sweetish citrus, candy. Mouthfeel is light, soft and sticky. Thickish, well-defined rings of lacing. Tastes of Band Aid, light sweet candy, a bit fruity, yeast and a mild citrus note. Band Aid mostly dissipates after awhile. Quite bitter and a bit hot, esp. as it warms. Kind of a standard Belgian with added bitterness.
Bart (1636), Brussels, Belgium
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 21, 2008 Hazy blond coloured beer, some small yeast particles, light carbonation and a small white head. Nice, full hoppy aroma. Hops come foreward, some herby touch as well. Full palate, light sprankling. Finish is full hoppy, light alcoholic bitter. Nice balanced.
DrBayern (1136), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 12, 2009 750 ml bottle. Hazy gold body with a foamy white head and some decent lace. Pleasant aroma with some grain and bread, hop based citrus and some earthiness. Lively carbonation, medium body, clean and dry. Light grainy sweetness succumbs to a bit of spicy bitterness for a dry, but certainly not overly bitter, finish.
Furseth (1328), Kungälv, Sweden
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 14, 2008 0,7l Bottle: Hazy golden colour, with a flat head. Aroma of fruits, yeast,hops,and a malty/flowery nose. Flavor is nice flowery,citrus/malty ending. Nice medium body, and a medium citric/flowery finish.
wickedpete (627), Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 30, 2008 Pale yellow body along with a tall effervescent head that leaves clinging gobs of lace as the head recedes. A doughy aroma comes through with the typical yeast and honey sweetness of the style. A hop note is noticeably missing from the aroma. A bitter hop bite shows itself in the flavor as well as an expected yeasty spice, and tingly body. The dry bitterness persists throughout the body. Flavors of honey, hay, under baked bread, and grapes maybe. Pretty solid and enjoyable but it doesn’t wow me.
KimJohansen (7007), Copenhagen V, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 22, 2008 Clear golden with huge white head. Sweet yeasty with fruity, mild hops, spices and warming alcohol in the end.
JoeinUccle (902), Brussels, Belgium
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 3, 2008 Really a tasty ale, but don’t be distracted by the hop thing. This is another example, I think, of a Belgian brewer wanting to get serious about hops but not quite having the stomach to cut loose and go for it (also see Duvel Tripel Hop). Happier with this result, though. Sampled at ZBF. Pours hazy yellow-gold, white and tightly laced head. Tropical fruit nose with some light hops in the aroma. Flavor is sweet, malty, rolling into a bitter finish and aftertaste. Goes quite dry at the end. Interesting and enjoyable. The Anker site suggests this is a full addition to the Carolus line, not just a one-off. Glad to hear it. OK to tweak, though.
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