 harrisoni (5130), Ashford, Kent, England
Jul 1, 2008 Bottle at Chris_o birthday bash 08. Hazy gold, off white head. Some fruit on aroma. Tastes like a Belgian blond, bit sickly on the malt, some rose petal. Drinkable enough. But malt lets it down.
Mes_and_Sim (4360), Highgate, Greater London, England
Jun 7, 2008 A Mes rate: Bottle at the Oi Oi Saveloy tasting at Chris O’s.
Blonde with a thin white head. Fruity and yeasty with a slight hint of TCP. Slight notes of corn and a dry and dull finish. Far from great.
JorisPPattyn (4282), Antwerpen, Belgium
Mar 26, 2008 Huge, dense, collapsing, just off-white head over pale yellow-golden beer. Creamy nose, milkripe grain, with a spicy touch (coriander?) and wheat, it would seem, without being sourish - rather lactic. Liquorice, near stout-like flavour in this very pale beer - very disconcerting! Ends slightly salty, and dry cookies flavour. Saltiness, like dried shrimp is weird. Warming up, some cornflakes-with-honey flavour comes up. Creamy texture and slightly spritzy MF, despite no visual pearling. Bit empty. Disconcerting beer with clashing impressions, contradicting angles. If the beer had been as artful as the label, it would have been really great. It isn’t, far from...
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