 deflagro (100), Lund, Sweden
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Bottle. Pours a pale golden liquid with a huge, white head. Aroma is fruity and spicy in a typically Belgian way, with a lot of yeast and citrus notes. Taste is very spicy and fruity with some sweetness and acidity, notes of lemon, bitter herbs, yeast and spices. Nice.
cstuartj (326), Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 4, 2009 Pours a bright light golden color, slightly hazy with a creamy white head that leaves tons of lacing. Very complex nose, spicy, reminds me of Christmas smells. Taste is also spicy and citrus, a bit heavy, but great beer.
GG (1665), NorCal, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 3, 2009 The beer pours out a bright light golden body, lightly hazy with a thick creamy white head. Light carbonation bubbles streaming up from the bottom and nice lacing left behind. Aroma is rather soapy with cloves, bubblegum and hay notes. Also some light dried apricots getting detected. The palate notes are sweet citrus oil, peppery, hay, light apple juice, cloves with a toasted bread-like finish. Very nice.
ricke (246), Malme, Sweden
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 28, 2009 Updated: Dec 15, 2009Bottle. Hazy golden color with an enormous white head that leaves a lot of lacings (apparently, this brewery can do carbonated beers after all).
The smell is nice but fairly simple: Light malts, citric fruit esters, mild spices and yeast.
The flavor is fairly sweet with notes of white bread, spices, earthy yeast and fruit esters. Unfortunately, I don’t think the yeast profile nor the fruit aromas are as complex as some of the better Belgian pale strong ales I’ve had. The finish is mildly bitter with sweet oily alcohol notes, mild spices and a hint of wood.
Medium body with quite a lively mouthfeel. A bit too sticky in the finish due to the alcohol.
A good solid interpretation of an enjoyable Belgian beer style. However, since I don’t think it adds something new to the table, it mostly comes out as a a copy.
Capa (993), Yokosuka, Japan
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 26, 2009 Glowing gold with white head. Spicy, citrus fruit, light yeast, nice. Effervescent body. Similar flavor. A little lemony. Spices and alcohol are a bit strong on the tongue during the finish but it’s a very nice beer.
Ungstrup (15382), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 26, 2009 Bottled. An unclear golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw with an edge of something acidic. The flavor is sweet with a light acidic edge and notes of straw, wood, and malt, as well as lighter notes of grapefruit.
Sigmund (2300), Hafrsfjord, Norway
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 14, 2009 Bottle, 8.5% ABV, RBNAG 2009 in Vatlandsvåg. Golden colour, slightly hazy, moderate white head. Aroma and flavour of American caramel malts with some "unfresh" marmalade notes. The flavour also has some moderate American hops.
madmitch76 (645), , Essex, England
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 13, 2009 17th May 2008. Cloudy orange ale - smooth and creamy. Creamy orange morphs in to a mild non bitter grapefruit. Very smooth. Dry finish.
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