 Defreni (1027), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 6, 2009
Flaske: Flot uklar gul-orange øl med et kæmpe skumhoved. Kraftig duft af honing. Smagen er også domineret af honing med en fin biterhed fra enebærrene. Faktisk en rigtig vellavetøl, bare ikke min stil da honingen er for dominerende, og det er en honing type jeg ikke er så vild med.
smith4498 (919), Miami, Florida, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 Pours hazy amber color with minimal off white head. Fruity aroma with a weird smell I can’t describe. Sweet flavor of fruits, wheat and honey with some alcohol coming through. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Not bad, but not really my thing.
BDR (2168), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 A murky orange color beer with a creamy white head. An intriguing mild herbal aroma with a saline character. Perhaps the sea wormwood? I’m not familiar with that variety. Definite juniper in the body and i think main flavor on the finish is the heather. A wonderful beer.
hopdog (5612), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 9, 2009 Poured a medium and hazy amber color with a large sized off white head. Lots of small suspended particles. Aromas of yeast, cloves, and just overall herbalness. Tastes of the same herbalness, some berries, honey, and spices. Lighter alcohol in the finish, but overall well hidden.
theisti (1689), Leawood, Kansas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 500 ml bottle shared beastiefan2k. Pour is a hazed darker golden with a bunch of suspended proteins with a 1/2 inch white head. Aroma is clove, very herbal, sweet honey, and some general yeast spiciness round out the nose. Taste is the bright honey, some big clove, full on herbal - very big flavors, decent integration. Finish is straw and yeasty. Palate is medium to full, oily and mouth lining. Alcohol is present in the back. Interesting, with a bunch of big flavors competing for dominance, and perhaps a bit to heavy handed for my palate. Thanks for sharing this one Eugene.
abemorsten (180), Randaberg, Norway
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 29, 2009 Pours amber with white head. Aroma is a weird mixture of Belgian blond/wit and lambic. Berries, clove. Fresh, dry, sweet, honey in the mouth and definitely the juniper. Like it! Perhaps this could work with a creamy game casserole?
(Sampled @ Nærbø Ølfestival 2009)
mgumby10 (1858), Jupiter, Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 28, 2009 Pours a deep copper color, with a medium off white head. Really unique nose, lots going on. Earth, sweet malts, hops, and honey are all evident. The flavor was pretty cool on the taste buds as well. Got a lot of herbal and earthy notes as in most traditional ales, with some fruity sweetness and tart honey notes. Very interetsing and tasty ale, a little underrated I think.
beerguy101 (3946), Newark, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Sampled on 11/6/09. This traditional ale pours a dark orange gold color from a 50cl bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is malt, juniper, honey, spicy and sweet. A medium bodied traditional ale. The malts are fruity and sweet, orange, orange peel, juniper and spruce. The hops are herbal. Lively carbonation with lots of little bubbles showing throughout the taste. An interesting blend of malt, hops and spices. Hides the 11% alcohol very well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.
ricke (246), Malme, Sweden
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 19, 2009 Vintage 2008 (brewed 2008-09-16, batch nr. 382). Serving date: 2009-03-16. Best before: 2013-09-16. Served in snifter.
Amber colored, very hazy with plenty of floaters in the liquid. 1 cm slightly off-white head that leaves minimal lacings.
A very fresh and somewhat tart smell. Plenty of honey and newly cut flowers. Hard to tell what aromas come from the hops considering all the stuff they brewed this one with, but I still think I can detect some distinct hop aromas here. Plenty of yeast with a Belgian character. Some herbs.
A very powerful taste of honey hits the palate. Lots of floral flavors, almost a little perfumy. Some pine-forest is noticeable, but the juniper twigs they brewed this one with is hardly detectably. Plenty of Belgian yeast. Some herbs, soft candy and caramel. All in all, its very sweet, but still rather round and soft. Quite good, actually. The finish is characterized by an almost complete lack of bitterness. Instead, here are plenty of warm and spicy alcohol, some honey residuals and bread-like malts.
A very good mouthfeel. A successful combination of a rather full body, creamy texture and plenty of carbonation. Towards the end, when the carbonation decreases, it almost feels chewy. Excellent.
This is a not your average kind of beer. It’s definitely interesting and to a great extent quite good, so it’s a rather successful experiment. It is well composed and nothing seems really out of place. However, I think I would have liked the alcohol to be somewhat less prominent, and perhaps the honey is a little too much in some sips. Also, I think it would have been nice if both the juniper twigs and sea wormwood they used in the brewing were more noticeable. But all in all, quite tasty, and most definitely interesting.
Serving type: bottle
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