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2013/01/02 08:27:27瀏覽305|回應0|推薦1 | |
A little gift from my Secret Santa for X’mas 2012, this ale is tasted for the second time in… 7-8 years! Also the First Bottle-Conditioned Beer I’ve had in this new year of 2013. Bottle-conditioned in a 500ml brown bottle, printed with a bottling date of NOV 2012 , served cool in a straight imperial pint glass. 3.5 Appearance: lightly hazy, due to the yeast sediments disturbed by the action of cap-opening; topped with a well-lasting and thick beige frothy head, the colour is light copper-ish, coming with healthy streams of fine carbonation. 3.5 Smell: the nose is mixed of overripe plummy fruit-esters, brown sugar, crystal malts, blackcurrants, dried citrus peels, etc.; a swirl brings up the exotic yeastiness not unlike one would find in an ordinary Belgian Amber or Farmhouse ale, in the form of the slightly funky sourness to it. 3.5 Taste: effervescent on the palate, the taste comes initially quite fruit-estery, then amber malts, burned brown sugar, and earthy hop bitterness catch up and ensued by a woody, chewy, even tannic bitter aftertaste. The sour and woody hints as described as “funky” above lend this impact at the very end of each sip, somewhat keeping the palate… wanting for more. 3.5 Mouthfeel&3.5 Drinkability: refreshingly carbonated, medium-bodied especially as the yeasty elements add to the weight, not unlike my last encounter with this bottle-conditioned version of Ballar’s Best Bitter, and definitely not a bad, first, Best Bitter to have in 2013! -- Yau (01/01/2013) |
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