Abbey Beer 8%
North Taiwan Brewing
- From:
- North Taiwan Brewing
- Taiwan
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.11 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 10, 2009
- Added:
- Dec 10, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.11/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.11/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Bottle-conditioned in a 330ml brown bottle, brewed on 01/07/2009, BB 01/07/2011; served lightly chilled in Kasteel's broad-rimmed chalice.
A: pours a dark chestnut/russet hue, slightly murky, topped with a creamy off-white to beige coloured foam, lasting well on top of lively but fine carbonation.
S: almost like a cross b/w barley wine and quadrupel, the malt body features a good concentration of lightly burned caramel and melted barley candy, on a par with sour-sweet lactose drink and overripe fruit or fruit jam - suggesting white prunes, canned pineapples, and some grassy hints of (maybe) hops. Overall the fruit esters are pretty bold and slightly overly sweet, dragging down the mark a little.
T: on the palate, the complexity doesn't seem to square with what's promised by the nose - the licorice-flavoured prune flavour rules in the foretaste, along with some interesting-flavoured amber malts and grainy malts, turning slightly dry with a delicate touch of bitterness. In the finish, residual notes of overripe fruits and light sweetened citrus peels accompany the lightly powdery yeastiness, rendering a somewhat "sweet herbal" touch in the end, although an excessive touch of sourness also lingers a little and the whole palate thins out a bit as a result.
M&D: pretty creamy on the carbonation, witnessing good bottle-conditioning; the body is not full for an 8%abv. ale but rather moderate. All in all, this mediocre big brother of North Taiwan's 6% is in fact a lesser product in terms of overall complexity and depth of hoppiness, while the thin-ish finish also plays to the disadvantage of the overall drinkability.
Dec 10, 2009A: pours a dark chestnut/russet hue, slightly murky, topped with a creamy off-white to beige coloured foam, lasting well on top of lively but fine carbonation.
S: almost like a cross b/w barley wine and quadrupel, the malt body features a good concentration of lightly burned caramel and melted barley candy, on a par with sour-sweet lactose drink and overripe fruit or fruit jam - suggesting white prunes, canned pineapples, and some grassy hints of (maybe) hops. Overall the fruit esters are pretty bold and slightly overly sweet, dragging down the mark a little.
T: on the palate, the complexity doesn't seem to square with what's promised by the nose - the licorice-flavoured prune flavour rules in the foretaste, along with some interesting-flavoured amber malts and grainy malts, turning slightly dry with a delicate touch of bitterness. In the finish, residual notes of overripe fruits and light sweetened citrus peels accompany the lightly powdery yeastiness, rendering a somewhat "sweet herbal" touch in the end, although an excessive touch of sourness also lingers a little and the whole palate thins out a bit as a result.
M&D: pretty creamy on the carbonation, witnessing good bottle-conditioning; the body is not full for an 8%abv. ale but rather moderate. All in all, this mediocre big brother of North Taiwan's 6% is in fact a lesser product in terms of overall complexity and depth of hoppiness, while the thin-ish finish also plays to the disadvantage of the overall drinkability.
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