Devil's Choice
Lobethal Bierhaus
- From:
- Lobethal Bierhaus
- Australia
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 6.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 15, 2011
- Added:
- Dec 01, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by dgilks from Australia
3.62/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Somewhat hazy dark amber colour with a small, short lasted offshite head.
Rich tropical fruit and stone fruit aroma. Notes that suggest some late hopping. Interesting.
Sweet and malty with the clear malt profile of a BSPA. Lots of fruity hop character though which is a bit odd.
Medium-full body with moderate carbonation. Fine.
A decent and drinkable beer but the hop character is a little high and it's a touch odd.
Feb 15, 2011Rich tropical fruit and stone fruit aroma. Notes that suggest some late hopping. Interesting.
Sweet and malty with the clear malt profile of a BSPA. Lots of fruity hop character though which is a bit odd.
Medium-full body with moderate carbonation. Fine.
A decent and drinkable beer but the hop character is a little high and it's a touch odd.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.15/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
3.15/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
Had on tap at the bierhaus. Seems to have been recently brewed.
Pours a burnished orange colour with very pleasant, thick cream-coloured head of fairly small bubbles. Steady stream of bead. Lacing is speckled but nice and sticky. Looks good, but not spectacular for a Belgian style.
First note and PLEASE TAKE NOTE, LOBETHAL - served WAY too cold. It's icy. The snifter was actually freezing my hand as I held it, had to warm it extensively for about five minutes to get any sort of character from it. Eventually got some fruit notes, raisin and some apricot. Some tangy citrus as well, and a good dose of some alcohol phenols on the back with some maraschino cherry notes. Smells quite light and fruity, could use more spice to remind me it's a Belgian style.
Tastes very tangy, lots of cherry, strawberry and baked apple flavour from the start. Mid-palate imparts some phenols, hint of tonic water and a bit of over-sweet character coming through. Big warming alcohol notes, a little too strong. It's quite noticeable. Quite spicy but in a bitey, alcoholic way, with a whisper of white pepper on the back that gives it a bit of an edge. A bit overdone with the booze, not enough flavour complexity to mask it, and it's really obvious as a result. Okay but lacks depth of flavour. Basically I'm just missing that wintery, malty undertone and the richness of the spicy Belgian yeast, they're just not apparent enough. Too many esters five this a light ale character, but with a large alcohol hit.
Mouthfeel is not bad, very full and textured. Could use a bit more stickiness from malt, but from the lack of malt on the palate you can tell it's a nice full thick beer from the feel at least.
Not all that drinkable actually, a bit of a struggly. Very sweet with obvious alcohol - not such a good mix in a beer.
Dec 01, 2009Pours a burnished orange colour with very pleasant, thick cream-coloured head of fairly small bubbles. Steady stream of bead. Lacing is speckled but nice and sticky. Looks good, but not spectacular for a Belgian style.
First note and PLEASE TAKE NOTE, LOBETHAL - served WAY too cold. It's icy. The snifter was actually freezing my hand as I held it, had to warm it extensively for about five minutes to get any sort of character from it. Eventually got some fruit notes, raisin and some apricot. Some tangy citrus as well, and a good dose of some alcohol phenols on the back with some maraschino cherry notes. Smells quite light and fruity, could use more spice to remind me it's a Belgian style.
Tastes very tangy, lots of cherry, strawberry and baked apple flavour from the start. Mid-palate imparts some phenols, hint of tonic water and a bit of over-sweet character coming through. Big warming alcohol notes, a little too strong. It's quite noticeable. Quite spicy but in a bitey, alcoholic way, with a whisper of white pepper on the back that gives it a bit of an edge. A bit overdone with the booze, not enough flavour complexity to mask it, and it's really obvious as a result. Okay but lacks depth of flavour. Basically I'm just missing that wintery, malty undertone and the richness of the spicy Belgian yeast, they're just not apparent enough. Too many esters five this a light ale character, but with a large alcohol hit.
Mouthfeel is not bad, very full and textured. Could use a bit more stickiness from malt, but from the lack of malt on the palate you can tell it's a nice full thick beer from the feel at least.
Not all that drinkable actually, a bit of a struggly. Very sweet with obvious alcohol - not such a good mix in a beer.
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