Recent Tasting Notes
Red Duck Burton Strong Bitter (15/20)
Latest limited release from Red Duck. Pours a nothing head. Hazy dull orange in colour. Bouquet is very lifted and shows plenty of sweet chalky and confectionary notes. Does plenty for me and shoud attract many others. Settles down very nicely in the palate as classic / textbook bitter notes and structure come into play; nettles, mineral notes, subtle hops, really quite attractive, albeit in a elegant style. Finishes very balanced and broad, exactly the character I love in the likes of Marstons Pedigree and Tim Taylor Landlord. This could be their best beer?
Verhaeghe Duchesse De Bourgogne (16/20)
The most striking thing about this beer is the nose; masses of balsamic vinegar, something I have not really encountered in beer prior. Balsamic still evident to taste but it makes way for some more overt sweetness with some clearly defined vinous notes. Not sure if this is a session beer but always great to taste something so different.
Cantillon FouFoune (16/20)
"Really attractive to look at; mid-sized head with decent coffee-like density. Colour is a dullish glowing orange (does that make sense). Lovely nose; pongy and sour early, takes me straight back to Rue Gheude, good intensity. Opens and softens over 15 minutes to reveal much more obvious fruity apricot notes, almost to the extend you’d be forgiven for thinking you were infact sniffing a botrytise semillon dessert wine, although there’s no denying the sour lambic notes underpinning the impressove bouquet. Palate destroys any notion this will be a friendly fruity beer - sour, tangy, almost salty, pongy sulphuric notes. Truck loads of lemon and citrus with a touch of acid burn. Surprisingly all this flavour doesn’t translate into a long or memorable finish. My bottle was very low fizz, and me thinks a few more bubbles may have carried the sour and citrus flavours better as the beer finished up feeling a touch flabby, as strange as it may seem. (2006 bottling purchased at the brewery in October 2006)
Latest limited release from Red Duck. Pours a nothing head. Hazy dull orange in colour. Bouquet is very lifted and shows plenty of sweet chalky and confectionary notes. Does plenty for me and shoud attract many others. Settles down very nicely in the palate as classic / textbook bitter notes and structure come into play; nettles, mineral notes, subtle hops, really quite attractive, albeit in a elegant style. Finishes very balanced and broad, exactly the character I love in the likes of Marstons Pedigree and Tim Taylor Landlord. This could be their best beer?
Verhaeghe Duchesse De Bourgogne (16/20)
The most striking thing about this beer is the nose; masses of balsamic vinegar, something I have not really encountered in beer prior. Balsamic still evident to taste but it makes way for some more overt sweetness with some clearly defined vinous notes. Not sure if this is a session beer but always great to taste something so different.
Cantillon FouFoune (16/20)
"Really attractive to look at; mid-sized head with decent coffee-like density. Colour is a dullish glowing orange (does that make sense). Lovely nose; pongy and sour early, takes me straight back to Rue Gheude, good intensity. Opens and softens over 15 minutes to reveal much more obvious fruity apricot notes, almost to the extend you’d be forgiven for thinking you were infact sniffing a botrytise semillon dessert wine, although there’s no denying the sour lambic notes underpinning the impressove bouquet. Palate destroys any notion this will be a friendly fruity beer - sour, tangy, almost salty, pongy sulphuric notes. Truck loads of lemon and citrus with a touch of acid burn. Surprisingly all this flavour doesn’t translate into a long or memorable finish. My bottle was very low fizz, and me thinks a few more bubbles may have carried the sour and citrus flavours better as the beer finished up feeling a touch flabby, as strange as it may seem. (2006 bottling purchased at the brewery in October 2006)
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