Hoegaarden Forbidden Fruit

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Opaque orange with decent lacing off-White foam head. Aroma is muffled but definitely fruity. Tastes slightly sweet, not quite what my beer buddy and me would call a desert fruit. (Nantes 201402)

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

wonderfull foamy at first sight, which keeps on with a very nice thin film. strong carbon dioxide content which makes it fresh and potent. The colour is brown to mahagonny and the nose is fresh with a clear and strong yeast note and a touch of lychees. The taste is very dominated by yeast with perfect sweetness a touch of honey and in the nose a fine odor of hop. very short after taste.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 5

So this is one of my ridiculous remnants of having something yet knowing nothing of what it is. Bought in 2006 in NZ because I thought the bottle looked cool. Sat on shelf in sun for 2 years. Then moved to Kamloops, sat on shelf for 3 years. Moved, sat in storage for another year. Then had been in my fridge for 6 months as I eye it warily wondering if this could possibly be anything! Beerchronic tells me to write, "review this beer and a beer that sat in a dryer that was constantly on for 6 years". Well its got tons and tons and tons of sediment. Quite a bit of carbonation, beer top popped when opened. After a couple minutes it settled to a skiff but stayed. Smells very sour, but possibly in a good way.... lots of orange peel, spices. Tasted it, really really light in body, gentle flavour, but basically not much except a touch of sour and strange feeling on the tounge. Is it amazing and I am unsophistcated? Or is it garbage? Don't know, but I am not convinced that it is safe to drink per storage life, and so it is going in the drain....

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

I've had De Verboden Vrucht (dutch for Forbidden Fruit) not in it's original glass, so I'm not sure about the appearance. Colour was amber gold with an aroma full of malts and some fruits. Taste is spicey with some alcohol but not much. Not too interesting taste, compared to the aroma.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A dark amber colour with a medium sized white head. aromas of cloves, prunes, sage and mint tea. flavor is particularly bready with a touch of sweetness. overall very filling. i would like to taste this one again soon.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pours a hazy red/brown amber, lots of yeasty chunks, off-white dense head, and a lot of bubbling. Aromas of musky malt & candy sugar, subtle hops. There is a briney note there also, which would allow this beer to go well with Moules et Frittes. A bit light on in flavour, for what I was expecting. I think the carbonation deadens the mouth a bit as it fizzes away... I'll give it a swirl to kick up more head, and maybe lose some of the CO2. With some swirling & warmth, I get a perfumy candy flavour, mostly musk. Maybe I'm getting a bit jaded, but it's seems a bit cliche.... all esters & phenols, not much beyond that... There is an aftertaste of subtle hoppiness. The bitterness is medium. Very effervescent, like its stablemates. Maybe too much so, as it tends to detract from the front-palate flavours.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Re-rate, May 05, bottle shared by Robert at SL. Seems to be a different experience than my first, plenty cherry fruitiness over top of a pilsner malt type base: sulfur, grass. Decent brew. Thanks to Robert for another crack at this one. Original Rating: From a bottle at the Dachsbrau House in Krefeld, Germany, listed as a starkbier. Poured a murky brownish color, maybe some orange hues in there, nice intial fluffy head, some sedimentation. Good retention, decent lacing. A pretty beer, aroma full of dark fruits, spicing, and yeast. The flavor followed suit, adding in caramel and then coriander most prominent among the spices, but this one wasn't overspiced. Smooth, lightly bittered finish from the yeast, along with some pepper that came out as it warmed. A nice beer, but not as good as the Grand Cru I had in Belgium.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

thank you mR.H Krop...murky brown..everlasting pool....dirty yeast bananna smell,good though...nice bitters..smooth and bloody enjoyable...not an offending beer...fruity and an enjoyable brew.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Hazy nut brown colour with huge creamy head. Sweet wheat and citric nose. Sweet wheaty and citric flavour with yeast present. Pleasant palate. Lots of yeast in finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Amber colored with a full head - left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma was a bit woody (cedar) and had a nice dark fruit aspect - cherry pit. Fruit flavors give way to a chewy malt that finishes with a hint of chocolate. Good all around beer.