Sterkens Bokrijks Kruikenbier

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

Bottled. Hazy yellow colour, mediumsized white creamy head. Aroma is sweet malts, honey, fruits and slight notes of yeast. Flavour is caramel and fruits along with slight spices and yeast. When it warms up it gets some slightly glueish alcoholnotes in the flavour.

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

Bottle. Hazy dark golden colour with a large white head. Aroma of fruit, some yeast, malt and spices. Flavours are sweet, fruity, citrusy, lots of honey, spices with a dry finish . Medium bodied and carbonation. This beer works rather well; excellent.

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

For whatever reason, I always assumed that this beer was something of a Kriek (perhaps from the name) -- yes, even when it clearly states that it's a Belgian Golden Ale (duh!). So while I was hoping for something fruity/sour/tart for my sore throat, I ended up with a Belgian Strong Pale Ale. And, in retrospect, only a basic and unthrilling BSPA, at that.

Poured decently enough, with a basic head of foam atop a golden body, with a few flecks of yeasties floating around. Not too overlly carbonated, which is a nice change from other BSPA's I've had as of late.

Rather typical aroma, though. Doesn't really have much to say for itself. Hints of some esters here and there, but not nearly complex enough for what I normally expect from this sort of beer.

Much of the same thign can be said about the flavor profile. For lack of a better way of putting it, the flavor of this beer just kinda lays there, not offending, but definately not going out of it's way to impress, either. Fairly light in the mouthfeel, that allows the mild fruit-like notes of this beer to shine through reasonably well. Some alcohol noted in the backend, as well.

But overall, I kinda grew bored of this beer rather quickly. Drinkable enough, but just not all that interesting. Pretty cool 75cL ceramic swing-top bottle, but the beer within is a little on the dull side, IMO.
//TB

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Aroma is pears, caramel, and alcohol. Appearance is orangish with good lacing. Flavor is smooth with some citrus and a vanilla aftertaste. This brewery is highly underrated IMO.

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

Nice malt nose, citrus, wineish. Start is malt, the middle tart and full, the finsih is dry, sour and hops are surpressed but there. Strong and aromatic, quite quaffable.

Aroma: 0 | Appearance: 0 | Mouthfeel: 0 | Flavor: 0 | Overall: 0