Kettle Series Vas Deferens Ale
Caldera Brewing Company in Ashland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.46
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Dark brown color. Malt, stone fruit (plums, hint of cherry) and roast in the aroma. Hint of matl. Malty sweetish, roasty flavor with caramel and soft metal notes. Orange. Nice, fairly complex brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
December 2017. Big Tasting at Višnja's Penthouse! Dark reddish to brown, small off-white head. Malty and toasty. Sweet. Light to medium body, soft carbonation, light finish. Incredibly drinkable for an 8.1, but I expected more yeasty and spicy aromas.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Good yellow, slightly irregular head, over deep dark veiled chestnut coloured beer. Roasted notes, quite sweetish, as raisins, liquorice, praliné. Liquorice, sweet (especially in the finish), bit fruity-yeasty. Finish has some orangezeste, rather rutty too. Feels rather light-bodied, even watery. I find it difficult to estimate this at 8+ ABV... Like watered-down Gouden Carolus, or Mechelsen Bruynen as that was used to be called. Certainly not very high-strung, the label excepted...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ PBF X ] Petalax Beer Festival 2015 by oh6gdx, Petalax, Finland. [ As Caldera Kettle Series Vas Deferens Ale ].Clear medium to dark brown - red amber color with a small average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, caramel, nutty, dusty malt, light brown sugar, moderate yeasty, light belgium yeast. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dusty malt, caramel, light spices. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150724]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled@PBF X. Rubyish brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is rye, mild toasted notes, some yeast, zest and quite sugary. Flavour is caramel malts, some alcohol, mild toasted notes as well as some earth. Ryelike and mild dusty notes in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
650ml bottle @PBF X. Dark brown, thin off white head. Bready sweet, raisiny aroma. Flavor has sweet malt, dark fruits, brown sugar. Dull.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled at Petalax Beer Festival. Clear mahogany colour, small head. Vanilla, caramel and orange up front. Sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Simplistic flavour of caramel, vanilla and blood orange. Low bitterness. Infantile.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from ABC Beers, Den Haag. Poured a clear dark brown with a round bubbly white head. The aroma is toffee caramel, light alcohol. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet with a woody nut resin hop palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus and Ansjelaah. Dark brown color with a dark red glare coming through, light to medium brown colored head that lasts for quite some time. Smell and taste malts, sweetness, a hint of caramel and sugar with a touch of herbs or spices. Average body and carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ benzai. Brown to ruby colour with a medium sized off-white head. Smells chocolate, roasty, sweetish, vanilla. Tastes iron, dark malts, chocolate, sweet. Medium body, soft carbo, dislike the iron.