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Lost in translation
Last night I had two interesting brews
1. Westmalle Trapist tripel
Cirtrus and lemon on the nose; very subtle. It starts with the classic belgian sour dough yeasty flavour, but an easy one not too strong, then it moves to a little honey and fruitty and a subtle and smooth finish. Not as complex as I was expecting. Medium body and smooth as silk on the finish. Remarkably smooth. Pretty good.
4 out of 6
2. Stone smoked porter
A much darker beer mahogany in color with a ton of chocolate on the nose and a little woodsy. This is one dark offering. A lot of chocolate and really full bodied, with some smoke on the finish. Usually I really like smokey flavours, but this was not working for me. The chocolate and smoke did not work well together. The finish was dry and a little bitter hops. This was an interesting beer; and I usually like dark beers, but it tried to do too many things. The smokey flavour was too much for me.
3 out of 6; it would have scored higher without the smoke.
1. Westmalle Trapist tripel
Cirtrus and lemon on the nose; very subtle. It starts with the classic belgian sour dough yeasty flavour, but an easy one not too strong, then it moves to a little honey and fruitty and a subtle and smooth finish. Not as complex as I was expecting. Medium body and smooth as silk on the finish. Remarkably smooth. Pretty good.
4 out of 6
2. Stone smoked porter
A much darker beer mahogany in color with a ton of chocolate on the nose and a little woodsy. This is one dark offering. A lot of chocolate and really full bodied, with some smoke on the finish. Usually I really like smokey flavours, but this was not working for me. The chocolate and smoke did not work well together. The finish was dry and a little bitter hops. This was an interesting beer; and I usually like dark beers, but it tried to do too many things. The smokey flavour was too much for me.
3 out of 6; it would have scored higher without the smoke.
