UPDATED: FEB 18, 2024 Aus der Flasche (Vintage 2014) im 2023-11 getrunken. Dieses dunkle Weihnachtsbier im belgischen Stil kommt klassisch malzig daher. Über die lange Flaschenlagerung hat sich die Süße deutlich abgebaut, aber es sind keine weitere komplexe Aromen entstanden wie andere ähnliche Biere diese Stiles es können. Der Körper ist eher leicht für diesen Stil und einfach zu genießen. Ein schönes Bier!

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2022 Hazy copper, tall tan head. Arom of yeast, pepper, ripe red fruits. Taste is fruity and malty, a little sweet, but spicy and complex. Hint of tobacco, marsipan and barrel.

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2022 Bottle. Color: Slightly hazy orange-brown amber, yellow-ish off-white head. Aroma: Malty, caramel. Taste: Malty, caramel, hints of roasted nuts, almond. Light bitter and bit citrusy hoppy background. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Lightly creamy. Lightly spicy. Dry-ish and bittery caramel malt finish. Nice typical Belgian Ale.

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2023 @ Home a Natale - da GrandCru Firenze Altre valutazioni: 4.0 - 27.12.23 @ Hop&Pork Roma (spina)

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2021 Tap @ Pikkulintu Ruttopuisto. Poured mahogany color. Dark fruits and almondy touch, Full bodied, spicy and mild nuttyness. Not bad.

UPDATED: MAY 4, 2021 29-APR-2021, bottle @Ulkløbben meeting, @Ole. Clear mahogany with a lasting, lacing, off-white head. Caramel, spice. Light roasted, caramel, nuts. Vegetables too. Not a great beer.

UPDATED: MAR 21, 2021 Bouteille. Robe cuivrée, limpide, scintillante, effervescence active. Fine mousse blanche homogène. Tenue de mousse éphémère. Arômes: généreux, noix, caramel, chocolat, cerise, liqueur. Saveurs: équilibré avec des notes similaires aux aromes jumelées à peu de sucres résiduels et une fine amertume éphémère en finale. Texture: corps mince, carbonation faible-moyenne, bonne buvabilité. Caractère soigné.

UPDATED: FEB 5, 2021 Copehagen 5/2 2021. 75 cl bottle from Belgisk Bryg, Emdrup Mosevej, Kbh. NV. Grinning Christmas elf on the label. Pours slightly unclear amber with a mid-sized white head. Dense. Settles as 1,5 cm thick layer of foran covering the surface of the beer. Substantial lacing. Aroma is medium intense with sweet malty odor mingling with a dry, citric scent. Sweet pale malts, caramel, hints of brown sugar. Sour gooseberries and citrus. Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, smooth, almost flat texture. Flavor is fairly intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a slightly more moderate tart sourish bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter with a sweet undertone. Finish is dry. Well balanced with an appropriate bitterness. Not the worst way to get my best Christmas wishes.

UPDATED: MAY 24, 2020 Aroma; caramel, malt, plum, yeast, liquid nougat. Look; good pale beige head on clear mahogany body. Taste; malts, caramel, toffee, nut syrup, plum, prune, dates, cherries, vanilla bark sap, sweet liquorice fudge, and leading to a lingering balanced finish. Feel; good body n smooth co². Overall; top beer, top beverage. [čištění starého nepořádku, lahvové pivo, koup@ německém obchodě]

UPDATED: JAN 11, 2020 750ml bottle. Clear, chestnut colour with ruby glimmer and small to average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, off-white to beige head. Sweet-ish, caramel malty aroma, notes of malt lozenge, caramel, some toffee, rock sugar, nougat, fruity hints of red berries and cherry. Taste is sweet-ish, nutty and caramel malty, hints of nougat, caramel, toffee, fruity hints of red berries, cherry, even a touch of plum in the finish, yeasty spicy marmite overtones; very cautious hints of oxidation (not surprising, no criticism as the bottle is eight years past BBF). Minimally 'chewy' texture (not viscous, not oily, but not watery either - 'al dente' in a way), smooth, soft, silky palate, soft carbonation.