 eboats (887), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Nov 7, 2004
Deep brown in color with a nice tan head. Aroma was a classic belgian with yeast, spice, and cloves. Flavor was yeast, spice, malts, nutmeg, and dark fruit. This had a nice malty mouthful. I could feel the bubbles run across my tongue with the initial taste. Starts sweet and finishes with a toned down sweetness.
camist (1), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
does not count  Nov 11, 2009 a bodacious belgian beer that tastes like a port wine and will knock you on your ass after a few of them!
thebusstop (12), New York, USA
Nov 10, 2009 What a beautiful beer, so smooth, deep brown and sparkling all at the same time. My biggest issue is with the nose; much harder to discern than the flavor would suggest. Heavy, burnt straw, brown sugar malts with light perfumey hops. I didn’t catch the Port or the ripe fruit. But I’m no professional. Unibroue holds up its rep. on this one!
coldmeat23 (72), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Nov 10, 2009 Dark, dark red. Almost looks black, it’s so dark. Very nice indeed. Totally minimal tan head, which rapidly dissipates to almost nothing.
Smell is also dark. Filled with dark fruit notes. Most prominently, red grapes and black cherries. Slight sweet maltiness. Butter and sugar. Hints of toast.
Tastes of malts and dark fruits. Cherries, figs, plums and red grapes. Sweet and yeasty & rich and spicy.
Feels amazingly good. Lots of nice tiny bubbles. Creamy and sweet and delicious.
Highly drinkable brew here. Nice, sweet, easy drinking. Unibroue does it again.
RKanis (6), Cincinnati, USA
does not count Nov 9, 2009 Very good beer. Full flavored. High alcohol content but not an overpowering alcohol taste. Great Belgian Ale.
zizzybalubba (339), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
Nov 7, 2009 750 mL caged and corked bottle from Grape & Gourmet (purchased November 2008, best by January 15, 2011). Muddy brown pour with a fizzy off-white head. Raisin and prune juice aroma. Very well-balanced dark fruit flavor with just the right amount of light tartness blended with a not-too-sweet Belgian candi sweetness. Very little alcohol detected at first but more so after this warms a bit. An excellent beer.
billdrinksbeer (18), Washington DC, USA
Nov 7, 2009 Bottle. Very dark brown, almost black pour. Translucent. No head on the beer. Spicy Belgian nose with some dried fruit (raisins maybe?). Moderate alcohol up front. Lots of carbonation. Sweet fruit and some spicy Belgian finish. Bitterness afterward. Nice palette. Overall pretty good, but not my favorite Unibroue offering.
TheGB (40), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Nov 6, 2009 Pours a great looking dark amber. Aroma of nuts and caramel. Taste is of nuts, malt, some hops and overripe fruit. Good beer, taste isn’t as deep or complex as I might have hoped.
jimmiec (41), Louisiana, USA
Nov 5, 2009 Updated: Nov 10, 2009750-ml bottle Marcello’s, Lafayette,LA - Aroma: dried fruit, sweet, alcoholic (esters), caramel (malt), slight medicine (phenols); Appearance: clear, opaque dark brown, tan head, some laces; Flavor: salty, dried fruit, chocolate, (malt), slight alcoholic (esters), bitter (hop); Mouthfeel: moderate to full bodied, high carbonation, alcoholic (no harshness); Overall: let the dark beer warm up to bring out the richness, complex, and balance of malt, yeast , bitter, and alcoholic flavors of the beer with no alcohol harshness.
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