4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown color, medium white head, creamy and very thick. Aroma is malty and a little spicy. Full-bodied Belgian Ale. Malty and slightly sweet. Typical Belgian yeastiness and fruitiness, orange, dates, raisins and chocolate. Spices come through all these flavors to add too a really nice tasting beer. Very smooth taste. High alcohol is warming without any typical alcohol bite. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter and somewhat malty.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: APR 8, 2003 Please age at least 1 year: stunning eye-blinding rubiness sitting alive under a blanket of beige..a nose of grapey alcoholic cork wine and musty molassis...fizziness clothes a musty grape existence and warming heat waves dance around sugar cane scrapings and toffee clumps...an ending so dry and tart..with such frothy covering never letting the ruby touch the skies..
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Heavy body. Can taste hints of orange, anise, and caraway.Sweet finish. A wonderful winter warmer.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
had this in the Brussel’s airport! Good body & taste. Great with food. Somewhat sweet without any aftertaste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Great ale! Well balanced spicy+sweet.Recommended
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
My glass looked like hell--the last snifter out of a 750mL bottle, full of yeast that was hard to decant out. But it tasted great--slightly spicy, sweet, chocalatey flavor, with strong hints of prunes. Alcohol was well-hidden among all the flavors; very pleasurable.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A double with a kick. Alot of caramel flavor with spicy undertones.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I decent addition to the great line of Belgian Noel style beers,not great though, Spices come through faintly,sweet,malty, nice balance considering the strength.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Disappointing because I love Affligem’s yeasty, brett-laden brews. This is definitely not par. The spice was there with primarily malt flavors of the carmel variety. The sweetness also detracted from Affligem’s typical champagne-like speed of ingestion.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
sweet and crisp seasonal. well spiced with cloves cinnamon and a cocoa like flavour. sugary taste detracts from the overall quality of the brew
nice red colour and great aroma
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