3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tasted 4/5/08. 750ml bottle. Slightly hazy with a beige ring of head. Peppery floral yeasty citrusy nose. Perfumy. Full bodied and sticky. Nice balanced burn. Peppery and slightly bitter. Tingling effervescence. Caramel flavors. Very nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours deep amber with red highlights and low, quickly fading head. No head throughout most of the session. Other than that, this beer had a nice big aroma with vanilla, dark fruit (raisins). Body was good, maybe a little thin, but full lively Belgian yest and good alcohol warming. A nice beer!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Pours brown with a thick head. Aroma of spices and fruits. Not as carbonated as I expected. Alcohol is hid well. Pretty good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml. bottle. Pours a mahogany color with a thin head. Spice cake aromas with banana and dark fruit. Flavor of sweet dark fruit (raisin, plum, concord grape, etc.) interlaced with a black pepper, clove and cinnamon spice punch. Warming finish. Fine carbonation. Pretty good, but not great dark Belgian style ale IMO. Expected a better experience given the brewer, but since this a non-IPA I’ll give them a pass.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
2006 750ml bought from the brewery on 4/1/08. Pours a thick looking reddish brown with no head and no sign of carbonation whatsoever. Smells of sweet dark fruits and alcohol. Tastes of many different dark fruits raisins and plums and some booze on the finish. Thick, syrupy body with maybe a hint of carbonation. But there is a bitterness to the beer that gives the impression of carbonation.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thanks so much Harry for sharing this 2005 gem. Ruby brown, tiny white head, a honey nut aroma, a tiny bit of cinnamon in there too. WOW, honey whiskey flavour with sticky nectar there too, incredible, a real assault on the tongue. A short sweet finish, superb!!!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours mahogany with no head and almost no carbonation. Nose is rich, like a caramel apple with malt. Flavor is smooth, dried summer fruits, with a dry finish. Creamy mothfeel. Awesome brew.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
750ml with multiple thanks to Mike and Eugene. Rich, fruity and spicy aroma. Quite nice, actually. Apple skin. Brown sugar coated raisin and plum. Creme brulee. Cinnamon. Black tea and dried tobacco leaf. Toasted cinnamon bread. Pours dark, rich amber with a nice sized white head. More bready malt on the tongue than I expected. Brandy soaked dark fruit. Lots of crisp and spicy yeast. Green apple skin. Wheat toast. Medium to full bodied with vibrant carbonation.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Via liquidsolutions. Pours a nice ruby amber with constant carbonation and a one finger creamy tan head. The aroma is rich and fruity, nice Belgian aroma, plum and raisin, rum and port aroma, spicy, caramel. The flavor is also fruity, light alcohol, warm rum and port, raisin and Belgian funk, spicy. Nice carbonation and a good mouthfeel. Very nice Belgian.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
The color was a ruby/brown. The head was off-white, creamy, and thin. The aroma was sweet, raisin, alcohol, and some spice. The flavor was sweet malt, raisin, spice, and alcohol. The palate was nicely carbonated. The finish was warm and hoppy.
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