3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle shared at 5k tasting - got some age, oxidation with raisins and plums, yeasty bread and toffee malts. Nice belgian spiciness, a touch sour and warming boozey finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pour is amber with a nice frothy white head. Aroma is quite malty with a fruity background - watermelon, banana - alcohol also. Taste is a nice sweet bread malt, belgian yeast. Nice beer for the style.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
medium brown with large white head. nose of dark fruit and belgian esters. low bitterness before strong esters with more dark fuit prior to a nice warmth and complexity with tempered fusels. a wonderful belgian dark strong
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
(bottle from Sparky, thanks Eric!) Pours dark reddish-brown with a light tan head that recedes quickly but leaves good lacing when swirled. Aroma of mulling spices, Concord grape juice, Cold Duck sparkling wine, and strawberries. Takes on a caramel edge with bananas as it warms further. Even further warming adds in the booze, and once this addition occurs, the Cold Duck and Concord grape scents morph into red wine territory. Flavors of grape soda, strawberry, light raisin, sugary plums, with caramel and faint chocolate on the finish. Cherries show up in abundance with further warming, and provide a slight tartness. A bit of bread in the far finish too which lends some dryness to a very sweet fore, providing a good counterbalance. Some alcohol warmth. Mouthfeel is full and carbonation is lively. Overall this is an excellent Belgian Strong, and I definitely need to acquire another bottle of this quality concoction. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad beer from this brewery. Thanks again Eric!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Shipped to me by my wife on a trip to Portland. Sampled from a 750 ml brown bottle this beer poured a very hazy dark brown color with an enormous foamy orange-beige head that lingered forever and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was cherry, Dr Pepper, bread and rosemary. The flavor was tart and tangy Dr Pepper, sourdough bread, rosemary, anise and pepper with a strong boozy presence. The finish was long, tangy and herbal with lingering cherry. Fairly full bodied. Well done.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Bottle, 0.75l, at Pikkulintu, 20110708) The beer poured reddish brown and a little bit hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, malts, spices and hops. Palate was medium bodied, warming and quite dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, Belgian style yeastiness, vanilla, sweetness, aniseed, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was fruity, malty and sweet. A really nice Belgian style beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle shared @ Pikkulintu, Helsinki
Pours brownish red with a medium head. Very strong aroma of malts, spices and alcohol. Taste is quite strong and complex as well, with notes of malts, spices and caramel. Sour and sweet, quite raw. Long lasting, warming finish. Alcohol burns through, but it’s well balanced. Tasty, very complex and balanced Belgian style ale. Could’ve used a bit more aging, though.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml. bottle poured to sampler glasses at a local tasting party,with a brownish copper color, modest, off white head foam and a fair amount of spotty lacing. The aroma was a touch of yeast tartness, mid-fruit, some syrupy sweetness, and hints of vanilla and caramel. The flavor had more of a sour nature, with some finishing, dry, vinous character, nicely suddued alcohol warmth, and effervescent carbonation, in a medium body. Tasty!
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