 Boutip (1815), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Aug 25, 2006
Bottle courtesy of Black95tt: Poured an hazy dark amber color ale with a medium foamy head with good retention. Aroma of candi sugar, sweet malt and alcohol is pretty intense and reminiscent of Gouden Carolus Keizer. Taste is quite hot at first, which does not really suit my taste. The presence of candi sugar is quite evident as well as some dry figs characteristics. Yeast is totally overshadowed by the malt and the alcohol. Body is just above average but could be fuller and carbonation was appropriate. Overall, I really don’t see the big fuss over this beer and would prefer to taste a Gouden Carolus Keizer, which is similar, but more balance overall.
Schultsc (416), Henderson, Nevada, USA
Oct 8, 2008 2006 vintage - Thank you Peter and Jessica. Cloudy dark amber in color with a very slight off-white head--limited carbonation from the aging, but still enough to distribute the complex flavor profile delicately across the palate. The aroma is filled with caramel malt, fruity fermentation esters, and alcohol all melded together by a velvety aged characteristic that enrobes everything. The aroma characteristics flow directly onto the palate with the addition of well-constructed bitterness and some sweetness from malt and alcohol. Restrained fermentation flavors provide harmonious counterpoints for the substantial maltiness in the big body. Very well-constructed to have aged this long and still be so vibrant. This is a really fun "new-world" Belgian-style ale.
thooper41 (235), USA
Oct 7, 2008 750ml bottle: pours a dark amber brown with an off white head that fades to nothing in seconds, aroma is strong in raisons and spices, flavor hits the belgian style pretty well lots of spices raisons slightly sweet. Great beer
nqualls (422), Tennessee, USA
Oct 6, 2008 Bottle. Poured a cloudy amber color with a thin tan head. Aroma of fruit and chocolate. Flavor reflects the aroma. Medium/full body with mild carbonation.
ironchefscott (246), long beach, California, USA
Oct 6, 2008 2006 thanks peter for the rbsg gathering!
Great nose of dried fruit...and cocoa...flavors much of the same....damn good....best free beer ever from the brewer yet!
rederic (1444), montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 2, 2008 750ml bottle, hazy dark amber hue, with a small beige head, yeasty, sweet honeyed, candied orange peel nose with some caramelized malt, spicy madeira candied fruity apricot, tangerine, dark dried raisin, date accents in a warmth aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, caramelized, toasted malt and portish character, with some madeira raisin and date fruitiness, a hint of black chocolate in a warmth mouthfeel, close to an old barley wine here by the taste, leading towards a sweet honeyish, caramel, fruity finish.
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