3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20(Bottle) Dark, reddish brown colour with ruby hints. Huge, foamy, but brief, beige head leaving lots of lacing. Fruity, floral nose with dark rye bread, chocolate, prunes, notes of orange peel and apricots. Underlying sweetish honey notes. Fruity, floral taste with dark rye bread, orange, dates, chocolate and some coffeeish bitterness with hints of spruce needles in the finish. Medium body, smooth and chewy mouthfeel. Rather sweet, but fresh, not cloying. Very nice balance between the chewy, dark, fruity malt and the brown-sugar-like sweetness, sent off with a warming bittersweet puff at the end. Nice one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Bruisin’ Ales. Pours. Dark brown with a thin khaki head. A bit of caramel on the nose. Tastes of honey on the tongue. Finishes clean. Hides its alcohol well. Quaffable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 11, 2013 On tap at le sur mesure in Nantes. Dark colour. Medium carbonation. Heavy body. Taste of honey and fruit. Nice beer. N
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Whole Foods, Bowery 33cl ($4): Pours dark brown with a smallish head. Aroma is loads of dark fruit and liqueur. Taste is very, very sweet. Perhaps too sweet. I guess the honey is making its mark. This tastes like a thick honey pastry. I think I have all the same problems with this as with the Barbar blonde.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bread, roasty, licorice, black, hazy, minimal head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, salty, full body, average carbonation,
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
La classica dubbel belga rossa dal sapore rotondo; il suo sapore avvolgente lascia una nota dolce di miele in bocca.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sweetish brew, dark brown in color, had on tap in Reims. Decent but have had better....
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20101120.
Pours copper color with a small head. Aroma of malts, caramel and some toffee. Flavor of caramel, malts, yeast and spice notes.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
33cl bottle.
Sweet aroma, honey, fresh spices.
Really dark brown, tan head, quickly disappearing.
Warm mouthfeel, but not from alcohol. Sweet, spicy, honey. Long herbal aftertaste slowly changing into bitterness. Sticky mouthfeel.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
very dark colour, minimal brownish head; aroma of yeast, honey and fruits; taste of roasted sugar, some honey, fruits, bitterness of hops and spicy alcoholic aftertaste
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a deep ruby into the glass, with no real retentive head nor lacing of which to speak. The nose is of sour yeasty dough and under-ripened citrus. Flavors have malt, lots of yeasty sours, a ton of sour fruit and light flowery greens, with a crisp sour finish. Bitters balance out the brew relatively well, but the overactive carbonation and seltzery mouthfeel leave this medium-bodied offering a bit out-of-kilter.
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