3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Allen. Reddish brown with a fluffy tan head. Aroma of caramel and over ripe fruit. Sweet brown sugar molasses and dark fruit taste.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark chestnut brown with an off-white head with TONS of lace. Dark fruit & caramel, cherry. Taste is pleasantly sweet, more dark fruit and grape in the finish, subdued but still complex and lingering. Body is lightly creamy, good carbonation. No obvious spice overtones, just well-balanced and blended. So very quaffable.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Blind Tiger. Pours a dark brown body with a tan head. Fruity smokey caramel lager notes. Chewy sweet chocolate covered cherries, and Grape Nerds Candy Per RUBONE. Finishes sweet and a bit tart. Awesome unexpected brew.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 33cl. Nice sweet and malty brown beer. The whole taste is not very complex but the honey flavour is to be appreciated.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a transluscent, very dark ruby color with a moderately full, fizzy, beige head which settles to a very small creamy, frothy layer and leaves some tight Belgain lace. Nose is filled with figs, dates, and raisins with some white grapes, faint coriander, nutty bread, hints at anise, and a mild warth; not very bock-like. Flavor is similar with dark and dried fruits being mostly dominant; notes of fig and raisin to start with some nutty breads, toffee, faint anise, and some notes of coriander. Palate is more than medium, nearly lively, and lightly velvety. Finishes fairly long with only a touch of spice dryness and bitterness to keep from being too sweet; notes of toasted almonds, dates, and hints at herbs. I really liked this one with all of the sweet and fruity notes, so much complexity, and the palate suported everything well. The addition of the honey only added to the sweetness and dryness but never really made a presence in the notes, and the spicing just added some complementary notes to the beer. It is nice to see a beer add adjuncts to the beer as undertones rather than domination. However, this may be a Belgian-inspired bock, but the Belgian yeast notes bring so much to the beer, it is hard to see this as a dunkler bock. Underrated in my opinion.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a dark chocolate brown with lots of carbonation and a big foamy frothy tan head which dissapears after a while. Smell is cloves, sweet, wheat, malt. Taste is spicy and sweet, cloves, prunes, raisens, yeasty classic dark belgian ale with a sweet honey finish without being cloying. Pleasant and enjoyably complex.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Date: February 19, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Flying Saucer, Houston
Appearance: black, frothy beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, rich dark fruits with plums and dates, light peppery spicyness
Flavor: rich dark malt flavor, lots of sweet fruity esters, rich dark fruit, light spicyness, candy caramel, just a hint of bitterness along with the spicyness
Overall: a wonderful cross between a sweet caramel bock and a fruity Belgian
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle, pours dark brown with a medium off white head. Aroma is sweet with a honey/syrup note. Flavors are rich with dark fruit and malt mixed with a spicy lingering finish. Complex and delicious.
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