3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle @ The Oak Barrel, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Pours black with a small white head. A pretty generic Belgian dark ale with a metallic taste. Alcohol warms nicely.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
The appearance is fantastic, a beautiful dark impenetrable 8% alc. belgian brown colored beer. The aroma is exceptional, the aftertaste is bitter and persistant even if there is a little flavour of honey. I like it!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
11.2 ounce bottle. Pours a clear dark brown with a nice tan head. Aroma of spice and fruit, mostly sweet. Taste is spices, oranges, dark fruit and coriander. Pleasant and warming.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with thick beige head. Lots of sweet and dark fruit aromas along with caramel and honey. The flavor is a blend of Belgian yeast, candied sugars, raisins, honey and coriander. The mouthfeel is medium-bodied with strong carbonation and a dry, sweet finish. The alcohol is only vaguely present toward the end of each sip. It’s not nearly as rich or complex as some of the other Belgian Strong Ales or Winter Bocks out there but it’s a solid winter seasonal.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught. Dark brown beer, thin vanishing head. Aromas of fruity yeast, dried fruits, licorice. Some bread and grains. Tastes sweet, yeasty and a bit cloying. Sraightforwardly sweet. Finishes pleasantly fruity and spicy. Medium body, low carbonation. Controversial beer, some things are good and others bad.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a dark mahogany with a smallish tan head. Carbonation is soft and Bok lends a thick oily mouthfeel. Nose shows figs, molasses, dark cherry, and raisin. Flavor is complex, starting lightly sweet, not unlike a graham cracker, and building in fruitiness but not tartness throughout. Ends with a long slightly bittersweet molasses fade.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark-brown with a small head, no lacing. High carbonation - A bit disturbing. Caramel-toffee with dark fruits, good backbone hops. Nice beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cl bottle, The Dram Shop, Sheffield, UK. Ruby/cola colour, medicinal aroma that follows through to the first sip. Raisin and prune come through on the finish.
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