Trappist (279), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 | Nov 20, 2004 Wow! Alcohol kicks you in the face upon the first sip. Rather sweet and syrupy. Warming all the way down with maybe a touch of currants. Almost flat when it comes to carbonation. Odeed (1673), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 | Nov 16, 2004 very sweet.more like a barley-wine than a belgain ale if ya ask me.very strong alcohol taste too. robertsreality (2460), Minnesota, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Nov 16, 2004 Orange/Brown Coloring. No Head. Barley, Herbs..Citrus and "Holy Alc Haul Batman!!" Drinkable But Gets you To the Happy Place Without Having to Worry about Volume... JorisPPattyn (5163), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Nov 8, 2004 Very clear, dark honey-amber coloured; slim white rim. Quite sweet and caramelly nose, alcohol only comes in at the end. Nose is very fleeting, poorly developed. Sweet, nutty taste, caramel-covered cookies with nuts, something like a liquid Milky-Way bar, but inarguably finer – with an incense-like flavour. There’s alcohol in the taste – no doubt, but it’s especially the MF that gets a numbing shock… Slick, oily and burning. Alcohol disguises the body fullness. Long syrupy aftertaste. It’s still a sipping beer, but I have the strange impression it’s more refined than the 15% original – if that one really attained this value in the bottle as on paper. dornoy (680), Lyngby, Denmark
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 | Nov 4, 2004 Tasted the 13% version. Head almost non-existent, white and very low, but leaving some traces on my glass. Red-brown body. I was afraid it would taste alcoholic, but it was not the case. It’s a strong beer, and not one I’d drink in the morning (it got me almodt drunk). What I noticed most is the aroma : dark chocolate and roated nuts. An original experience indeed. obisbeer (558), Barcelona, Spain
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Nov 3, 2004 Pale gold, clear and with a white head that fades fast. Sweet grain and malt nose with some alcohol noticable. Heavey in the mouth with sweetness throughout and a lingering finish inwhich the alcohol becomes noticeable. Malty with some alcohol but in the end not a lot of descirnable flavors. Not bad though to help warm one up! 5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Oct 31, 2004 Bottle #666 (On Halloween no less) pours a fairly clear pale golden, medium foamy white head, lively carbonation, with spotty lacing. Fairly strong grainy aroma, along witih alcohol. Slightly grainy on first sip, but amazingly smooth for 13%. Fairly malty as well. Good body, slightly syrupy mouthfeel. Finishes sweet, corn syrup sweet, with some malts and a touch of alcohol. Nothing amazing or complex, but for 13% it seems rather palatable.
Dorwart (1812), Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Oct 26, 2004 Thin head of quickly reducing foam. Light carbonation. Acidic aroma of tomatoes. As it warms, caramel and alcohol become more prominent. Full, meaty aroma. Color is a slightly cloudy dark amber. Big time sweetness in the flavor. Brown sugar and caramel. Bit of smoke and alcohol. Big aclohol warming and tingle as it goes down. Somewhat of a gimmick beer but interesting. Not one that I would probably try again though.
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