Chantdaddy (19), New Jersey, USA
May 10, 2008
38??? Are you kidding me!?!? The current rating of 38 is not appropriate for this beer...
Even though this beer is known as one of the strongest (or strongest) all malt Belgian ales, it deserves to be known as more than that. I’m not even going to get into the prowess it takes to make an ale, consistently, that is 13% (and appropriately carbonated). This is a GREAT beer. It’s smooth, the flavors are in balance (even with the high alcohol level)...yes, alcohol is evident, but that’s expected. This is one of those beers where it’s absolutely clear, especially to brewers, that the brewer has reached a very high level of mastery in his/her craft... to produce such a fine product when also trying to achieve such a high level of alocohol is not easy to do by any means. Excellent!
 StFun (411), Indiana, USA
Jan 5, 2009 A bit underrated, not nearly as terrible as some of the ratings suggest. Pours a nice blond color with a thin white head. Aroma is grass and wheat, with a touch of lemon zest. Flavor is much the same, with vanilla and malt. Medium bodied and not sticky. Actually fairly good.
fidel (401), Livermore, California, USA
Jan 4, 2009 Pours golden orange, malty, yeasty, spicey, alcohol, little fruity, little vanilla.
AgentSteve (1010), SF Bay Area, California, USA
Jan 3, 2009 Pours kind of Pale Ale ish with no head, but some big bubbles around the outside of the glass. Nose is cough syrup and yeast. The flavor is better by far, with some malt complexity with fruit and candied sugar. It doesn’t have a lot of heat in the flavor, but the throat burn lasts a bit.
SkyCop32 (286), Morlautern, Germany
Dec 31, 2008 Drank this with fellow taster oldrtybastrd from this site. This poured a clear yellow with some spicy aroma and fruit. This had a lot of alcohol taste with a lot of yeast to back it up. This was not my favorite of this type.
JaBier (240), Capital City, Ohio, USA
Dec 27, 2008 Pours a cloudy copper with a minimal head. Malty aroma with some funky fruit character and hop. Flavor is equally funky with yeast, creamy vanilla, and a sweet finish. Odd, and not necessarily in a good way.
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