3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
[ZBF 2004] A clear brown beer with a fine but disappearing head. The aroma is sweet caramel with notes of wood and plums. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and roasted bread. It ends on a bitter hop note. A very nice beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle 75 cl) Beautiful dark brown with a pronounced reddish glow - presumably filtered. Creamy, light brown head, which never completely vanishes but remains afloat on top of the beer. Lightly tart and metallic nose. Dry, lightly roasted malt, with pronounced tart undertones and a dry, lightly bitter finish. Vinous with a rather light body. Reminds me of the old style I believe is called "Vlaams bruin". Unusual but very delicate. 080605
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Yeasty aroma and flavor with some orange. Just a bit sweet, even syrupy. Spices, says the label, but I can only find some curacao. Disappointing.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Sample 1.5 yr. old)
Colour: dark brown with yellow-golden shine, which appears in the thick, irregular head.
Roasted malts, mocca and some madeira or port in the nose. taste gives roasted grains or coffee, something smokey. Also some malty, full sweetness. Mouthfeel is surprisingly full for only 5.5 % ABV. Tends towards a lot of unfermented(able) sugars. Nor new aftertaste.
Pretty decent beer, really. Deserves slightly more body and alcohol.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown cloured with a reddish shine. Rather malty and fruity. Dry finish. Very good for being only 5.5%ABV.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Aroma of roasted malts and light herbal. Dark brown color, beige head, good lace. Sourish start, roasted malts, light caramel, light herbal, sparkling and bitter - especially in the long lasting finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle conditioned, ZBF 2004. Chestnut, low head and moderate condition. Malt and caramel in the nose, plus a touch of sweaty cheese. More malt in the mouth with a tangy fruity edge. Slight hint of roast barley in the finish which gives it a delicate dry bitterness. Listed as 6.5% in the ZBF program.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Chocolately toffee aromas with some sour vinegar - like the nose! Murky dark brown color and a low lathery head. Pale taosted malt body with some cocoa. Metallic end with a drying effect. Medium body and an OK balance, though a little odd and not so convincing overall.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nice amber brown coor. Soft carbonation. Malt nose, nutty and piney too. Kind of thin body. Malty taste, torfy too. Fizzy, earhty, bitter with a hoppy copper finish.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours an orange-copper body with a small fluffy white head and airy lace. The aroma has plenty of bread but also sweet raisins, perhaps some figs, yeast, cookies, and perfume. The flavour has some rye bread in addition to fruity hop bitterness and rich dark/toasty malts - caramel and such. Pretty good.
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