3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 19, 2008 Poured a murky purple brown color with a small, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of blueberries, citrus fruits, raisins, Belgian spices, toast, caramel malts, and some cocoa. Taste of citrus fruits, cocoa, berries, vanilla, and a dry, yeasty finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Dark brown pour. Caramel malts, yeast, bread, light candy sugar, apple, light fruit, and a bit of spice. A nice non-offensive belgian ale, but at the same time it’s also not too exciting.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by EDA. Pours a cola bruin body with a tan head and light head retention. Malty body sweet chewy nutty, etoh latent fruit tones. Fruity with cots, citrus notes, and chocolate malt. Solid offering.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ patrick’s. Brown pour with a modest amount of tan head. Belgian yeasts, dark fruits, chocolate, nuttty almost chicory like aroma and flavor notes. This brew maybe misclassified, closer to a dubbel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A damn fine beer, I would drink it until my liver gave way. Nothing offensive at all, just beer bliss. Would get again fo sho.
tasty, drinkable, very dry, nice phenols, one of the better american belgians ive had.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
The color is dark brown with a nice creamy head. The aroma and flavors are bready with raisin notes (like in a Westy 12 almost!).
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
This beer pours an opaque (at least in relatively low light), dark brown with a fine beige head that puffs up well and leaves good lacing. The nose is refined brown sugar, malt and good fruitiness of the plum/nectarine variety. I prefer the aroma to the flavor, which adds in a relatively strong phenol note. Feel is smooth and fairly creamy. The drinkability is high because it’s really an excellent beer to pair with food. It’s a strong, relatively unique flavor that doesn’t dominate the palate.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
sample on 4/1/10 at Ale Atlanta. pours a dark brown with little head... sweet nose and mouthfeel with lots of carbonation up front... dark fruit on nose as well... caramel malts... some raisin... Belgian yeast... very nice... glad I got to try this one.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours cola brown with a faint reddish hue, very small beige head with a touch of lacing. Big notes of green apple in the nose as well as some brown sugar. Disappointing on the palate, a touch of candie sugar and a little watery, a little underwhelming.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle thanks to a kind soul at Coffee District. Never thought I would get to try this one. Pours a dark amber with a puffy white head. Huge nose of wildflower honey and orange zest, peppery yeast. Great nose. Flavor is tons of honey and bready yeast. Slight bitter orange in the finish. Great smooth full bodied. Shocked to see it was only 6.3% (bottle said something different than what the site says).
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
750mL bottle, courtesy of MrDick. Thanks, Rich! Pours a slightly oily, yellowish-cola color; yellowish head with patchy lacing; nice color. Solid, straightforward aroma of cola and brown sugar; a touch rough at the edges; some inkiness. Reasonably smooth mouthfeel: somewhere between relaxed and fizzy large-bubbled carbonation (soft in the mouth); lots of cola, dried sugar, and some inky, dried dark fruits; again, a solid, straightforward cola-dominated Belgian. Medium finish: cola, brown sugar again; balanced ending.
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