3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: APR 20, 2008 My palate and mind have changed toward this beer, which I initially saw as simple, sweet and alcoholic. I was 2/3 right, but this beer is not so simple, and it uses the alcohol as a bone fide part of the flavor and aroma. This is meant to be serious stuff, although the moderate bitterness does keep a semblance of balance with sweetness and booze. The caramel and orange notes bring a certain depth, and so does that full, cotton-candy mouthfeel. After having a few times I give up and decide that it just tastes pretty damn good, and there is a certain time and a place for a beer like this. It’s dessert after a big steak dinner or just that last nightcap after a long day.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 330 ml. Pours clear amber with a small white head. Nose of malt and belgian yeast, toffee and alcohol. Taste is moderate sweet with slight bitterness. Medium body and warming alcohol Good belgian strong ale with nice complexity but could be more balanced.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours orange with a tiny white head. Malty aroma and taste. Some warming alcohol but still well blanced for a 12% beer.
Robe orange avec un léger collet blanc. Arôme et goût maltés. L’alcool est présent, mais bien équilibré dans cette bière à 12 %.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
bottle from SAQ A: pear, apple. App: clear light copper white head nice lacing. T/p: full body with short bitter finish fallowed by some heatness from the alcohol. carbonation is average. O: nice like the heat from the alcohol.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Backlog summer 2010 La Rochelle
Full bodied & high complexity
Balanced with sweetnotes and of course powerful
Very enjoyable
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Rich, alcohol tasting. Nice and harsh. Functions ideally as a beer to "switch it up" at the pub.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From BA (Oct 2007). Obtained this 33cl brown bottle from a ’Night Shop’ in Brussels last year (2006), didn’t notice the shop keeper had removed the rear label (I wonder how old it is?).
Poured into a Palm tulip shaped glass.
Good off white head sits on top of an amber, hazy body. Plenty carbonisation within the glass, rising to replenish the head.
Heavy alcohol aroma with malt and hops trying to be found as well.
The taste is obviously mostly of 12% alcohol, but barley malts can also be tasted, this is well balanced for such a strong beer.
The alcohol takes over again in the mouthfeel and it becomes more harsh on the throat as it fades away.
I have had this on tap in Brussels and i enjoyed it then too, this is a good beer, but don’t forget the strenght, it is a nightcap drink, not a session one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 11/20
12.0% amber colour with a good head, fruity aroma, fruity caramel taste, good but strong
0.9 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
Okay... "The strongest Belgian Bier" steht auf der Flasche na das glaub ich jetz mal nicht, auch wenn 12% nicht wenig sind. Es riecht ähnlich wie bearbeitete Kirschen. Geschmacklich ist es sehr süß und alkoholisch, dann wird es extrem sußsauer, dies schmeckt mit dem starken Alkohol echt wiederlich. Nur unangenehm nichts positives. Fazit: Ungenießbar!
Test vom 12.4.2009, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: -,2,2,1,-,2 - 1,82
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
amber with minimal head. caramel aroma and flavor. holds it’s abv nicely -- i didn’t find it boozy. quite drinkable and smooth.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle pours clear amber with white head . malts and cramels on the nose . sweet fruit cake taste with full carbonation . heavy alcohol finish spoils it
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