3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This ’grand cru’ of one of Belgium’s largest trappist breweries is quite deserving of it’s representative, blue label! This brew pours heavily effervescent and volatile. Letting off the typical aromas of a Belgian strong ale, this brew fits well into it’s genre. From the viewpoint of an American craft drinker, this genre has been defined by slightly less expensive brews like Delirium or St. Bernardus ales; both of which are incredible breweries however, fail to truly embrace the hoary muskiness that embodies trappist brews like Rochefort, Westy, and Chimay.
Enjoy this one...It’s complex and delicious yet still leaves an hop-head like myself wanting. Next time you have some great friends over, share this brew in a trappist glass!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
red fruit, roses in the nose, fresh fruity taste leads to a balanced bitterness in the dropachtige nasmaak.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Had this beer at the 4th Annual Casanova Beer Cave Festival. Nice sweet fruit/wine scent, boozy finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750ml bottle. Pours kind of a prune juice colour with a large off white head. Aroma is dark red fruits and musty yeast. Fruits, molasses, spices and yeast are well balanced in the taste, not too much booze comes through. Texture is quite thick. Overall, it is a bit of a rough ride for the lager drinker. A sipping beer for sure, but of excellent quality.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark amber colour with a light brown head. Aroma of roast, banana, cinnamon. Quite sweet and fruity taste, light sourness and bitterness. soft carbonation, medium body. A very nice beer.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a deep amber color with a foamy tan head and some lacing. The aroma has lots of yeast and spices with a bit of citrus. The flavor is light but complex, with spice, hops, lots of lightly roasted malt and a bit of yeast, along with a caramel-sweet aftertaste.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Color is a dark amber or reddish brown. Nice medium foamy head. Aroma is sweet. Yeasty, malty, dark fruity... Some burned sugar. Flavor is sweet and yeasty, fruity and a bit bitter too.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Deep dark brown poor with very slight off white head. Nice warm feeling after a few sip/gulps that warm the cheeks straingt away.
The taste is mellow with slight kicks 2nd to the high Alc and light carbonation at the end of every sip.
A sneaky enjoyable beer.
Who wouldn’t want to be a monk in Belgium!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a hazy brown color with an off-white head. Aroma is malty with dark fruits and spices. Taste is very similar. Finishes clean. Medium bodied.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma: Nuts and malt, hit is of a sweet desert bread.
Appearance: deep hazy orange, quite dark almost black. light almond head
taste: fruit and nuts, fantastic lingering sweet notes
palate: very easy to drink, nice thickness and carbonation
Overall: fantastic. you could pair it with just about any high quality produce for a fantastic treat
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