SirSlarty (68), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 10, 2007
From imported bottle. Reddish brown in color. Very spicy especially peppers and cloves in the aftertaste. You can really taste the alcohol. Large, lingering head. My first Christmas Ale. In my, ill-matured palate’s opinion, it feels like I’m drinking a champaign.
 Skeegle (312), USA
Aug 19, 2008 Very nice but subdued Belgian ale. Nice and sweet, but it was a bit off with the sweetness, darkness, fruitiness because it was combined with a light colored yeasty flavor profile of the more stereotypical belgians like Delerium and Duvel. Odd, yes, because even as it warmed the sugars never popped. But hey I’d buy the stuff again and enjoyed it, so I’ll rate it verrr nicely.
NomDeBeer (129), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Aug 14, 2008 I just can’t get into these malt-driven Belgian ales. Alcohol, ripe fruits, sweet and bread-like. Well-crafted beer, but it’s not for me.
Borresteijn (427), Amstelveen, Netherlands
Aug 8, 2008 Bottle. Dark brown colour, creamy beige head. Aroma of dark fruits, chocolate and sweet alcohol. Flavour is soft, dark chocolate, dark fruits, roasted malts and some alcohol. Little metallic hint in the flavours, but not offensive. Oily texture. Not too sweet, very well balanced.
17thfloor (636), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jul 30, 2008 [07 bottle] Pours a dark chestnut brown with a fantastic creamy thick beige head. Great aroma, sweet and vinous, completely unique, vinegar, nutty, apples, varnish... it really does kinda smell like wood stain. Really nice stuff, flavors of dark malts, fruity, yeasty, light ripe banana, dates, yea I can taste some rum. Fruit cake is a good descriptor for this. Complex and balanced. Smooth fluffy carbonation, medium body... wow really nice.
Taktik_MTL (1892), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Jul 29, 2008 Bouteille de 250 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de petits fruits foncés et d’épices. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée rougâtre avec une forte densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de petits fruits foncés et d’épices avec une pointe de sucre d’orge. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût fruité. (Rating #1857)
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