De Prael Willy (8.5%)

Brewed by Brouwerij de Prael
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. Dark brown with a beige foam. Aromas are dark treacle with herbal notes. Molasses with hints of citrus and liquourice. Cola with some roast character. Flavours are sweet cola and lemon with chocolate and acidity towards the finish. Rich malts with a nice fruitiness. Decent.

Sweet, appley aroma. Dark, murky brown in color with an effervescent off-white head. Complex dry fruit, buttery (diacetyl?) ...a solid quad with a slightly dry finish.

pitch black with a good solid white head... Aroma has some hints of (cheap) whisky, there’s some peat/smoke and some coffey taste has coffey and liquorish, finish is short, bitter but warming Body is disapointingly light, it’s pretty high on gass though... Ok beer

Draught. Dark, red-black body, medium beige head. Aroma a bit weak, like rye bread. Taste a bit of cherry, dark, very sweet, good finish.

On tap at Wildeman in Amsterdam, November 2010. Vintage 2009. Hazy dark brown with a nice creamy tan head. Aroma of malt, dried fruit and caramel. The taste was too boozy, also a bit stale. Not exactly impressive.

Bottle: Amber to deep amber coloured, hazy, some floaties visible, smaller off-white head with a little lace; sweet roasty-coffeeish nose with a sweet-fruity background; moderate to solid sweet flavour with only a light bitterness, nearly full bodied; sweet toasty and coffeeish finish, dried fruits underneath & a little bitterness in the aftertaste. At last a non-infected brew from De Prael ! too sweet, nevertheless....

UPDATED: OCT 12, 2010 [9/25/10] Draught at the brewpub in Amsterdam. Dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of some roasted malt, brown sugar, dark fruits and licorice hints. Sweet flavor of plums, some more dark fruits, caramel, licorice, a hint of chocolate and some alcoholic light spiciness in the finish. Medium to full body.

On tap at De Prael. Hazy brown with a creamy tan head. The aroma is sweet malt, dark fruit, light spice and some yeast. The flavour is sweet caramel, sugar, light spice and dark fruit.

Tap at De Prael ...dark brown ... sweet toffee plums and treacle nose ... juicy ... very rich and dark fruits ... again a little treacle ... little red wine .

(Draught at De Prael Proeflokaal, Amsterdam, 31 July. According to the chalk board the ABV is 11.0%) Dark brown colour with hints of red. Frothy, beige head. Malty nose with dried fruit, caramel, raisins and spicy hints of nutmeg. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dried fruit, raisins, herbs, caramel and dark bread. Full body, smooth and well rounded mouthfeel. Fairly sweet with some alcohol shining through in the finish. Very nice.

Bottle from the brewery shop, ABV is 11.5%, so a new edition is appearantly made. Dark reddish brown with a big tan head. Sweet, fruity aroma, notes of plums. Sweet molasses and plummy flavours, still not overly sweet. Decent.