3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled, 330ml aged 4yrs. Dark brown with off white head. I find these bottles difficult to pour as you always get the bits. Solid, dark ale, caramel with hints of spiciness and a wine like flavour, quite sweetish still after the cellaring. Pretty reasonable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
red-brown colour, few head, plum aroma, sweet and sour flavor - quite a strange brew
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Dilly Deli. Poured clear brown color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate complex tart citrus yeasty aroma. Medium body. Moderate to heavy bittersweet yeasty flavor with a moderate bittersweet finish and small alcohol bite of moderate duration. Good brew.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate:
Bottle from Quinns. Not a Huyghe fan full stop and this does nothing to change that. All alcohol and no finesse. Thin in the body for what it is. Nothing really stands out in the flavour or the nose other than nasty fruit and old brown sugar. Almost as low quality as their Americana fest of a bar.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a dark brown color with a huge off white head. Aromas and tastes of malts, caramel, sugar, and spices. Light alcohol in smell and taste as well. Sweet start with a light bitter finish. I like this one better than Tremens.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Red amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, citrus, caramel. Flavour is alcohol, malt, fruit, sugar, caramel. Full body. Nice beer.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark brown ale with a thick moka head. Light moka chocolate and gin alcohol, with light orange peels. In mouth, rather nice lightly smoked peat finishm with a initial bitter chocolate, coriander and orange peels. A bit short in mouth and too much alcohol, unbalanced. Bottle at l’Autre Oeil, August 4, 2006.
3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
750 ml bottle, corked and caged. Deep ruddy brown colour with a thin brown head. Huge sweet special B aroma leaps out of the bottle and the glass, plums/prunes, toffee, some light minty notes. A bit of rye bread and chocolate. Flavour doesn’t really live up to the delicious aroma. Very alcoholic, yeasty and bready. Quite dry considering all the sweet aromas. Body is a bit thin and watery and the flavour isn’t what it should be. As it warms it gets really boozy.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This beer has a rich malty aroma that filled the room before I could even pour it. It pours a deep dark brown color with a thin coating of head. There is a strange kinda bubbly mouthfeel that seems out of place. Definitely gets better as it warms. Somewhat bittersweet cinnamon body that warms the back of the throat. It could do a better job of hiding it’s alcohol. I think it would be best enjoyed on a cold winter night. The bottle is cool, but is only ceramic looking paint over green glass.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very dark brown, but with a reddish shine; big brownish head. Fruity nose, chlorophyl chewing gum, dark malts but restrained. Sweet taste, but with a (Good Heavens!) curry flavour. Roasted malts in the background. Retronasal again fruity tastes (blueberry?). Full bodied, but palate is rather thinnish. Aftertaste comes back with the curry/coriander flavour. Again, not one of my favourites. The nose promesses more than the beer delivers.
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