4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 29, 2003 Christmas morning 2001,what a gift to myself.7/5/8/4/17 Rerated 12/27/03 light amber in color with amedium white head.Yeast,spicy aroma.Malty/bready/yeasty flavor with a touch of spice.Warming alcohol mouthfeel.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Tap) Pours a hazy reddish brown color with almost no head. Light dusty aroma includes some spice... maybe clove or allspice... and light hops. Interesting taste incorporates the spice and some vanilla notes with dark fruit as well. I caught some apple notes, yeast notes, and lots of candy sugar as well. Above average mouthfeel with fine carbonation. I couldn’t drink this on a daily basis, but I think it’s an exceptional beer overall.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2003 Vintage - Clear sparkling ruby body topped by a medium off-white head. Sweet and spicy aroma, bubblegum and dark fruit (plums?). The flavor is spicy and sweet, alot like the aroma. Body is medium and the alcohol is noticeable. Pretty decent beer.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours reddish amber with a fully receding off-white head. Aroma of heavy phenols, toffee, and caramelized sugar. Notes of apple and bret. Mouthfeel is full bodied, sticky with soft carbonation. This one had been aging for 2 years, and had gotten a bit too phenolic and acidic.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap. Clear dark orange pour with a thin bubbly offwhite head. Fruit ester and malt on the nose. Taste is semi-creamy, malt and Belgian yeast. Finishes slightly dry. Very good beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, Uddingston, 2009-12-24
AR: belgium yeast, scotish marmelad
AP: fudge brown a bit cloudy, 1 cm high diminishing head
F: melass/syrup, date (dried), flavor is well covering the the acohol level (10%)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nice red/brownish color,Big white head that lasted for a nice long time and in fact seemed to take forever to disappear,leaving a nice lace behind.Fruity,yeasty aroma with an almost juicy fruit gum like smell,also it seemed to be very sweet smelling.The taste was quite nice,spicy and fruity with a mild hop presence but mostly spice is prevelant in this brew with a few fleeting hints of other flavors like fruit and malt.It also manages to come off as quite sweet IMO.Not a bad brew at all,in fact usually belgium brews scare me,they seem unpredictable and usually make me wince when i drink them but this one doesn't do that.Very much worth trying.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark garnet, big foamy head and a bunch of lace. Nose is of cloves and bananas. Smooth and lightly oily. Nice and spicy and slightly citric. A tad too sweet but no major complaints.
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