Florival Winter/Hiver

Brewed by Brouwerij Affligem / De Smedt (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Opwijk, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle, pours deep amber with a nice tall beige head, looks great. Aroma is of alcohol and spices. I also get a little bit of fruit in the nose. Smells like it’s going to be good!! First sip, wow, dark candied sugar, a little bit of sweetness and a dry bitter finish. The mouth fades from light and crisp to slightly creamy. A few more and I’m liking this, the 9 percent is masked well behind some wonderfull dark flavors. I’m glad this time of year is here because these kind of beers are special.

33 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours golden brown with a lacing light orange head. Aroma is sweet caramel malty with a mild spice note. Flavour is sweet caramel malt with a lingering spice note. Finish is mild spiced and soft malty. Lovely.

0.33l bottle at home. Reddish-dark brown with beige head. Roast and sweet aroma. Nutty, sweet taste. Sweet and hoppy aftertaste. Nice winter beer.

Brown-redish colour, large brown head. Malty and yeasty aroma, nuts, some caramel, and woody. Smouth taste, lots of carbonation. Strong finish, Sweet bitter, warming alcoholic. Lovely beer.

Bottle, 33cl. Reddish brown pour with large head. Yeasty, caramely aroma. Sweet fruity taste. Pretty decent beer.

UPDATED: NOV 28, 2004 Rerate Nov. 28th 2004
Red-brownish, hazy body. Brownish, creamy head, mostly lasting. Malty (caramel) aroma. Lightly bitter, moderately sweet initial flavour. Lightly bitter long-lasting finish. Medium to fully bodied. Oily texture, average carbonation. Astringent finish.

Deep chestnut pour slicked with yellowish suds. Big brandyish nose swilling with dark fruit, caramel and toffeeapple-ish esters. A physical chew of grapeskin, handfuls of sticky prune and currant. Loaded with liquorice and brandy-dipped barley wine-like cake and malt loaf flavours. Slightly out of date, and better for it. Sweetish, malt-heavy, sustaining winter sipper drinking like a reinforced, pumped-up, turbo-charged mild. Tasty.

On tap at "Den Tatoverede Enke", Copenhagen. Beautiful red colour with a nice head. Sweet and malty aroma. Flavour is malty and fruity with hints of strawberries? Pleasantly bitter finish.

2008-03-08. Dark amber brown body with a good sized beige head. Looks a lot like the Florival brune, and tastes similar as well. Sweet aroma with more of the same tangy malt as the Brune, light spice and sugary notes. Flavour is predominantly tangy caramel and sugars, sweet malt. Very very light spice. Average palate is not quite medium, smooth and effervescent. (3+)
Bottle from Delhaize, last minute sampling session at my hostel, Brussels

Bottle. Brown colour, unstable light brown head. Aroma has a hint of malt. Good balance between malt and alcohol. Mild flavour, but warming. Nice solid texture.