4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
from 33cl stocky bottle. Appearance; new restyled label, fluid is dark brown, big foam. Aroma: warm alchool, candy sugar, toffee, yeast. Taste: similar to the aroma but more warm, alchool presence, spices from yeast. Palate: full. No sour notes, better than the old version.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dense dark amber with lots of sediment, short-lived head, no lace. Strong, alcohol loaded dark malt with heavy spices, prunes, and maybe a dash of spearmint. Tastes a bit like malty mouthwash. Certainly has a big taste, but not high on the "yum" meter. looking over the reviews, it seems that this brew has many variations, the inconsistency perhaps depending on age.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Brown body with small white head that disapers fast.
Light sour aroma with some yeast hints.
Tastes sweet. ***
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at BBF. Brown-purple colour with no head. Raisins, a little sweet aroma.Malt taste, a little alcoholish. Sweet finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
33cl bottle. Brown with almost no head. Nose : driad raisins, chocolate, smoked wood, tart. Sip : medium body, oily texture, low carbonation. Tart sweetness with chemical, nail polish like flavor, cherry and dried fruits. Booze. Not my kind of beer.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A wonderfull rich beer. A wee bit too heavy for me, but a lovely lindering taste and aftertaste since it has been restyled! Gets my recomendation!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A lot of people seem to hate this beer but Its not that bad. Tastes to me like a low quality kind of old quad. Aroma is pennies, plums, leather, dirt. Taste is more fruity and metal that wont fade. Not awful.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 4/20
Rotten aroma, sharp and tartish, going to have to let this open up. Low carbonation
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a near clear amber with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces thickly. Aroma has lots of light stone fruits with some sweet grains and a hint of metallic. Flavor has sweet grains up front with some sweet light fruit and a hint of berries.
1.6 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
33cl bottle @ the Diester Bierfestival on 20 Oct 2012, labelled as ’Den Twaalf.’
Dirty washing up water brown: scummy head, not a good start.
Strange farmyard esters: fruity, yet with a grubby feel to the smell.
Semi-sour moving towards vinegarous in the taste and mouth feel: did I try a bottle with a yeast infection? No according to a couple on my table it had been the same when they’d had it elsewhere and many months before. Tried to enjoy it, but failed.
A long way from being a good quadrupel on the evidence I had in my glass: the wife didn’t like her portion either!
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