 mvcramer (229), Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
Feb 22, 2008 2006 vintage. Birthday gift courtesy of Girlie Delizo-Jasper. Thanks 8D.
Deep brown pour with a good off-white head. Aroma is consistent with what you’d expect in such a Belgian - sweet and spicy notes. This one is sweet on the palate - some nice malty notes with minimal hop spiciness.
I really enjoyed this one. Good brew. I love a good Belgian - especially one that’s beyond the Chimays of the world. Not knocking Chimay - just fun to find an uncovered gem!
Dough77 (771), Aurora, Illinois, USA
Feb 22, 2008 Brownish pour with descent head. Nose of dark fruits, alcohol, sweet syrup. Flavors similar, but really potent on the alcohol. Pretty tasty and complex.
Skeegle (476), Maryland, USA
Feb 16, 2008 Updated: Aug 21, 2009WOW, this brew is so thick it looks like melted taffy. The smell is of egg nog, apples, bananas, and that hard milky candy coating that dresses every jawbreaker/polka-dotted easter mini-malt candy egg. You can’t see through this beer with two 120watt bulbs physically touching the back of the glass. Mine was aged 18 months and has thick gloppidy glollops of yeast chunking around inside that are cool clover bursts of spicy flavor on the palate. Abbaye des Rocs anyone? Fantastic beer; one that could fit well in De Dolle’s lineup with the success of Tris Pistoles and Brune. Amazing belgian, in every sense of the beverage style. I will buy this again and again.
RERATE: I have bought this beer again and again. Wow was I lucky. I’ve tred 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. All were just abominations of flavor and alcohol. Just supreeme greatness. Perfect!
Holdwine (904), Beertimore, Maryland, USA
Feb 15, 2008 At Max’s 72 hours of Belgian. 2007 release. After the alcohol shock, very enjoyable. I’d love to retry in a couple of years. booze hit, then we get to a brown sugar/ fruity sweetness. Drying finish.
weaselkenievil (738), Cheshire, England
Feb 13, 2008 Maybe my palate isn’t educated enough. Blah blah kiss my arse. I can appreciate how other people like it and I am certainly not knocking it. It isn’t my thing though. A highly rated beer and fair enough as I can understand the quality. I’m not going to lie and say I like it that much. Personal taste, I am not rating to style.
Broke4Beer (6), denver, Colorado, USA
does not count  Feb 12, 2008 Updated: May 22, 2008Opened with high carbonation. Strong scent of sweet fruits, like cherries and even raisins and prunes. Poured slightly syrupy, deep brownish red, with an off white head. Beer is strong and sweet, with a velvety mouthfeel. Upfront flavors are of raisins and sweet fruits, and nuts, with diminishing tart fruit flavors, mainly cherry, all reminiscent of brandy. Also, recommend letting it breathe, as the alcohol was a little strong tasting at first. Overall, a delicious and drinkable beer!
Goodgrief (1144), Middletown, Delaware, USA
Feb 10, 2008 Oct. 2006 - Beer poured reddish dark brown with nice head and lacing. Aroma was really strong sweet fruit. Flavor was sweet, dark fruits, raisins and candied sugar with a lot of oak noticeable. Nice full mouthfeel. Nothing to complain about here!
nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Feb 7, 2008 2007 vintage. Translucent chestnut with ruby highlights and a large head that settles quickly into a sticky ring. Aroma of chocolate, raisin cake with icing, and Bananas Foster. Flavor is very similar, with more brown sugar and rum flavors than the aroma. Some pecan pie, more rum, and molasses flavors in the middle; then more alcohol and some faint spicy herbs on the finish to dry it up a bit. Near-medium body is tingly and warm with noticeable alcohol; and is sometimes smooth, sometimes airy-fizzy in the mouth.
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