4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle for Sunday night Game of Thrones viewing. Pours deep amber with finger head of beige fluffy fun. Great nose of candy and soda. Tastes of root beer, caramel, malt, molasses, licorice, and yeast. Really delicious.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Catching up on old reviews -
Deep mahogany brown pour with tan head. A sweet aroma of dark fruit, bananas, caramel, cherries. The taste was extremely sweet and even overpowering at first. The warm and farther into the beer I got, the better I could pick out the tastes...malt, brown sugar, various fruits, cinnamon, cloves, molasses, candy. There also was a nice presence of earthy and bready yeast. Fairly moderate body and carbonation. Interesting complex beer, that I enjoyed in a small dose, but I don’t think I could handle the sweetness in more than that.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
pours light root beer brown, minimal head compared to the blond, ringed retention, lots of slow-moving CO2 streams. Strong thick and heavy malts on the nose. Drinks with 8/10-level sweetness up front, alcoholic presence is apparent from the start, tastes of heavy malt, brown sugar (demerara/turbinado), figs, scotch, caramel, mild-medium bitter finish. Med-high complexity, med-high depth, good transitions, great carry, okay drinkability (less as the temperature raises). A potent dark beer with lots of flavour but also heavy and hits harder than the blond.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. Pours murky amber-brown with a med-large tan head. Buoquet of dark fruit. Raisin, plum, prune, fig... you name, its in there. Very sweet aroma that matches the nose. Yeast and alcohol as well. Full body, sticky texture, and a very lengthy finish. A little too sweet for my taste, but still a great beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, 2011 vintage. Colour is amber brown with a beige head. Fruity aroma. Taste is fruity with some sourness.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at TnD. Aroma of caramel, figs, nuts, licorice, ginger, honey. Flavor is the same. Pillowy tan head with opaque brown body. Smooth, creamy body. Moderately sweet but in a non-intrusive way. A trailing hint of spicy sourness on the back palate was interesting.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Highly rated for a reason, I'm sure, and my undiscerning mouth would have to agree. Seems like a nice sweet carmel with some lower fruity flavor and malty below that. Very nice change from all the IPAs I've had lately.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A lovely looking dark-chocolate brown beer with a huge, fine, light-dusty-brown head. Aroma is mild spicy yeast with some candy caramel. Flavor is more intensely sweet in the line of st. bernardus but with a touch more candy. Lovely. medium bodied.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a tulip glass. Pours a hazy dark brown color with a light tan head which leaves limited lacing. Aroma is of banana, raisin, nut, and maybe some orange and alcohol. Taste is initially sweet with maybe some raisin but it ends on a heavy banana bitterness with some alcohol in there as well. Mouthfeel is very good but not overpowering with average carbonation. Overall an excellent beer. Maybe not akin to the style of a strong ale but very very delicious.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
pours dark brown with low quite frizzy and thick head
sweet aromas of oranges, peach and of course belgian yeast
nice sweet taste, honey, sweet fruits, alcohol is there, slight tasteof burned sugar as well
taste stays a while which is nice, it has sweet roundness that is very attracting. a very good belgian
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