4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
great winter seasonal! very drinkable brew from one of my favorite brewery’s...a beer that keeps calling!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from bierzwerg.de. Red brown color with medium beige head. Aroma of prunes, marzipan, brandy, caramel, red fruit. Taste, sweet malt, burned sugar, raisins, alcohol. Strong alcoholic finish. Excellent beer.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very good version of the Belgian Strong Ale. Darker bodied and a fuller flavor than most continental varieties. Peach, some plum, and some caramelly undertones.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at TapWerks OKC. Pours a dark amber with a small frothy off white head with nice sticky lacing. The aroma is a sweet raisin malt vanilla and oak. Medium mouthfeel with a vanilla oak taste and nice finish. Easy to drink hiding the alcohol well, a very good Belgian strong ale from Great Divide.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Strong aroma is yeasty with firm tones of cinnamon and cloves and a malty underpinning. It pours a clear, dark brown like a cola but has a thick, frothy light tan head. Molasses-sweet flavor is malty and a little spicy and has hints of caramel and honey. Texture is smooth, a little thick and subtly tingly. This one is a pleasure to drink.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Poured from a 22 oz bottle into a snifter glass.
A: Pours jet black with a one finger beige head.
S: Dark fruits, brown sugar, and esters from the yeast.
T: Very sweet with a similar taste as the smell.
M: Medium bodied, well carbonated, but has a solid alcohol bite in the finish.
O: This beer would be better if the alcohol were hidden better, but this is still one of Great Divide’s better Belgian style beers.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
At the release party on 1/7/11 at the brewery. Great Divide’s biggest Belgian style ale to date is very tasty. Notes of raisin and spices reminiscent of Avery’s The Reverent. Beautifully carbonated with a wonderful mouthfeel and a slight alcohol burn. Great Divide had not really impressed me with their Belgians until I tried this.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma of raisins and malt and alcohol. Smells delicious. Pours a medium brown with a light frothy head. Tastes as delicious as it smells.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle 650ml: Dark red colour, with a creamy brown big head. Aroma is dominated of brown sirup, citrus,alcy,sugar and caramelly. Flavor had a sugar,caramelly,cirup mouthfeeling, some dark choclate to was there. Big body, long fruity/alcy finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Clear red-brown with good, foamy, head / Nose of sour malt, cocoa, banana, and dark fruit / Full, sweet, syrupy, body with modest hopping and big finish / Flavors of plums, prunes, molasses, banana, cocoa, and nuts / Probably just personal bias, but would prefer a little more hopping. Excellent, though.
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