3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark brown with a thin off-white head. Aroma of bread, dark fruit, and spice. Dark fruit flavor with bread,and spice rounding out the flavor. Very nice.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
I only got about 16 of the 22 ounces in the bottle because it erupted like a damned volcano when I opened it. Now I’m sticky and in a bad mood. Pours a dark brown with a thickish off-white head. Nose has some dark fruit elements, but isn’t strong. Taste is a little sweet, but fairly unremarkable. Not a fan of this one.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark with a faint reddish hue and not much head. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel, and slighty boozy. Taste is malt, sweet and a faint bit of boozy. For a strong, it certainly has a bit going on here. The flavor seems to mature over time on your palate and as it warms. Finish is smooth and pretty dry. Overall, it’s really quite good.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear brandy color. No head spixey gingerbread aroma and bland spicy malt flavor with a light doughy finish. A strong, smooth, dangerous beer that hides its alcihol extremely well.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
220 ounce bomber. A nice brown body with a tan head that had good retention and good lace. Aroma had a nice sweet malt presence up front. Some bread notes and a candied sugar. Mild doughy note to it. Flavor seemed to be a little on the sweet time, almost cloying. A nice bread note and the yeast balanced it out enough to take the edge off of the sweetness. Body was moderate and the carbonation was adequate.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
RBJG#2. Pours a clear dark brown with an off-white head and lacings. Quite sweet with a light bitterness. Malty aromas of toffee with hints of chocolate. Also some residual sugars. Kinda milky. Medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled on 10/30/12. Nose is tripel-like, sunny pilsy malt with heavy spicing and sweet and fruity Belgian yeast. Pours deep gradient mahogany with faint ruby highlights and a dense, rocky tan head. Taste is all about the yeast, there’s some mild sweetness but mostly it’s straight-up Duvel to start, dries to the bones with light mineral and slightly rubbery bitterness. Fruity esters thrown off but overhwlemed by the creamy yeast. Very slow warming of the chest, smooth with rounding noble hops. Just a tiny hint of chocolate/caramel to differentiate from the horde of like-minded imitators.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a fairly dark brown with a strong light brown head. Nose is typical dubbel with lots of brown sugar, fruit, sweet bread, coriander, light hops, and a touch of booze. Flavor is a little weaker and hop-laden than expected, and leans a little farther from fruit than I like for the style. Balance is decent and alcohol is well hidden. Carbonation a touch low for a strong belgian. Decent but not all that great either.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Faucets, Tokyo. Clear brown colour with a tan head. Aroma of gingerbread cookies, dried fruit. Flavour of caramel, spices.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft at Faucets in Tokyo. Deep maroon color, beige head. Aroma of nutty caramel. Taste is sweet and sour nuts. Odd.
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