3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours dark amber/ruby with a large, lasting head.
Nose shows chocolate, port-like notes, sultanas and brown sugar, along with a healthy dose of candi sugar.
Similarly sweet flavours, although it quickly dries out. There’s lots more candi sugar and golden syrup along with more sultanas/dried fruit. A bit over the top. The alcohol is pretty noticeable too, almost harsh.
Carbonation is way over the top, but at the same time it’s needed to cut through the sweetness.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Clear amber pour with a lasting foamy beige head. Aroma is a little thin with notes of caramel, raisins, currants and chocolate. Flavour is more substantial but still tame for a beer of this strength, with plenty of malty caramel and dried fruit plus hints of grass and nuts. Mouthfeel is a little oily with lively carbonation and a lingering sweet finish. OK but nothing special.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 33cl. Reddish beer with small beige head. Aroma to dark sugar, caramel and toffee. Wine and alcoholic taste; malty aftertaste. Strong finish.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Spicy, lavender and pepper aroma. Brown amber, offwhite lace. Sugary base, light spice, a hint metallic, orangepeel finish. Lackluster. Medium body, mellow mouthfeel.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle (33 cl) from The Cracked Kettle. Clear ruby, medium beige head. Almondy and caramelly aroma, floral and herbal hops. Medium bodied, relatively thin, medium barbonation. Fairly dry, medium bitterness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle shared with Deanso. Clear brown pour with small off white head. Aroma of raisins, dark fruit and caramel. Flavour has same aspects with an overwhelming sweetness and a touch of alcohol in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
33cl bottle shared shared with6 friends. Vintage 2007.
Aroma is oakey. Decent off white head. Clear amber pour. Quite yummy!
1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
bottle at restaurant ’de gastro’ in Bruges, dark brown colour with small and unstable white head. Smell: some industrial, toffee, alcohol. Taste: alcohol, sugar .. much too sweet, has some industrial flavour,and is too heavy. Very unpleasant .. not my style!
0.5 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
Grim, caramelized, overrated on this website.
Like leffe, only worse.
3/10
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Clear brown with a coat of cream head that lasts OK. Aroma of dark sugars, hard spices, prunes, port. Taste is sweet with stewed fruits, fortified wine. Drying bitterness at the end with mild spices. Alcohol pretty well hidden. Lifeless mouthfeel, but it’s not particularly syrupy. A bit more carbonation might have helped. Nothing offensive about it, but surely a beer this strong shouldn’t be this dull.
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