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Brewed by Van Eecke
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Poperinge-Watou, Belgium

bottled
common

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available

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RATINGS: 341   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.55   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle conditioned.
This dark beer has been brewed with careful attention in accordance with our age old brewing tradition. It is a flavourful beer, tasting slightly bitter-sweet.


3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
lachesis (758) - St Idesbald, - FEB 13, 2005
Nice beer with a darkamber brownish color and a fluffy beige head. Good aroma’s of malts, dry raisins, marsalla wine and cake. Soft taste with a smooth caracter and nice hints of milkbread, raisins, ahorn sirup, amaretto and cookies. Faint hoppy and burned bitterness in the aftertaste.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
blutt59 (4932) - Dallas, Texas, USA - JUN 1, 2012
Bottle, dark almond color with some soapy tan foam, aroma of decent nuts and caramel, flavor of tired caramel, malty cashews, old tasting finish

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ogivlado (4444) - Zagreb, CROATIA - MAY 22, 2012
Bottled 330ml. -from Presporska Pivoteka ie Cafe Luxor, Bratislava. Brown coloured, huge beige head, alcohol and dark fruits in the nose. The taste is basicly the same; alcohol dark fruits (prunes) with notes of caramel and mild spices. Sweet finish.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
topherh (1765) - Kearney, Missouri, USA - MAY 14, 2012
Pours amber brown with a khaki head. Aroma is sweet caramel, light chocolate and bready. Flavor is sweet bready malt, caramel, ripe fruit, and a little bitterness.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BlackHaddock (1709) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - MAY 10, 2012
Jan 2008: from BA. Another beer reviewed during a Belgian beer night at my daughters, bless her. Cork and caged green .75 litre bottle, opened and poured by me. Best before 08/2009. Lovely dark ambre brown in colour with a neat biege head. The aroma and taste were the same, if you can believe that; fizzy, sweet, slightly bitter and dry. Overal a very nice drink, but there are better versions of this style around, I’ll have another if the chance comes around that’s for sure.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
BelgiskOlklub (750) - Viby J, DENMARK - MAY 8, 2012
Brown light hazy body and a small diminishing off-white head. Aroma of malt, dried fruit, alcohol. The taste is heavy sweet, light bitter and sour. Full body, creamy and sticky body.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Gary (1093) - London and(Rochester), Kent, ENGLAND - MAY 5, 2012
(Bottled)Fat yeast nose , bready . dense brown color , mild cream head, drinks rich and bitter , yeasty and dry. Like drinking brown bread soaked in booze ....

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Gerbeer (140) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - MAY 4, 2012
330 ml bottle via Belgianshop. Pours a rich brown with full head. Aromas of sour mash, malt, and caramel. Malt and brown sugar flavors. Peppery. Spicy. Sweet. A touch metallic.

4.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
davidm (1363) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - APR 24, 2012
Bottle 330ml from the local taphouse. Great aromas, with malt and yeast dominating. Aromas of caramel, chocolate, butterscotch, and bread. Taste is sweet, with sour notes, and very long lasting. Palate is syrupy, and full bodied. Brown, with a frothy head.

3.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
teddybeer (770) - Madrid, SPAIN - APR 21, 2012
33cl bottle at Alquitara (Vicalvaro). Brown colour with a large tan head with big bubbles that quickly diminishes maintaining a thin layer of head with a decent persistence. Aroma is caramelish and yeasty. Flavour is strong caramelish, sugary, toasty, bready and a final maintaining the sweetness with a good persistence, alcoholic. Texture is bready. Carbonation is medium. Body is high.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
GT2 (3970) - Washington DC, USA - APR 6, 2012
Tap at Iron Horse. Fully, cloudy blood ruby color with smaller white head. Quick diminish. Ultra, super sweet raisin nose. Taste is painfully metallic with cloying raisin sweetness and tangy acid. Black olive juice abounds. Ick. Old keg probably. Poor tap lines and system here. Powdery and metal shavings. Ugh. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone


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