Hoegaarden Verboden Vrucht

Bottle, 33cl. Pours an unclear dark amber beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is sweet with esters. The flavor is sweet. The palate is sparkling from a high carbonationlevel. Overall a really good belgian beer.

300 ml bottle. Appers dark brownish body with tanned head. Lots of yeast floaters. Aroma has spices and some fruity banana flavours. Flavour has some sweetness, fruits and malts. Alcohol is present.

Bottle. Pours a dark mahogany with a fizzy off-white head. Aroma was malty with caramel, fruit and spices. Flavor was slightly sweet with caramel, ripe dark fruit, yeast and some belgian spices.

330ml bottle, trappist glass, at de Bier Haus Tauranga. Dark pink/red brown hue lots of sediment. Creamy, beige coloured head with a pink tinge, rapidly diminishing, good lacing. Strong dark fruit and spice aromas and flavours especially plum and cherry, raisin, rhubarb, aniseed, and cough mixture! The plum/cherry aroma is borderline artificial to me. Mostly sweet with lingering tart bitterness in the after-taste. I thought this was amazing the first time I had it. Second time round its just quite good.

Bottle. Medium to dark brown with orange tint. Tall head, foamy, gusher. Aroma of caramel malt, cereal grains, spices, citrus fruit. Somewhat earthy, with dark fruit as well, cherries, and a bit of raisin. Strong caramel malt, slightly sour fruits, a slight citrus tang, spice, and a reasonably hoppy and bitter finish. Not much hop flavor, though. This was one of the first Belgian beers I got hooked on. Now it is simply all right. A bit bland, a bit too sweet and spicy, but not ruined.

Drank under the name Le Fruit Défendu, bottle of 330 ml at Pub St. Alexander in Quebec City September 24, 2009. Muddy brown caramel, good head. Aroma of berries and spicy malt. Taste of spicy dry malt, notes of ripe fruit, finish slightly tart and dry, slightly bitter. Nothing exeptional simply pleasant!

Bottle, 330ml. Pours a greatly appealing fruity copper colour, with a truly sumptuous head that endures. Sweet, malty aroma, and hoppy tang on the tongue. Medium body, but not remarkable.

Bottle 330ml. This one is a great trip. It has a deep fruity aroma, with apple (appropriately), and also fruits of the forest. Flavour is sweet throughout, with balancing bitterness coming at the end for a long spectacular finish. Mouthfeel is a bit watery, with medium body. Colour is dark red, with particles from the bottle conditioning, the head lasts all the way.