Hoegaarden Verboden Vrucht

Brewed by Brouwerij Hoegaarden (InBev)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Hoegaarden, Belgium

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy amberish brown with a huge off-white head and a sweet malty and spicey aroma. Flavor is complex sweet, fruits, caramel and spices softly biting my tongue. A long and interesting finish. Far better than I expected

Cloudy brown color containing yeast sedimentation. Delicious strong fruit flavor. Frothy white head and medium body.

8/2/05 330ml. Coco Beach, Costa Rica. best by 10/06. Amber with large off white head. Sour yeasty aroma. Tart but thin body and not a lot of flavor.

Drank it in Costa Rica in Tin Jo. Delicious. Fruity aroma of peach and bananas. Pours into a cloudy (bottle conditioned), golden brown color. Great balance between malt and fruit flavor. 8.5% alcohol goes unnoticed, really, really nice.

Cloudy amber body. Slowly diminishing off-white/light beige head. Sporadic stringy lacing. Belgian yeast that springs from the vessel is fruity and only mildly peppery. Coriander, lightly toasted grains, mild to moderate alcohol, tangerine peel, grassiness(Saaz), banana, apple and potpourri spice are all noted. The flavor is mildly spicy, with low but slowly growing acidity, medium sweetness, mild astringency, low to mild bitterness and combines to present an underwhelming though very pleasing flavor. The taste bounces back and forth from sweet to lightly tart but never settles on any balance in the center. The finish is lightly dry, candi sugar and fruit lingering. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, softly but adequately carbonated and tangy. Alcohol is modestly concealed throughout. Easy drinking, well made.

Coutresy boboski. Dense, cloudy, dark reddish brown body. Frothy off-white head that settles to a compact blanket of foam. The aroma shows fresh caramel, light, vinous fruit, clove, and faint bananas. Flavor is again caramel based, with a spicy yeast profile. Fruit flavors range from soft and sweet banana parfait to tart and vinous white grapes. There are some very interesting contrasts in this brew. Medium body. Goes down smooth. Moderately spicy, dry finish. Very drinkable at nearly 9%. Not outstanding, but very solid.

Cloudy dark brown colour with quite a lot of sediment from the bottle. Spicy aroma with some yeast and malt. At first it’s sharp and spicy. Then some sweeter tones of caramel and malt come through. Finish is peppery and a bit dry.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown with a light brown head. Fruity and slight spiced hoppy aroma with a slight yeasty note. Flavour is slight sweet, fruity and minor spice note. Yeasty spiced finish with a slight edge. Very nice. My first belgian beer ever.