Hoegaarden Verboden Vrucht

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

Date: 10/21/1997

sweet malt aroma with slight fruity, rich malty flavor, spicy accents, slight bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
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bottle. Amber colour, small head. Rather bitter and hoppy with hints of spices and herbs. Dry finish.

[Sampled to Rik’s 40 day.] Another great beer from Hoegaarden with more "heavy" notes of spices, perfume, some sourness, dryness also and a sticky finish. Good one!

Bottle. Amber with small quickly diminishing white head. Aroma sweet, figs and dried fruit sugar, alcoholic. But also some sour not very nice notes that draws down. Taste strong alcohol notes, malt, figs maybe some banana in the background (like the taste in the mouth after eating a banana). Close to beeing cloying.

Dark, hazy amber with a thick off- white head. Fruity with some acididty. Caramel, spice and fruit. Full body with a nice bitter-sweet finish.

Murky brown beer with soft, nitro-like head. Aroma of ripe fruits, plums and coriander. Notes of sweet malt. The flavour is fruity with lots of dried fruits. Nice and complex with dry, bitter end. A fine beer

Muddy amber colour with a nice head. Initial aromas of freshly peeled green apples and hops. Flavour is slightly fruity but dominated by nicely balanced hops and malts. A comfortable astringency hits the middle of the tongue and lingers; despite its high alcohol content the only indicator is the warm sweetness it gives to the hoppy finish.

Dark, almost black beer with a creamy sweet, almost chocolaty, praline-like taste. A surprisingly good speciality beer from a mass-producer.