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Brewed by Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Jumet, Belgium

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RATINGS: 294   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.22   EST. CALORIES: 255   ABV: 8.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A full bodied beer, bittersweet and delicious.


3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
zakkbironia (112) - Athens, GREECE - MAY 16, 2009
Bottle 330 ml. Nice appearance. Golden color with white foam. Its taste could be a lot better though. Nice strong belgian beer but there are better ones. I wasn’t very enthusiastic at this one.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
mickmac (405) - Ngunnawal, AUSTRALIA - MAY 3, 2009
An intersting belgian stong ale-but with gueze like falovours. Bottle. Pours with a large frothy white diminishing head over a clear sparkling light yellow amber coloured body. A sourdough like aroma. A lively alcoholic body. Marmalade like flavours finishing with a subtle acidity and bitterness.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
floydian1 (481) - FNQ, AUSTRALIA - MAY 1, 2009
I’m making the most of my time in Brisbane by trying a new beer every time I go to the Belgian Beer Cafe. This one is a strong blond ale. It comes in a 330ml brown bottle and is poured into a huge eponymous branded tulip glass. Dark golden in colour, it has a large foamy white head with fair retention and lacing. Satisfying aromas of light honey malts and spicy orangey hops. It tastes quite bitter for a blond ale with flavours of oranges, apples, alcohol and dry spicy bitter hops. Medium to full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel and a lot of finesse. I prefer the less sweet Belgian beers so this is right up there with Duvel and La Choufe.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
RichardW (854) - Carlisle, Cumbria, ENGLAND - APR 11, 2009
As gold as a golden ale can probably be, well carbonated, with a thin white head. Standard hint of banana and cloves. Surprisingly dry and quite thin for a beer of this strength, but almost bland, which isn’t something you say of many Belgian ales........

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
TaxiDriver (1372) - Stadland, GERMANY - MAR 20, 2009
Bottle. Light sweet smell, a little bit of grain and yeast. The head is medium large, white and creamy with a normal duration. The body is clear and yellow. The taste is light sweet, quite drinkable and a little bit spicy. The body is medium strong, creamy and with lively carbonation.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
mansquito (1602) - washington, Washington DC, USA - MAR 18, 2009
Cloudy gold color. Not very intense fruity aroma. Taste is not overly complex for a Belgian. But there is a bunch of sweet citrus. Pretty easy to drink overall. Not as bad as a lot of people here make it out to be.

2.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 9/20
TheJollyOne (219) - Sydney, AUSTRALIA - FEB 4, 2009
Dark yellow body and white head. Smell of pine, resin, and surgar turned me off early. Initial taste was slightly sweet with some citrus notes, but it turned quickly to a metallic spruce tree. The palate was a bit greasy and the long metal aftertaste was nasty. Maybe Ill try it again sometime, but it seems this opinion has been backed up by a few others here.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Grossecaisse (116) - FRANCE - JAN 20, 2009


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