3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 10, 2011 Big 750cl bottle, 7 years old (brewed anno 2004): caramel, chocolate, roasty, brown, hazy, heavy sweetness, medium bitterness, full body, creamy, not much foam, long finish.
Despite it having aged for 7 years, I still found it too sweet for my taste...
Big 750cl bottle, 12 years old (brewed anno 1999): this one is way better, the heavy sweetness has become a nice medium sweetness, the taste is way more balanced.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 11-2015, savoured on November 14 2011; eye: bronze with ruby reflections, clear, minimal effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: sugar, candied fruits, light malt; mouth: sugar, candied fruits, malt, tobacco, finale in candied fruits with sugary presence, medium body, good carbonation, quite sweet, syrupy texture; overall: disappointing
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 11-2015, savourée le 14 novembre 2011; œil : bronze avec des reflets rubis, limpide, effervescence minime, petit anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : sucre, fruits confits, léger malt; bouche : sucre, fruits confits, malt, tabac, finale en fruits confits avec présence sucrée, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, pas mal sucrée, texture sirupeuse; en résumé : décevant
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
33cl bottle.
Pours an almost-black ruby with a dissipating thin tan head.
Smells of metal (oxidized?), caramel and malt.
Tastes very sweet and boozy, with a mouth-filling feeling of creaminess.
A favorite of mine in the heavy-sweet-belgian classification.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Ruby to chestnut with a small off-white head. Nice aroma of dried fruit, caramel and spice. Sweet caramel and sugar flavour with dried fruit.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
750ml corked bottle pours a reddish brown color with a small off-white head and some fine lacing. Aroma is mild roasted malts. Taste is big malty sweetness and a mild hoppy bitter finish. A little on the sweet side, but alcohol is well hidden and this is surprisingly easy to drink.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
33cl bottle. Pours a red/brown with a very small, tanned head. Nose : butterscotch, smoky, cherry, dried plums, alcohol. Sip : Wine like body with a very light carbonation. Very sweet start with dominating cherry following by all the other nose aromas. Strong sansations, the beer is full of it ! It’s far from being refreshing (well maybe more then a wine) but it’s a decent glass for a relaxing evening.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Quite decent BSA, layers of chocolate malt, coffee, caramel, hides the ABV well but a bit too cloying for 4*
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
small frothy light brown head. fl. fd. flat thick dark brownish-black body. aroma: moderate malty, dark chocolate, strong coffee, butter, brown sugar. if: heavy sweet light bitter. ff: harsh sweet light bitter; long duration. palate: medium full body, watery texture, medium carbonation, light alcoholic finish. dulçor desagradável de malzbier, ligeiro amargor pungente, ácido, deixa muito a desejar 4 s
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