Kasteelbier Donker

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Tap at The Maproom Chicago. Poured out dark brown, incredible aroma of sweetness, plum-raisin, licorish. Slight alcohol taste. Tasty! Mmmm candy beer!

750ml bottle-pours thin tan head and dark brown color. Aroma is dark malt-rock candy/sweet, dark fruit-plum/raisin, sherry like, biting hops. Taste is very sweet/syrupy, dark malt-rock candy/sweet, dark fruit-plum/raisin, sherry like, biting hops, some molasses/licorice, cloying, also some dryness, huskiness. Nice, sipping. OK carbonation.

Bottle @ Delirium Cafe, Brussels. Pours brown with red edges, beige head. Aroma is alcohol / caramel / dark fruits. Taste is very sweet, with alcohol, also some spices / raisins. Good beer.

Dark brown colour. Sweetness comes through in the aroma and taste. Quite malty and sugary sweet flavour. Technically it is very good. Texture is thick, syrupy and unctuous. Overall something more than a strong sense of sweetness is expected from this beer but it doesn’t deliver.

Clear reddish brown beer with a short lived beige head. Hair spray alcohol and dry fruit nose. Sweet beer with lots of alcohol, dark fruit, juicy plum, melted toffee and caramel. Very tingely on the tongue.

The aroma is sweet and fruity with dark fruit and yeast. The appearance is dark brown with an average head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is OK. The beer is good.

A rich fruity beer with some caramel and dark fruit flavors, looks great with its cloudy appearance. This is a real winner.

Bottle sampled. Pours a deep brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, dark malts, fruit, and some toffee. Flavor is full bodied and complex with raisins, dark fruits, brown sugar, caramel, and some belgian spices with a nice warming alcohol finish.