Kasteelbier Donker

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

Poured a dark brown into the glass. Very minimal head. Smelled sweet of candi sugar, dark fruit and caramel. Taste was much the same, sweet and rich, some biscuit and bready notes, no hop presence. Nice big beer here, little bit sweet, but good for one glass.

330ml bottle. Dark brown, little head. First spike of the aroma was tomatoes, sweet zingy tomatoes. Plenty of brown maltiness too though. First taste on the palate is exceptionally sweet, sugary sweet, and upon swallowing the first vapours to fill the mouth and nose are those of alcohol. The malt is drowned by those two aspects. Fairly pleasant though, and not a harsh 11% beer at all.

bottle shared by thedm and hotstuff - Pours dark amber with a thin head. It smells of alcohol, malt, and a touch of yeast. The flavor is very sweet with dark fruit notes and mild alcohol that’s mostly found in the finish of this medium to full bodied brew. Rerate from a bottle picked up in Amsterdam. 8/4/8/4/15. Averaged with prior rating.

Heaven in a bottle Dark, malty, sweet, bitter, huge huge flavour. Could drink it forever.

Name: Kasteel Donker
Date: November 01, 2001
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Appearance: brown
Aroma: sweet malt aroma
Flavor: big sweet flavor

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4

Name: Kasteel Brune
Date: January 26, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: muddy brown, big creamy tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: light chocolate aroma
Flavor: chocolate covered candied fruit flavor, nice spicy character along with lots of complex esters provides some nice interplay, warming, light bitterness adds interest rather than balance

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

A brown beer with a nice head. Aroma is sweet and toffee. Taste is roasted malt, sweet, toffee. Very nice mouthfeel and noticeable alcohol. Notes of burnt sugar

Pours dark brown, with a small off white head. Smells of sweet malts, caramel, and a little nuttiness. The taste was very sweet, much sweeter than expected. Huge malty, caramel sweetness just masks most everything else.I was hoping for some smoky nutty flavors, but no go here. Sweet finish and aftertaste with not much balance. I was either disappointed, or unhappy it wasnt what I was expecting.

This Belgian Strong Ale pours a deep brown color from a 33cl bottle. Medium sized white beige foamy head. Aroma is baked bread, earthy and sweet. A medium bodied Belgian Strong Ale. Malts are very sweet, fruity, burnt sugar, plums, molasses and brown sugar. Some yeast and fruit esters here, but mostly the sweet malts. Nice soft mouthfeel. The flavor changes somewhat as it warms, it gets a little earthier and somewhat less sweet. Nice soft carbonation as well. Mouthfeel is soft and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is sweet.