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Kasteelbier Donker

Kasteelbier Donker - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
92
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Ingelmunster, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6403.61/5.03.6/5.011%80.6Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
A strong Belgian brown ale.
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 yespr (11613), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 18, 2007  
33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a redish tone, head is light brown and crispy leaving some lacing. Aroma is sweet, dark malt notes and bitter/citric rounded off by a yeasty spicy note. Flavour is extremely sweet, malt notes drowning in the sugar. Warming alcohol finish with distinct yeast notes. Fullbodied. At first does the classical fruit notes that come from the yeast completely blend out by the rather brutal sweetness, but for every sip they provide a more sofisticated palate to the sweetness showing some raisin and other dried fruit notes. This is clearly a beer for slow sipping. I won’t have this as my favourite beer for that though.


 OleR (2007), Oslo, Norway
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
May 17, 2007  
330 ml bottle. Thin, tanned head fading to a ring of foam. Slight unclear mahogny colored body. The aroma is dominated by alcohol, yeast and malts. Notes of dark fruits and cellar. Sweet-flavored. Prominent malt taste along with candysugar, yeast, caramel and raisins. Medium body. Sweet and oily mouthfeel. Alcohol in the finish.


 oberabcbbsok (686), Hoboken, Belgium
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
May 12, 2007  
Very sweet and strong beer. You taste lots of alcohol and also roasted malt. Drunk it on bottle as wel from tap. I prefer this beer as closing dinner above a brandy.


 sersdf (1000), chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
May 11, 2007    Updated: May 14, 2007
thanks bwp116. smells nutty and salty to me. hahaha. super alcoholic, super sweet, like added sugar sweet, lots of darkish fruit, so saccharine. OH God this is alcoholic. this reminds me of some beer i had at the delirium cafe. it’s improving with my adapting palate but it’s just moving the alcohol to the back end.


 elektronikfagteknikerlærling (892), kbh, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Apr 29, 2007  
bottle. dark brown color with a small head. sour aroma with some sweetness of fruits in the taste.


 GreatLibations (1440), Last Supper, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/102/58/102/513/20
Apr 23, 2007  
Pours muddy brown w/ a spritzy spatter froth. Minimal hang time w/ only a thin ring of residual lace. Aroma of dark fruits, german chocolate cake, and sweet butter. Full nectar w/ very little residual effers. It’s almost still, even on the palate. Nada bubble. Big sweet complex malts w/ a mild yet defined sharp tartness, almost acidic. And I do mean sweet, barleywine sweet. This brew is very complex in nature. Flavors of fat carmeled apples and kiwi fruit. Brown sugar and molases. Huge black cherries and over ripened peach meat, plumy raisins, and brown, glazed cakebread (fruitcake). The kiwi is prominant. The finish is long and sweet w/ the kiwi fruit lingering well past it’s bedtime. This is a barleywine for sure. Overall: a good specimen but you really have to be in the mood for some serious acidic tart sweetness.


 bager (2121), Copenhagen N, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 23, 2007  
Bottled. Dark brown coloured with a rather large head. Sweet! Notes of dust, candied sugar, chocolate, toffee, berries and cherry. Somewhat dry finish.


 Theis (3617), Denmark
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Apr 16, 2007    Updated: Jan 31, 2008
Rerate: Bottle at ØLbaren - Thanks Dixen. Clear brown - offwhite head. Sweetness, sweetness, sweetness, sweetness, sweetness, sweetness, sweetness, yeasty, licorice, pepper. Typical beligan sweet & yeasty beer. ...-...-...-...-...-...-...-...-... Bottle (Sune). Dark brown - offwhite head. Brown sugar & dust. Sweet, sweet, licorice, chokolate, dark fruits, cherry, dry. (5/4/5/3/13)



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