Kasteelbier Donker

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle from 12th Street Tap House in Charlottesville, VA. Pours dark chocolate brown with a small head, Aroma of plum, candi sugar, sweet malts. Very sweet taste with caramel, brown sugar and stone fruits. Full bodied.

Bottled, BB March 2010. Poured murky medium golden with a short cap of beige head. The aroma picked up alcohol-fueled, candied caramel and dark fruits with a thick dose of fruity yeast.. aggressive and a bit raw. The flavor was along those same lines with sweet caramel, dark fruit, and brown sugar laced with peppery yeast and alcohol.. finished hot, but not necessarily in a bad way.. lots of residual sugars. Heavier-bodied on the palate with moderate carbonation and a thicker texture.. some odd sourness in there as well.. bit too sweet.

Bottle from Trinity Liquors in Spring Hill, FL. Pours dark brown with an off-white head. Nose is candy sugar, dark fruit, caramel, toffee, honey, and a slight yeast presence. Flavor is remarkably similar with a syrupy sweetness that dominates the brew. Lots of sugar and ripe dark fruit. Finished off with a wicked sweetness that lingers. Interestingly Belgian beer.

Pours deep mahogany into a trappist glass. Head quickly recedes to nothing. Prune and pit fruit aromas. Sweet and tangy upfront with a lasting tart dried fruit finish.

Had the Kasteel Brown. Very dark brown color, and a light brown foam. I love that beer, I had it quite a few times. But this one is very sweet and has a strong taste of chocolate, but the flavors are strong and always present and plesant. The only problem for me is that the foam does not stay long, but still a very excelent beer. If you like sweet beers you must try this one.

750 ml Bottle 2006. Dark ruddy brown with a very tiny head. Aroma was yeasty and sweet. Heady alcohol, very sweet, with molasses and dark fruit.

Draught at TND: Aroma is sweet with notes of yeast, spices, alcohol, medicine, malts, and sugar. Poured brown with a ruby hue in color and a small tan head. Clear. Sparkling. Small lacing. Flavor is medium to very sweet. Tastes of malts, caramel, maple syrup, candi sugar, and slight chocolate. Light to medium body. Thin, watery texture. Soft carbonation. Dry, sweet, sugary finish.

Pours a deep dark brown, cola color, with almost no head. Aroma of carmel and bananna. Taste is sweet, carmel, raisan, warm alcohol, This is a very nice BSA.