2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
One hell of a sweet beer. Maybe it will be better in front of a fireplace after a walk in the snow - since when we had it (or my friends did) in Ghent, it was too sweet and not suited for the meal we were eating.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
0.33L bottle. Deep dark brown with burgundy red taintes, Small head dissapearing almost instantly. Rich malty nose upfront, later coffee notes and some yeasty notes which are a little skunky. Flavour dominated by sweet dark chocolate wiyh some friutness behind. The sweetness is to strong and a bit cloying carring into a long aftertaste which is overly sweet. Body is medium to full.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
A tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee. I found this to be too sweet. With nice carbonation, raisin flavor, caramel, maple syrup. Still not bad.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAY 30, 2009 330 ml bottle. 11% !! nice dark brown coloured beer. very nice, not to sweet full bodied taste.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Pitcher’s Pub in Cumberland, RI. Pours dark brown. Nice aroma of dark fruits, brown sugar, and a hint of alcohol. Flavor of dark fruits and brown suagr with a warming alcohol finish. Has a very vneous quality, Quite tasty, but very sweet, which is a little distracting. Underneath the sweetness is a beer with a loy of complexity. I enjoyed the beer, but it’s defintely not an everyday beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours dark ruby/mohogany with a small off white head. Fairly heavy and sweet on the palate, a bit more carbonation would lend some more esters and make it a bit less syrupy. Big raisin flavor, caramel, fake maple syrup, and coffee cake. Not a bad beer, but overall a bit sweet and lightly cloying in the finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle from Total Wine Tampa. Pours a dark, chocolatey brown with a thin tan head that dissipates quickly. Smells sweet and malty; hints of toffee and caramel. Flavor: Sweet and full-bodied, has a pleasing sweet, slightly sour finish. Tastes of malt, caramel, molasses. Hints of chocolate, maple, and root beer on subsequent tastes.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at home. caramel, roasty, resin, brown, clear, frothy, medium bitterness, light sweetness, medium body, sticky, average carbonation,
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
05/04 0.33 l at Hopdevil, Zagreb. Poured dark brown body with small head that didn’t stay out half a minute. Sweet malty aroma, roasted sugar, some black cherries and berries, nice enough. Flavor also good, but too simple and ordinary, caramelized sugar hides all that alcohol in very rustical way. Nothing more. Full bodied of course. Finish is nice long and pleasant. A good beer but could be better for that what it is.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very rich dark Belgian strong ale. Bite is extraordinary. Flavors are malty with caramel, apricot, and brown sugar apparent. Acquired in bottle at my local GrillSmith restaurant.
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