Kasteelbier Donker

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

Cloudy chestnut color and a thinnish off white head. Aroma of dark fruit and sweet caramel malt, and alcohol. Taste of caramel malt with chest warming alcohol in the finish.

Bottled. Comes in a real classy shallow tulip glass. Pours dark ruby with rich head. Toffee aroma, and once it is warmed up also roasted malt and burnt sugar. Sweet vinous and very malty. In a way quite remimiscent of a full bodied red wine. The mouthfeel is soft and it is arousingly flavourful. The balanced finish contains a slight trace of hop bitterness to balance the port wine.

On tap. Brown pour, light tan head. Caramel, dark malts, plum, and candy sugar. Not a very interesting beer, it’s alright.

Drank from a bottle in Brussels. This beer is very think but with bad head. It smells very much like coffer and caramal, ands tastes the same. Its pretty good, but you can’t drink more than one.

Tasted at the San Diego International Beer Festival. Medium brown with a fluffy borwn head. Faint aroma and a plum and sugar taste.

The color is dark brown with thin head. The palate is sweet, tasting like bitter chocolate. Medium to full bodied with in-mouth impression of rye in the finish. I like it.

Bottle. Looks good, smells good, tastes not so good. It’s way too sweet. Very heavy on the malt. It’s OK if you want only one. If it weren’t so expensive, It would make a really good stock for a beef stew. I like the bottle and the lable.

Dark brown color. Head is very small. Smell of raisin, brown sugar and alcohol. Taste have notes of raisin, brown sugar and a lot of alcohol. Carbonation is flat, the body is full, texture is thick. It is very sweet and the alcohol is quite dominating. Its is almost lika a liqueur. Unlike many raters on this site, im not a sucker for beers with high amount of alcohol, so i am not impressed at all.