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Kasteelbier Donker

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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6443.61/5.03.6/5.011%80.6Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
A strong Belgian brown ale.
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gallu (1), Spain
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4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/58/105/519/20
Feb 3, 2006  
Desde luego, con mucho, mi cerveza favorita; espectacular color oscuro, achocolatado. Aroma intenso, dulzón y alcohólico. En boca es un portento, te llena la boca, se nota un dulzor intenso que contraresta el amargor. Es muy larga, el gusto no se acaba nunca. Parece más un buen jerez o un Oporto que una cerveza.


 gilvanblight (390), Windsor, Ontario, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/516/20
Feb 1, 2006  
Very dark thick head, over an inch in foam. Sweet very sweet taste, almost wine like. Slightly bitter on the tongue. Very sweet and strong alcohol taste.


 BeerandBlues2 (3202), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/515/20
Jan 25, 2006  
1 pint, 9.4 fl. oz. 9/2003. Pours mahagony, very bubbly, with the bubbles sticking to the glass, and a small rocky tan fizzy head, lined lacing. Malt (cookie, meal) medium roasted caramel, nutty, yeast (cellared) aromas with notes of port, and a fruity nose. Malty, medium bitterness and acidity, moderately sweet, lasting, perfumey finish. Full bodied and fizzy-spicy palate, warming.


 frankenkitty (1900), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 24, 2006  
Light-hazed mahogany with a spotty, tan film and a halo that remains thick, tan & creamy. Aroma starts vague and malted, revealing caramel, cherry and invasive alcohol as it warms. Flavor is sweet & vinous but majorly alcoholic, leaving a first impression of cheap wine with some cloying back-burn. As I work my way through the glass, I get a different picture of a sweet brandy or cognac. This takes some getting used to... its numbers went up considerably as my glass got emptier.

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 LoveCaissa (873), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/512/20
Jan 11, 2006  
On tap at "Den Tatoverede Enke", Copenhagen. Extremely sweet Belgian Strong Ale. The sweetness reminded me of macaroons and was frankly a bit cloying. You can find much more pleasant and interesting Belgian Strong Ales than this…


Epor (13), Finland
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jan 11, 2006  
Bottle. Syrupy colour, not much head. Syrupy in taste too, very sweet, but it works. Very smooth, almost no alcohol detectable. Not something you’d want to drink too often, but very good occasionally.


 AleDrinker (1090), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/512/20
Jan 10, 2006  
This beer was very potent in all regards. Flavor, aroma, alcohol, body, and sweetness. Actually the sweetness factor on this brew was a bit much. Cloyingly sweet actually. But still a damn good sipping beer.


 FlagstoneHill (211), Erie, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/517/20
Jan 1, 2006  
750ml bottle.. Malty, some orange and spices in the aroma … . Dark brown, cloudy, hints of ruby in the light. Quick Tan head.. … Malty sweet, carmel, figs, port wine, yeasty notes in the finish.. .. medium body, a bit sticky, smooth, warming.. .. A very complex sipping beer. Sweet and malty, with an alcohol punch ..



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