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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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 Numenor (869), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/513/20
Nov 30, 2005  
Little to no head, dark brown in color. Pine and chocolate are present in the aroma. Very sweet with almost no carbonation, roasted malt and butterscotch as well. Very creamy body in ending after warming up.


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 28, 2005  
Hazy brown color with a fully diminishing thin white head. Sweet syrupy taste and texture but only a very light aroma.


 egajdzis (3620), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/512/20
Nov 27, 2005  
Poured a hazy brown color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of light roastiness, dried fruits, caramel malt, and some light chocolate as well. Taste was overly sweet, candy sugar, light dried fruits, and alcohol as well. Sweet and strong, not overly enjoyable.


 bikesandbeers (468), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/515/20
Nov 27, 2005  
Fresh 33cl bottle. Deep brown-reddish and flat. Sweet alcohol aroma. Flavor was way too sweet, wtih alcohol very noticeable. Perhaps my bottle needed more time to mature, but as I tasted it, It doesn’t compare with the big boys.


 aceofhearts (1375), San Francisco, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 15, 2005  
Bottle. Reddish-mahogany, transluscent. Aroma is of the holy duchesse! Very juicy and rich. I want to say "juicy fruits" but I dare not run the risk of sounding like an ’80s commercial. (Is that stuff still sold today?) Very prominent figs, raisin, grape, and with a bit of strawberry and alcohol. Thick, westy-12ish, some yeast. Tastes darker than it looks, an excellent beer.


 bsawatzky (152), harrisonburg, Virginia, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/51/103/51/20
Nov 3, 2005  
i stopped rating beers but i thought i might just come back to rate this as it was so bad. overwhelmingly sweet, so much so that i couldnt drink it...sad to say all the rest of the beers character was overwhelmed by this one aspect. the alcohol content was noticiable but not overly strong.


 Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 2, 2005  
33 cl bottle. Dark brown colour with a wonderful head. Very complex and sweet aroma. Also very sweet flavour with notes of complexity.


 jefcon (998), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/58/104/515/20
Nov 1, 2005  
Brown and flat-looking in the glass. Some lacing. Aromas are light caramel and not much else. Tasting yields molasses, brown sugar, and caramel. Not much else but the malts here, though the malts are very nice. A nit one-dimensional. A bit too sugary and cloying for my taste.



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