Kasteelbier Donker

Bottle. Sweet grape/raisin aroma. Dark brown color with next to no head. Extremely sweet malt and slight astrigent finish - really not to my liking - way too sweet.

Brune très foncé comportant certains reflets rouges et parsemés d’une mousse brune passablement diminuante. Arômes de malt caramel, de cassonade, de sucre brun et de fruits brun foncé (raisins et prunes noirs) rappelant pratiquement certains portos. Corpulence bien dense, niveau de carbonatation actif sans n’occuper trop d’espace. En bouche, cette bière est à mon goût trop dominé par le sucre. Lorsque l’on parvient à faire abstraction du sucre, on y trouve un certain aspect acide lactique rappelant étrangement le yogourt nature noyé de cassonade. L’alcool y est d’une discrétion assez étonnante considérant le pourcentage. Pas tout à fait mon genre.

Vintage 11/2003, according to the cork: The commercial description, "A strong Belgian brown ale," seems to say it all. It pours a dark brown color with ruby highlights and a tall, bubbly tan head. The aroma is MALT, sweet, caramel, and strong. Add some dried dark fruits, some molassess, and some spices. The flavor is robust with sweet malt, fruits, and alcohol. The finish is a long, alcoholic sweetness. Very nice.

33cl, aged one year.Deep red, medium beige head. Mild sweet aroma, clean and softly spicy. Forward, BIG Malzbier sweetness leads into rich caramelized malty tones. Tasting some spice and dark dried fruits, heady 11-per alcohol presence. Good but needs FAR more ageing IMO, still too much ’baby fat’ in this for me to tolerate a full bottle. Me, a dessert wine fan!

Very dark red color, little beige head. Sweet, mild caramel aroma with hints of alcohol. Medium to full bodied. Strongly sweet flavor, mild spices and nice caramel tones. Ends with strong and lasting sweetness, mild alcohol comes up fine. Flavor is stronger than aroma. I like this brew.

Small fat bottle. Poors a dark brown color with a (for a belgian) small tan head. Very vineous flavor (smells somewhat like a rohne wine?:-) with a sharp yeasty edge. Flavor is very very sweet -much too sweet for my taste. Its by far the sweetest bruine i have tasted. The alchol isnt sharp but a warm feeling in the throat tells you that this one holds quite a percentage! A good bruine but too sweet for my tooth.

(on bottle, thanx for sharing Mr. Brog) Deep brown, claer color. Extremly sweet on the coffee-caramel-side. Some melases and prunes too. Bit sugarish and sticky though.

A true contender for the best beer in the world. Deep, sharp, mellifluous. About the best thing you could drink before bed--heaven in a glass.