SHIG (2012), Aviano, Italy Mar 23, 2009 Bottle ’07 thanks to pantanap: Poured a hazy brown with a thin jello head. Aroma is raspberry and caramel. Taste is almost assorted chocolate, there was chocolate, caramel, and raspberry. Very interesting beer and hide the alcohol very well. HonkeyBra (1264), Lemont, Illinois, USA Mar 17, 2009 Crushed with CaryTheDude and Jakebra. Musty nose with raspberry and tootsy roll. Flavor is chocolate, raspberry, vanilla, oak. Really interesting and complex. I was really intrigued by this one and enjoyed it a lot. SamGamgee (1396), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA Mar 16, 2009 187ml bottle, 2007 vintage, shared by CaptainCougar. Hazy red-brown with a small head. Sweet raspberry and malt aromas with a lightly aged quality. tastes like a rich, alcoholic, chocolate-raspberry truffle. Thick, with low carbonation. Tasty stuff and a nice treat, but I’ve never been wild about the dessert category on the whole. nuplastikk (1159), Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mar 14, 2009 187ml bottle, thanks to CaptainCougar. Red brown color, no real head. Choco-ras aroma, very deep. Smooth white chocolaty thickness, no carbonation. I get lots of vanilla in it. Lots of sweet raspberry and caramel sweetness. I think this is the best "dessert" beer I’ve ever had. Delicious. CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA Mar 13, 2009 Big thanks to Honkeybra for hooking me up with this. Crushed with Honkeybra and Jakebra. Musty raspberry nose with tons of character. Flavor: chocolate-covered raspberries with much more I can’t even name. Incredibly complex, unique and full-bodied as hell. In my unqualified opinion, this brew is pretty amazing, but NG Belgian Red is still the best. MatSciGuy (627), Rosemount, Minnesota, USA Mar 9, 2009 [2004 Bottle] send by Cletus. So I was expecting a lot from this beer based on the reviews, but found it to be less than overwhelming. Pours a still chalky brown. Aroma is lots of tart raspberries and a bit of caramel and some oxidation. Flavor is chocolate covered raspberry fruit snacks, some chalky caramel malt, a touch of alcohol, and some oxidation. Mouthfeel was surprisingly thin for a beer of this magnitude. Is it really supposed to be like this? I’m not sure what all the fuss is about. marcbé (86), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada Mar 8, 2009 Explosive raspberry aroma even before the beer leaves the bottle. Clear red-brown color and the head is just a souvenir. This incredible aroma is more likely too emane from a Chambord liqueur than from a beer. Very sweet but not too syrupy, well balance for such an extreme brew. Is it really a beer... I don’t know but I like it. mcbackus (725), Merritt Island, Florida, USA Mar 4, 2009 bottle 2007: pours a dark berry red colour with no head. aroma is great full of tart raspberries, slight leathery earthness, and plenty of malt also with some maple syrup as a sweetness. just an awesome aroma. slight chocolate at the very end of the aroma. flavour has quite a bit of chocolate and a little bit of roast that makes the chocolate seem like a dark kind. the raspberries float in after that and then a nice earthy root flavour just a fantastic beer.
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