La Bière du Boucanier Dark Ale

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Hazy warm brown colour, good off-white head. Taste is mostly wine! Some raisins and dried fruit, alcohol. Good carbonation, full body. Taste is a bit onesided (wine) for a better rating.

Aroma is quite sweet and has some hints of dark fruit. Smooth and easy to drink despite the high alcohol level. Falvour has a nice level of sweetness. It’s quite fruity and malty.

Dark red-brown, creamy and big head, sour fruity aroma, some caramel and raisins in nose. Full bodied, oily texture, well corbonized. Rum and a little bit of caramel on palate, malty and rather sweet aftertaste, B@H

33cl bottle 4 months over the best before date. Thick creamy head. A little too foamy. Hazy amber pour. Quite decent

Bottle from Beer Temple, Brussels. Dark amber with big head. Nose of fruits and malts and spices. Taste is nicer with caramel and toffee. Bit medicinal and strong. Okay.

Color looks a little like copper. Strong smelling beer, don’t know what exactly. Tastes weird to me, a little like sour candy I sometimes bought when I was 10 or something. Very weird beer this one.

Bottle, 33cl. A clear one, dark amber in color and with a big, creamy, off-white head. The aroma feels sort of unclean, with hints of something reminiscent of dms, along with the raisins and cellar that are the most evident aromas. Unfortunately the same goes for the flavor, which has a caramel maltyness as a backdrop. It’s full-bodied and smooth on the palate. Although not all bad, it’s a beer I won’t drink again unless someone offers me a glass. 110311

Bottle frm Asao. Caramel aroma, some dried fruit, iron, maybe pears. not particularly fragrant but ok. dark orange-brown with a huge, foamy, rocky head. Caramel, raisin flavor with a bit of tangy fruit like sour cherry but not quite citrus. Lots of iron, and a bit of chocolate too. fruity-sweet, though not too much, wiht mostly alcohol to balance. The burn at the finish probably is not due much to hops. Nice enough, though a bit too fizzy and metallic. Strong, and not at all like a dubbel.

Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, caramel, apple. Flavour is alcohol, caramel, hop, malt, apple, sugar. Plane OK beer.

Bottle at home. Dark hazy brown to copper color, thick foamy off-white head. Aroma of yeast, sugars, spices and some roasted malts. Flavor is sweet sugary malts, alcohol, some cinnamon, a hint of cardamon, molasses and spicy hops. Lively carbonation and thick body. Simple but OK brew.