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

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RATINGS: 261   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.36   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
energetic and full-bodied taste with sweetish pronounced tone, brown copper color and with a creamy foam of beige tonality, bouquet harmonious and elegant. Category "Belgian Strong Dark Ale", style "brown ale", this beer is produced with the method of the triple fermentation, means that it has three doses of malt more than the quantity used for other beers, added in three different phases of workmanship, like the last phase where the malt is directly put in the bottle or the keg.


3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
rwgould (217) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 21, 2010
Aroma is faint and not notable, though a bit sweet. Appearance is a golden brown, with a nice frothy head. Palate is a bit thin but smooth. Taste is really strong, medium sweetness. Hints of caramel, malt, not bitter or sour at all. A tiny bit salty.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
JRock72 (609) - - DEC 1, 2010
Same bottle as pictured. White bottles are awesome. Taste is average Belgian strong. I recommend a taste.

3.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
RayOhm (474) - Fergus, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 1, 2010
slightly underwhelming for me. full bodied. flavour leaves your mouth quickly. not bad, yet slighlty disapointing

3.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
ontbeermaker (1411) - Ontario, CANADA - NOV 30, 2010
nice beer, typical belgian style beer. I would have this one again it is quite tasty.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
thorine (35) - Indiana, USA - NOV 25, 2010
Pours a hazy/clear (pre-yeast) mahogany with ample head comprised of off-white bubbles of generally very small size. Thought the head dies down quickly, a nice head is retained throughout. The aroma is vinous (pleasantly), with raisins and cranberries, hinting at the not-so-light sourness in the taste. The taste is comprised of, along with the pleasant sourness, a bit of alcohol (after all, it is 9%), ample malt sweetness, and some expected esters and phenols. It is a bit cloying at the end, with a vinously sour/bitter aftertaste lingering on the soft palate.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
imaragingbull (349) - Sydney, AUSTRALIA - NOV 21, 2010
Bottle. Pours brown with ruby tinge. Dense light tan head with great retention and lace. Aromas of caramel, burnt and sweet toffee, raisin and light cherry with a light yeast character. Medium body, medium carbonation, nice tarty, light sour cherry flavours among the rich Belgian toffee and caramel sweetness. Yeast is dominant throughout, yet pleasant with notes on the finish a definite characteristic of this beer; well balanced with the sweetness. A touch of sweetness does carry through, nearly to an unpleasant extent on the aftertaste, but overall a nice ale.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
PapaSkeetSkeet (588) - Corvallis, Oregon, USA - NOV 9, 2010
Hazy light brown/mahogany with a tan course head that vanishes fairly quickly. When the bottle was opened, bubbles emerged from the orifice, and now, observing the bottle, I’m noticing a healthy amount of bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. Smells of caramel and alcohol with a smaller amount of dates. Flavor is primarily of caramel and a light-bodied sweetness with a spicy alcohol. A bitterness hits soon after on the sides of the palate. it fuses itself with the alcohol, and an old, almost musty flavor. Malt flavors disappear all too quickly, leaving an immediate aftertaste that is not as complex or pleasant as I’d like. Big creamy carbonation (if only it had some head retention). There are some interesting things going on here, but considering that there are some definite flaws, they average out.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
wekker84 (1060) - etten-leur, NETHERLANDS - OCT 10, 2010
330 ml bottle a dark brown colored beer with a beige head aroma spices fruits and some bitter and alcohol taste spices fruits and some bitter

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Barrelbelly (377) - BELGIUM - SEP 30, 2010
Candy sirup smell. Tastes is very sweet with hints of raisins and candy sirup.

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Habanero (1257) - Tranbjerg, DENMARK - AUG 24, 2010
Bottled. Pours dark amber with a medium sized, off-white and creamy, mostly lasting head. Nose of malt , dark fruits and yeast. Sweet flavour with caramel, malt and bread. Medium to full bodied. Oily texture. Slightly bitter and more dry finish with some alcohol too. OK.


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