3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[2759-20100212] Tap. Nail polish malt aroma. Slightly hazy, dark brown amber body with a medium-lasting foamy light tan head. Fruity booze up front in the flavour with weird musky banana cardboard notes and an overly yeasty bread dough aftertaste. Medium-full body. Boozy.
(@ Smokeless Joe’s; Toronto, ON)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark amber. Fruity aroma with hints of spices and caramel. Flavour is brown sugar, malts and plums.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Redwood, khaki head fades to a white ring. Bubbly carbonation. Banana, nut, and caramel aroma. Heavy sweet into light sour with faint, short, bitter finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Lovely.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
330 ml bottle. Pours a murky, reddish brown body. Off-white, foamy head dissipates to leave a lasting ring of fine bubbles. Pearly carbonation rising to the top. Aroma is of intense raisin and plum with some grape. Well defined. Brown sugar and spiced rum notes become evident in the flavors, as well as some fig and light raisin. No alcohol is discernible. Medium bodied, but the effervescent carbonation keeps it feeling light. Lingering sugar on the tongue detracts slightly, but the lasting fruit in the nose is very pleasant. Overall tasty, repeatable and clean.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
330ml bottle - Rich dark amber. Dark fruit cake, very sweet with hot alcohol. A touch of banana too which gave it the feeling of being an amp’ed up, darker version of the blonde. Fair - reasonable
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle almond amber pour with off white foam, aroma of raw olives, belgian sugar, plastic, malty, flavors of brown sugar, prunes, bready malt, short finish
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
330ml bottle at Bières et Compagnies, served in a Tulip. i’ve been waiting a long time to try the only Trappiste not made in Belgium! pours a beautiful creamy deep brown with an off white head. aroma is dried fruit, plum, roasted malts, caramel and some scotch. taste is slightly sweet with no bitterness at all. this is a great beer to accompany a nice meal. it is full bodied with a creamy texture and medium carbonation. can’t wait to try the Tripel now!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From a bottle poured into matching Trappist glass. Dark translucent amber colour with a thin, light brown head. Aroma of dark fruits with hint of alcohol. Delicate flavour with notes of dried fruit, caramel and bergamot and a lasting finish. A very good beer that holds its own against other Trappist dubbels - I also preferred this head and shoulders over the same brewer’s tripel.
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