3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 330ml.
Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, shoe polish notes. Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, sweet chocolate - roasted, sugary, dark dried fruit, licorice notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120623]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: FEB 8, 2010 Two year old beer. The aroma has strong notes of malt, nuts, caramel, and some alcohol. The flavor is powerful with strong notes of nuts, medium notes of roasted malt, and alcohol, leading to a dry roasted, nutty, bitter, and a bit alcoholic finish.
Fresh rating in 2005. An opaque brown beer with a disappearing brown head. The aroma contains strong notes of alcohol, but also some notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with so strong notes of alcohol that it burns the palate, but ofcourse that gives the beer strength, it also contains notes of prunes and metal - the metal probably from the alcohol. Too strong for me and unbalanced for me.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
33 cL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dark malty, caramelish and breadish. Light spice note. Mild fruity hops touch. Overripe fruity too. Lingering roasted. Lingering malty and dark fruity finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear reddish brown with a neat and lacing beige head. Intense aroma of dark dried fruits and alcohol. Solid body, again loads of plums, figs and raisins with quite some licorice also. Warming alcohol in the finish. Very delicious. 080210
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle (2002 vintage, thanks Bov!). Dark reddish brown colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is alcohol, caramel malts, some spices and raisins. Flavour is spices, raisins, caramel malts, toffee, some cinnamon and clove. Nice sting on the tongue in the finish (of the alcohol). Pleasant and well aged thing.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark brown. Sweet, malty & fruity. Warming alcohol.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled, thanks to René.
Dark brown coloured with a beige head.
Malty aroma with notes of bananas, alcohol and fruits.
Intensive flavour of dried fruits, bananas and alcohol with notes of liquorice.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 19, 2010 2010-01-14, vintage 2008, 1 year old, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Dark color, almost black; short head retention. Simple caramel aroma, light chocolate. Reasonable body structure, but weaker than expected; caramel and chocolate flavor, with only light sweetness; strong sweet liquorice flavor too; the alcohol is well hidden. Drinkable but nothing special.
2003-02-01, 7-4-9-4-16=40
Dark amber, brown, hazy; the head disappears quickly. Strong malt aroma, barley-wine-like. Strong malt body, sweet in the beginning, good body structure; liquorice, caramel. Much equilibrated at the end. After some time, it loses some freshness. Correct palate.
A very rare example in the French beer panorama.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, 11.1%. Powerful aroma, liquorice and coffee. Slightly vinous and yeasty. Black colour, small light brown head. The flavour is strong, sweet, liquorice, yeast. Good warming alcohol. There is a bit much yeast flavour, other than that I like it a lot.
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