3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
From a 330ml bottle on 4/9/2010. Smells of spicy raisin toast with some banana in the mix. The flavour is dominated by sweet chocolate malt with some more dark fruit and spices. Ends with a subtle bitterness which counters the sweetness very nicely. Very smooth and quites sessionable. An excellent brew.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I’ve had this beer so many times, and this bottle is a way over-carbonated. The pour is dark brown with a huge off white head. The aroma is dark fruit, warm bread, and malt. The flavor is not exactly the way I remember. This is the first time since inbev bought the brewery, and they might have messed up a great abbey beer. Anyways, it’s kinda tangy and overrun with plum, raisins, figs, cereal, spices, and lightly toasted malts..
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
No head. Dark brown and gloomy appearance. Not too sweet taste, mostly malty. A little sour.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Served in a Uniboue snifter
A: Dark brown big frothy head that takes a while to settle and when it does leaves rest of the "foam" painting the glass.
S: Malt, bread, hoppy and a little bit sweet (burnt caramel)
T: Malt, caramel with roasted coffee note, it’s a little bit astringent.
Overall: Good beer, widely available around this parts, almost any supermarket carry this beer (Barcelona, Spain) and kind of cheap.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
draft. pretty decent beer. nice dark brown color,white head, taste with sweet and fruity tones.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nice looking clear dark brown with a clinging head. Good balance though very subdueded in character. Light bodied and average for me.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours deep ruby red with an off white head, which sticks around for a while before lowering into some nice lacing. Nose is reminiscent of Guinness Export, but there’s also the Leffe Blond aromas of banana, butter, sweat and spice. In this case everything is just a bit bolder and matured. Taste is ashy at first, then the candied sugar comes in strong - but unlike the Blond there’s some malt present here. Straw like hops and dusty yeast are there too. But there is an unpleasant cardboard taste to this. Mouth feel is medium bodied with light carbonation and a chalky feel which is peculiar. Finish is roasted malts, candied sugar, some banana and apples, with just a little bit of smoke. At the very end there is a unwanted souring. It’s okay, but nothing special and ultimately I think I rather drink the Blond to this.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark brown with a tall thick foamy beige head. Aroma is characterised by dark fruits plumbs and raisins. Flavour is amazing as well. Fruit and bread. More plumb and raisin as well. Some spices come through making for a very complex beer. It is a little weak in body, but it makes it super drinkable. Much better than the blonde
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