3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at O’Brien’s in SD. Side by side with 10. 12 was stronger, darker, and much more alcohol in the mouth. Rather strong brew. Nice.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
330 ml bottle a dark brown colored beer with a beige head aroma malts spices fruits and caramel taste spices some roasted malts caramel and some fruits with a spicy bitter hop finish
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle pours a muddy dark brown with a tiny light brown head. Sweet malty, fruity scent. Very nice thick taste. Drink slowly as the abv will catch you.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Pours a dark dark mahogany color with a nice white head. The nose is sweet with spice, raisin, plums, candi sugar, vanilla, rum, molasses. The flavor has a nice mild impact, sweet sappy malts towards the tail of the mouthfeel and a moderate alcohol and spicy burn in the front. Very balanced and smooth but a bit sweet, almost to cover up the high abv. I much prefer some of the other dark strong belgians, this seems to be missing something. Almost like a doppelbock with the clean yeast presence.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Brown sugar and raisin nose. Cloudy brown, thick yellow head, poor retention. Fig with clover flavor. Fairly good hop presence for a belgian. Sweet and bitter, but disjointed. Alcohol noticeable. Good qualities, but lacks gestalt.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
What an awesome and healthy head! Unfiltered... with chunks! Light brown head with brown specks sprinkled atop the head. Dark-brown colored body. Light, but great sweet malt aroma is very subtle... This actually smells sticky! Light, smooth flavor. Very light for 12% ABV! Deceiving!!!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Reviewed from notes. Tasted from bottle. Pour is dark amber with a thick, tan head. Nose is burnt brown sugar, yeast, rye toast, molasses,and dates. Flavor is sweet brown sugar, dates, maple, and toasty rye. The body is full with heavy carbonation and a long brown sugar finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
750ml bottle. deep dark brown under a small tan head. aroma of brown sugar, raisin, caramel, and a bit of tartness. big foamy, heavily carbonated palate. flavor of caramel, brown sugar, and tart muscadine grapes. hints of a mace-like spice and lemon zest. big and bold. nice but the fizzy palate gets rather annoying.
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