3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 6, 2009 A wonderful dark Belgian ale. Aroma is caramel like and slightly nutty in character. Appearance is dark brown with a well developed, creamy, thick, frothy head that compliments the flavor quite well. Taste is typical Belgium dark ale, similar to a quad. A velvety smooth malt with a tasty sweetness provided by typical Belgian sugars, mildly hopped but it is enough to offset the sweetness and add to the aroma. Very tasty.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
25cl bottle. Pours a brown color with a huge head. Aroma is spicey with some cinnamon. Sweetmalt,fruit anc caramel can also be found. Taste is just a sweetexplosion! Caramel,candy,overriped fruit,plums and some chocolate. Really sweet but finishes a bit bitter. Superbalanced with note hint of the 12 %.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle From Whole Foods San Diego. Pours a hazy coffee brown with a good sized beige head. Lots of candied dark fruits and a touch of booze on the nose. Flavor was sweet with toffee and also a bit boozy.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Creamy off-white almost light brown head. Dark red-amber colour. Moderate malty and very fruity aroma. Rasin notes. Moderate bitter powerfull fruity flavor. Long nice not that powerfull finish. Creamy palate. ABT caracter.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A dark brown ale with a thin light moka head. A pleasant aroma of cloves, light cinnamon, butter, and alcohol. In mouth, a vinous sweet beer, with treacle, ouzo-like licorice, dark fruits, and alcohol finale. A very nice beer. Bieropholie import. BB 19-12-09.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, shared w. Tim & Jacob. Thanks Tim! Cloudy brown, tan head. Nose is candied sugars, dark fruits, spices (cinnamon, clove), strawberry fruit roll-ups. Flavor is rich fruits, alcohol, a nice hop profile. Strongly bitter w. honey & alcohol in the finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
330ml Bottle: Aroma of malts, dark ripe fruits, burnt caramel, plums, slight coffee, molasses, brandy, prune juice, light caramel, and light candi sugar. Poured mahogany/ruby in color with a large, oatmeal-looking, tan head that lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Full of large particles throughout. Flavor is very sweet. Tastes of malts, dark ripe fruits, resin, light hops, plums, light molasses, slight brandy, caramel, toffee, slight alcohol, raisins, and slight tar. Medium to full body. Thick, coating, syrupy, sticky texture. Average carbonation. Sweet, malty, dark ripe fruit finish lingers a long time. Pretty much no hint of 12%ABV.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The nose is a nice blend of dried dark fruits, smoke, sugars and a slight alcohol bite. The pour is dark brown with a one finger tan head. The taste is vinous and the alcohol takes over much of the scents from this ales aroma. I would like to age this and try again, as it seems to not quite live upto the complexities of the nose.
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