4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: SEP 26, 2004 Super dark brown with floaters. Big light brown head that leaves a film to the end. Touch of lace. Aroma is spicy, peppery to be exact. Fruit and malt. Grain and hay. Can smell a bit of the alcohol looming underneath. Alcohol and hop bite hit the tongue immediately. Very malty. Pepper spicy. Fruit and caramel and malt. Creamy texture. Nicely complex beer. What a pleasant surprise.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Could smell the sweetness coming. Nice to find it greeting me with something more. Didn't find it to have the alcohol as forward as I was lead to believe. Tad far to the sweet side, but some very interesting bitterness that follows up. Almost too easy to drink. Not half the challenge as I suppose I expect in Belgians this hefty. At 12% this could be dangerous only if I were able to get hands on such. As it is I'm very happy to have this come my way. thanks to that Belgian girl.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma is big alcohol upfront, with a background of candy and chocolate. Falvor comes through with the chocolate, and a strong warming alcohol again. Finishes sweet and warming. Wonderful beer!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Alcoholic nose and flavour, some chocolate, sweet. Alcohol is really to prevalent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Virtually no head; hazy foxy-amber beer. Alcoholic nose, brandy ( a good one! ). Definitely some oxidation in the nose, beer however well below BBd. Sweet taste - and immediately alcoholic. Again brandy-ish finish, sweet, but absolutely not cloying. Caramel flavour. Thick, oily mouthfeel, viscous, alcohol-burn but not overwhelming. There's really not much to rave about the finish. A very strong ale, a good ale. But Dogfish Head, Victory or Pizza Port do better eyes closed. Not to mention De Dolle Brouwers or the Reverend Fathers Trappistes.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. I don't get it. MJ has a big feature on this: www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-001291.html - but it's another dense headache beer for me. Cigarette ash in alcohol is a decent description.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(25cl bottle, best by 7/23/05): Dark brown body topped by a medium tan head that was diminshed only by the dead yeast that poured from the bottom of the bottle. Sweet aroma -- fruit (cherry & light raisin), caramel, anise, faint alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, malty, caramel, light raisin. Finishes with herbal/floral hoppy and too strong alcohol. Full-bodied.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Had this at Le Bier Circus in Brussels on 5-13-03. Pours a nice bronze with a light tan head. Strong alcohol and malt notes. Slight fruit hint in the mix. Spice, fruit and hint of cocoa or chocolate on the tongue. Warming finish. Good beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 22, 2003 Aroma has rosebuds and malt. Sweetish, malty and a bit of sourness. Warming sensation of alcohol, red berries. Lots of alcohol and fruit, but the flavor is OK. Bitter aftertaste. Re-rate: rating stays the same, but I noticed pear and raisin. Maybe this bottle was younger, the taste was very sweet and sugary.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Not all too much to be found in the nose of this one aside from alcohol and a dark fruitiness. It pours a deep reddish brown color with a fairly thin and receding off white head. The taste is an all out alcohol assault. I pick up some level of burnt cherries and oak, but other than that, drying alcohol bitternesses and spices are abounding to suffocate every premise of my taste buds. The carbonation level is not even a factor here as the alcohol can be absolutely drowning. Too many port qualities to this...far too powerful in my respects to be a top notch beer.
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