Approximately 8-year old bottle from the cellar of a very kind Belgian dentist. A nice, welcome sound of co2 escaping on popping the cap. Poured with a decent head and good clarity. Instant aroma of raisins and port with a complex and rich flavor. Vanilla, madeira, stewed fruits, and caremel. Surprisingly well aged with good mouthfeel and a touch of sweetness.

Also a lovely beer. Pours dark bronze, with caramel and nut flavours. Goes down smooth.

Delious dubbel from Moortgat brewery. Nice dark colour steady foam also from draught. Nice rasted malts, not too sweet(like most dubbels), nice roasted and hoppy aftertaste. Good for cooking too.

!Sample of indeterminable age - well-aged, we'll call it. Maredsous 6° is rare, even at Belgian beershops, so I had to take what I had 'in store'. Colour dark-amber to red chestnut, with golden shine at the edges. Slight, but quite stable, irregular yellowish head. Nose means madeira, oxidation, nutty and very outspoken honey. Taste is nutty again, still bitterish main taste with underlying malt. Peppery retronasal flavour. Mouthfeel is still surprisingly very carbonated, even spritzy. Light bodied, but visceous at the same time, not at all watery. Aftertaste mainly madeirisation flavour. It is debatable whether this represents the current beerstyle,but it remains above arguing that a relatively light beer keeping up so well, is a good indication of original quality.