 afireinside96 (817), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 5, 2008 From a bottle at the KSBF ’08. Light brown body topped by a small head. Nose of caramel, toffee, and light spice. Tastes of caramel, chocolate, toffee. Spritzy mouthfeel. Pretty good.
Bradrcr (778), Renton, Washington, USA
Sep 29, 2008 9/29/08 On draught at the Taphouse, Bellevue, Wa. Aroma is roasty and slightly alcoholic with a slight roasty sulphur tone. Appearance is very cloudy brown with a well maintained cream colored head and excellent lacing. flavor is surprisingly simple but good. It’s all malt, soft, with a very low tangy roast bittering and candilike sweetness. Mouthfeel is medium/full bodied with a light spritzy carb feel and medium/high warmth. Overall, a very easy drinking big Belgian strong; I have to recommend this to anyone trying to enjoy Belgians but finding themselves always overwhelmed by phenolics and sourness.
daniele (1644), Italy
Sep 28, 2008 scura buona schiuma piuttosto persistente note tostate leggermnete fruttate lieviti in bocca piuttosto bilanciata non molto amara abbasstanza tostata
ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
Sep 25, 2008 Copper red/brown clear under a huge, lasting, tan head with nice scalloped ring lace. Mild caramel malt, faint fruity nectar and very light yeast aroma, some alcohol evident as it warms up. Medium-thin, delicate body. Light balanced bitter sweet start, Caramel sweet and some bitter middle and similar but softer aftertaste.
tlind2 (560), Helsinki, Finland
Sep 18, 2008 750 ml bottle. Pours a clear reddish-brown with a sizable and frothy tan head. Some plums in the aroma, as well as chocolate and hops. Well-balanced bitterness, full flavor. Notes of chocolate, spicy finish with a touch of alcohol (which is otherwise well-hidden). Quite nice and very drinkable for its strength.
jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
Sep 17, 2008 from bottle that i almost didn’t get the cork out of...pours dull brown with thin head. aroma is chocolate and cherry, with yeasty alcohol in the background. cherries don’t come through in the flavor unfortunately. very earthy, some chocolate, very malty. pretty tasty...
taalhiker (179), Dayton, Ohio, USA
Sep 16, 2008 From bottle. Part of Friday night beer tasting at local market. Pours dark amber with a nice off-white head. Aroma is yeasty with substantial malt. Thin mouthfeel based on alcohol content.
flemmingwillum (226), København S, Denmark
Sep 15, 2008 Bottle, 75cl sealed with cork.
Very nice aroma. I sense both strawberries and cherries in this beer, and also a load of chocolate. The aroma is close to 8 instead of 7. The appearance isn’t worse either, actually the brown colour is very beautiful, and the head lasts nearly forever. It even becomes more dense if you leave it be for a while.
Now to the important stuff:
The taste. At first it seems quite sweet and chololaty, but then the alcohol goes through, together with a taste that reminds me of matured beer on casks. Some might say that the alcohol is too obvious, but I actually find it pleasing. It creates some kind of harmony, with the sweetness allthough the taste unfortunately isn’t as complex as I hoped for. It is a bit thin for a 8% bee, but all in all a quite pleasing beer.
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