2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
33 cl. bottle with a 12-2005 drink by date. Pours a cloudy garnet hue with a thin but persistent head. Leaves an incredible lacing on the glass. Smell is a funky orange chocolate. The taste is an acrid, bittersweet caramel, metallic alcohol flavor. Finishes dry with an alcohol kick.
This brew had a taste of the bottle cap which ruined it for me, too bad.2004
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Lovely aroma, typically for a dark belgian strong ale. Lasting but very thin head.
Taste is bitter in the beginnig, morefruity, sweet and refreshing in the end. Good combination. Lovely beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark brown with medium tan head. Flavour is malt, yeast, dark fruits, caramel, little bitter, light nutty and hops.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
tap at the Maredsous abbey.
pours dark brown/rubby, beige head.
aroma of dark fruits, malty.
Taste, malty, candy sugar, dark fruits with a nice caramel mouthfeel.
Not too strong, keeps a nice sugary/sweet profile all the way through with added currants, prune, some light spices with faint hints of cinnamon.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy dark brown with a foamy tan head. Head laced and retained. Aroma of dark fruits, caramel, nuts and just an overall sweetness. Really enjoyed the aroma. Flavor was fruity with a nice roasted malt backbone and some yeast.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle pours dark caramel with a thinly vailed white head. Carbonation is very lively. Head retention is light, lacing is fair. Aroma is vinous, chalked full of figs, plums, oak, and some toffee or caramel. First taste shows some fruity notes, a bit sweet, as well as mildly earthy/moldy. Finish is smooth but extremely thin on flavor. The 8% is well hidden. Mouthfeel is enjoyable, not overly carbonated. Quite enjoyable, but points taken for uneventful finish. If you get a chance, try the 10.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dark brown with a large head. A yeasty, chocolate aroma with a bit of leather. Sweet-sourness of dark fruit in the taste with some alcohol and a bitter finish. Nice one to end the year.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
From bottle at Paters Vaetje. Somewhere between dark bronze colour to mahogny with a creamy tan head that leaves nice lacework. Molasses aroma with some yeastiness. Sweet caramel flavours, some yeasty spiciness as well as fruit. Medium body, slightly oily textuyre. Not quite living up to my expectations.
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