4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Mahars. Poured a nice brown with not too much head, aroma was tangy and sweet. Flavor very fruity with some good dried fruit taste and brown sugar.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Far behind in my ratings I tasted this alongside the forgettable Blonde around 9 months ago, so luckily I took some good notes.
It pours a wonderful shade of deepest ruby that shimmers in the light like a fine Merlot. The body emanates viscosity and depth, the carbonation minute and streaming in fine lines up to the 2" crown above that held all rocky and dense, frosting over the glass as it ebbed. Rich, savoury and sweet fruits on the nose, typically forest-cake-like, a nice mellowing waft yielding some ripe berries, raisins and sultanas, figs and peppery, sherryish alcohol with just a touch of biscuity, doughy malts to make it thick. In the mouth it doesn’t disappoint. Rich and flavoursome, big fruity and malty palate. Nice creamy, liqueurish mix of body, the carbonation light and unhindering. Burnt bitter and savoury fruit strike at layers of chocolaty malts and a toffeeish sweetness which lies well defined upfront. Yeasty, dry woodiness and smoke hidden underneath the flavour lingers long in the aftertaste as does some more burnt fruit and phenolic, spicy alcohol which adds a nice warmth to the swallow. It is long, velvety down the back. The flavour amplifies as it warms, not one to be tasted cold. It is not the most complex of beers but the fantastic balance of flavour and aroma is undeniable. The best Belgian I have tasted in a good year. A nice Dubbel. (33cL, BBE 05/07, The Beer Store Morley)
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
I enjoyed this Belgium strong ale at MaHaffey’s Pub in Baltimore. This beer was a sweet, fruity, and malty beer. Nice dark color. Very easy drinking. I think I will have another.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
toast, roasty, amber, clear, medium sweetness, thick feel, creamy, average carbonation,
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Simply gorgeous appearance: mostly head to start... creamy & rocky, fizzing down to peaks over a plum/burgundy/caramel body. Intricate lace left behind. Deep, dark-fruit aromas, mostly prune & molasses with port wine. Flavor was difficult to interpret. Crazy to start... complex. Vinous caramel with minerals and a sweet & earthy ending. Palate was sour-dry with light astringence from alcohol that remained very hidden until late in the tasting. Will gladly have again.
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4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Mien Godt!!! This is one tasty beer!!! A dark color, frothy as heck head, and a flavor that boggles the mind, a very flavorful beer that i recommend highly! had on tap at a pub...not as good, but still very nice, scores changed accordians.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured from a corked 750-ml bottle a dep brown color with a tint of red. Huge fluffy white head that went down slowly. A malty smell of caramel and dark fruits. The taste was complex with a lot going on. Herbal spice was noted along with a fruity taste (especially banana). Also seemed to note some caramel and toffee.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
330ml Bottle: Pours a dark chestnut brown, great tan foamy and bubbly head on top, clinging to the glass as it drops. Good sweet aroma reminiscent of molasses and maple syrup, dark raisins, and rum barrels. Terrific burnt caramel taste off the top, good kick of alcohol and those dark, fruity raisins I caught in the scent. Oily and viscous, smooth and sweet, I enjoyed this far more than the 6, personally. All around a top notch Belgian Strong.
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