3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Malty flavour. Dark brown colour. Alcohol not overpowering. Definitely a keeper!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep, dark, opaque brown with resilient tan head. Aroma of earthy and caramel malts and a little alcohol. Taste of caramel, toffee, bread and a touch of alcohol. Full bodied, full flavored, dominantly sweet, robust. Quite good, but there isn’t much balance between malt and hops, despite what the commercial description says.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @ Baran, Bergen. Pours a clear dark deddishbrown body with a small lasting creamy and sidesticking beige head. Aroma is not to extreme. It’s low, but has some good notes of dark malts, brown sugar, yeast, ripe fruits and rum-raisins. Softly to average carbonated, full-bodied and has a oily to sticky mouthfeeling. Really nice flavors. There’s caramel, lots of malts with a nutty note in the background, There’s also a mild sour note that wrap all these flavors nicely together. Really nice beer served in one of my favorite glasses, and I could easily drink this all night long. Kudos to Ali for having this on tap!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft in a snifter. Aroma is high alcohol, ripe fruit, metal, bread, clove spice. Taste is complex: some umami, medium sour underripe fruit, medium bitter overripe fruit, sweet fruit bread. Palate is thin but finish is warm, long, and a little bitter; and it’s more slick than sticky but is some of both.
This is a very good beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Another interesting beer I’ve had. Pours dark red with a beige head that soon goes. Aroma of dark fruits, malts, bananas. Smooth in the mouth, low carbonation. Taste? Similar to the aroma. Not bad but not as good as Westmalle Dubbel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very dark brown, large beige head.
Burnt caramel, dark fruit.
Taste similar,slight alcohol but not a lot.
Medium palate, slight carb.
Very tasty and drinkable if slightly one dimensional.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUN 14, 2011 Perfect pour with generous creamy head on top of chestnut body. The nose is tighter than last time - you have to search for the creamy milk chocolate. The taste is coffee with toffee apple following on. The palate has a big body, a thick texture and a delicately falling away finish. The overall impression is that this resembles a porter being dark, sweet and chocolately and it was a very pleasant experience indeed.
Previous rating 7/5/7/3/14 = 3.6
33cl bottle. The appearance is very reddish-brown with a great lacey head. The aromas are of honey, apples and grapes on a malt background. The taste is of stewed apples and malt and there is a malty finish. The palate has a good structure, decent texture and a clean finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very nice dark color with deepred glow. Smell little roasted, little chocolate. Not a spectacular beer, but ok taste. Fine carbonation.
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