Marks & Spencer Belgian Winter Beer

Marks & Spencer
Brewed at Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
London, England

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. Dark Brown with a small head. Malty, smooth and quite powerful. Fairly one dimensional but this is a pleasant dimension. Worth checking out.

Bottle from M+S, Eltham, SE London - Pours brown/red in colour with a beige head. Has a warming fruity/malty aroma/taste. Dried fruits, toffee, caramel malts. Pretty decent brew this.

Bottle. Dark brown reddish hues, residual head. Dark fruit aroma. Taste is a hit of caramel, then stewed fruits and treacle. There is a slight hint of alcohol warmth in there too. Sticky palate and slightly carbonated. Very nice beer.

Brewed by the under whelming hughe. Nose is caramel and a hint of cloves. Nice dark brown. Taste is shallow but amenable enough, cinnamon, burnt sugar, and treacle Not a bad beer, but its hard to see why m&s thought this was worth bringing over from Belgium.

330ml bottle. Pours a dark reddy brown with no head. Aroma is caramel, raisin and apple sweetness. Taste has caramel to start with a yeasty, apple finish.

UPDATED: FEB 25, 2013 Bottle from Marks and Sparks, Eltham. Reddish-brown pour with a beige head which soon varnishes like an old oak table. Souresque nose, bit of orchard fruit and caramel in there. Flavours of raisins, sweet spice, toffee apple. Long sweet finish. Interesting brew.

UPDATED: JAN 15, 2013 Dark hazy brown. Appley smell (farmyard?) taste is sweet but complex, nice slight bitterness. Unguous mouthfeel, sticky. Nice though! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

330 ml bottle served in a trappist glass. Dark hazy brown with a lighter brown head which didn’t last.Fruity farmyard and cereal aroma like the beginning of fermentation, dry roasty caramel chocolate flavours. Sticky mouth-filling palate, with enough dry hoppiness to cut the sweetness. Manages to be complex, challenging, and enjoyable.