3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Poured a brown color ale with a huge bubbly off-white head with average retention. Aroma is comprised of strong Belgian malt with a side of floral hops and a top of yeast. Taste is somewhat spicy, creamy and ends with a dry bitter aftertaste. Another quite complex beer from this fine brewery. I’m not sure I really detect the scotch ale influence in this one but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at a riverside restaurant in Vianden, Luxembourg. Pours an extremely dark, deep crimson-violet hue. A small, foamy, dark tan head leaves a soapy wash to mostly rejoin the body below. The aroma, which comes across a little boozy, is based in brown sugar malt, with earthy, phenolic fig, dark raisins, and a hint of smoky molasses. Flavors are very much the same, again based in dark brown sugar and molasses malt. Notes of rum cake, bread yeast, and dark baking spices lend an earthiness that makes up for the lack of balancing hops. Medium-full on the tongue and balanced, the palate sports a light booziness that shows on the semi-dry finish. Pretty good brew.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
draught @ Brussels 9th Belgian Beer weekend. pours ruby with off white head. nose is bready, and nutty. flavor is same with subtle yeasty spice and brown sugar. decent stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours copper with a large beige head. Aroma is caramel, fruity, raisin and plum. Flavour is sweet caramel, fruitu, raisin, plum and alcohol
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap @ Gollem, Amsterdam. Reddish brown color. Roasted malts with that Scotch ale sweetness. Flavor didnt match up with the expectaions made by aroma but still very drinkable.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle at La Trappe in SF. Hell of a Scotch (Belgian) Ale. Dark brown color, beige head. Yeasty and malty aroma. Caramel, toffee, and candi sugar flavors typical of a Belgian ale with the maltiness you look for in a Scotch ale. Smooth, tasty, and very drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Shared this one w/ SkyCop32. Picked up at Maruhn Getränke in Darmstadt. Pours a nice dark reddish brown. Aromas of chocolate, with hints of nut and brown sugar. Flavor is a nice creamy chocolate with a bittersweet aftertaste.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown color with medium sized head. Spicy citrus aromas. Chocolate and licorice with a bitter yeasty taste and warm mellow finish.
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