3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Murky brown color with a generous white head. Smells of cherry dominates, Belgian yeastiness. Tastes very much as it smells. A little bit of caramel, coffee at the end but they are subtle. Carbonated mouthfeel, medium bodied. Overall the cherry character is too dominating.
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3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden red color with a creamy light tan head. Aroma is fruity, candied cherries, a bit grainy and figs, dates. Flavor has much the same, dates, cherries, very candyish, syrupy flavor. Finishing with a kind of artificial character that lingers with the fruity and malty note. Medium body and a crisp carbonation. Meh
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Wegmans sterling - pours amber with a thin white head. Aroma is boozy with a stone fruit, dates, that sort of thing. Taste is sweet with some spice. Overall, meh.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
bottle from Wegman’s Sterlling. pours brown with a khaki head. has a bit of lacing. has kind of a fruitiniess on the nose. has some date and dark fruit vibe on the tongue which I’m not feeling. finishes clean. eh!
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
22 oz bottle. Pours ruby amber with a big creamy off white head that retains well and laces the glass.
The aroma is sweet toffee malts, with dark fruits and some roasted alcohol.
The flavor is sweet toffee malts and dark fruits with a lot of harsh alcohol. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation.
Overall, a sweet boozy mess. It tastes a bit like their dubbel with a ton of alcohol.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a dark copper with a cream colored head after an aggressive pour. Belgian yeast, cherries, dates and a hint of coffee both on tthe taste and aroma. I expected this to be a bit sweeter on the finish but was pleasantly surprised by the dry finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Thanks to bu11zeye for sharing this bottle. Orange with a white head. Aroma has some alcohol, dark fruit and raisin notes. Flavor is similar. I get some raisins and cherries, as well as some brown sugar and alcohol. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Rich, dense and hazy amber coloured body with some brown tints and a thick two centimetre dense tan head with some hints of orange. Aroma of alcohol, raisins, malt, toffee, caramel and a bit of metal. Medium to Full-bodied; Super strong alcohol warmth and bite coupled with some metallic and earthy bitterness show too much up front with not enough sugar and coffee flavour. Aftertaste has a hint of cascara tea, but mostly bitterness from earth and malt and a profound alcohol bite that isn’t pleasant. Overall, a pretty poor offering and perhaps one of the worst from this series. I’d pass this up if I saw it again, but would most likely buy a bunch of others. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Arrowine in Arlington, Virginia for US$6.99 on 12-March-2013 sampled at home in Washington on 16-May-2013.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Had on tap.
Pours a hazy dark red with a thick white head. Great head retention as well as lacing that hangs around for a very long time.
The aroma is full of cherry and other dark fruit along with a bit of spice and herbs.
Tons of cherry up front in the aroma along with dates. It almost reminds me of cherry kool-aid at first that’s how strong the cherry is. This transitions into a more herbal and tobacco taste as the flavor progresses. Banana and clove are faintly present in the background along with alcohol becoming more apparent in the finish.
Overall, there is just way too much going on here. It is a little bit messy with nothing seeming to meld just right. A nice attempt at a unique quad but I feel it is just too overdone.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Whole Foods in Davis, CA. Pours nearly opaque amber with a foamy beige head. Aroma of sweet dark fruit with some Belgian spice/fruit ester. Or so it seems. Full bodied. There’s noticeable heat. Flavor is dark fruit, light pitted fruit, caramel/treacle. It’s not sticky, but certainly not dry. Extremely warming. I am finally getting something cherry in the finish. And an astringent tea aspect. There is a lot going on here, and the flavor is fairly pleasant. This may be an example of complexity taken too far. Tasty tho.
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