4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Really n’ice la Chouffe!. Dark red colour, nice aroma with a fruity smell.
Interesting and pleasant malty taste with a fruity taste.
Nice aftertaste with good palate. A very fine nutty aftertaste, not very heavy like you would expect from a 10%’ er. Drank it from the bottle.
One to have again.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled from bottle. Pours murky dark brown with a faint ruby tint. head is tall, creamy and leaves nice lacing. Aroma is very earthy and spicy with some citrus notes. Flavor is quite complex with leather, earth, citrus, hay, peppery spices (probably some of the thyme) and dark fruit. Wow. Full-bodied, moderately carbonated and quite dry. Very enjoyable - too bad it’s a 2003 limited edition, because I would certainly add it to my regular rotation.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[CMO-tasting]
Very smooth compared to the high percentage. Amounts of spice, brown ale notes, fruits and a wish for more of this bottle.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured brown with a decent head. Good aroma consisting of fruit, malt, caramel and vanilla. Flavor had all those components plus a little spiciness. Very good, especially for the winter months.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Terrific brown ale in the strong style. The extra spices do make a bit of difference in the resulting flavor, but it’s a pretty straightforward brown/strong ale. Probably better after aging a bit, although there’s no cork in the bottle so I was wary of extended aging. I liked it better the first time; the second time it was a bit more alcoholic tasting, but in a bad way (I tried it on different days).
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, GregClow & tupalev -- my bottle. Pours a hazy reddish-brown with a good size off-white head. Sweet, sugary aroma of malt, spices and alcohol. Complex flavour of sweet malt, spices, alcohol, brown sugar, citrus and herbs (thyme and the like). Full bodied. Wow, this is a great beer and a pleasant surprise -- fantastic!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sweet malt aromas with spice. Poured brown with a small white head. Flavors of toffee and spice. Overall a fantastic beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Moderate aromas all around, with dark bread and chocolate for the malt, orange for the hops, dough for the yeast and background notes of herbs, raisin and brown sugar. Head is average size, frothy, off-white with some slippery lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is murky mahogany with lots of tiny particles. Flavor starts moderately sweet and acidic, then finishes lightly bittersweet and acidic. Palate is on the fuller side of medium, oily with a fizzy carbonation and a finish that’s moderately alcoholic and lightly dry. A perfect balance between malt, hop, yeast and spices. This Belgian Strong Ale just feels Christmas-y.
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