3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle to chilled mug. Light yellow head, with nice lacing. Dark amber color, cloudy. Musky scent. Lots of thick malt flavors. Sweet and delicious.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Enjoyed at the monthly beer dinner at The Holy Grail in Plano, TX. Pours a dark, hazy amber with a medium head. Aroma is dark fruits and malt. Taste is raisins, black cherries and malt. Alcohol is well masked, making this easy to drink (too easy!). Neutral finish. Really good stuff here.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, caged and corked. Poured dark brown with a nice head. The aroma is sweet and sugary. The beer drinks with the distinct farmhouse character of many Belgian standards, rich with toffee and brown sugar. Not a girlie beer by any means! Excellent. (#4014, 11/11/2010)
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 ounce. Poured into Ommegang glass. Pours rich, dark mahogany color. Creamy head dissipates relatively quickly to form only a thin layer. Aromas of Belgian yeast, spiciness, chocolate, roasted malts. Subtle hints of cooper. Cooper (penny) taste on back of palate. Roasted malt flavor on front palate. Mouth feel has nice carbonation on the front palate for a dark Belgian ale. Smooth feel on back palate.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown with a nice tan head. Good dark fruit aroma with some caramel malts and light chocolate notes. Medium bodied and very smooth, high alcohol is hidden well. Very complex and enjoyable.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clear burgundy pour light off white tan head ..... sweet dark fruity belgian yeast and caramel malts in the aroma .... decent lacing starts off with light chocolate and toffee flavor then a fruity and rich belgian yeast lightly bitter and caramel malts with a dry bitter finish .... full bodied and awesome dubbel flavors come together so well in this beer
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours darkish brown with a subtle red tint and a large off-white head that lasts for about half of the tasting. Aroma is very heavy on the fruits and includes notes of plums, raisins, caramel, and alcohol. Flavor is not as heavy on the fruit as the aroma would have hinted at but its there along with a subtle spicy flavor and a hint of alcohol. Finish is pretty heavy on the carbonation and alcohol.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 19/20
opaque brown, big dense tan head, creamy full body, bubbly medium-high carbonation.
aroma: dark fruit, red wine alcohol, sweet roasted malt, dark fruit, milk chocolate, toffee, bready yeast, and a hint of licorice.
taste: belgian yeast esters, dark candy sugar (or unsweet brown sugar), burnt toffee, a touch of tartness, balancing notes of alcohol and stale hops, and some warming alcohol in the finish with lingering toffee notes.
Very complex and great aroma, but not a notable amount of dark candy sugar, stale hops, or minerality -all of which are my least favorite elements of this style. Taste is equally complex, but mostly a different set of flavors, making for a hugely flavorful and complex whole. A little too sweet to drink much by itself, but a great pairing beer.
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