3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown colour and big off-white head. Very nice aroma (toasted malts, hops, spices, orange, toffee). Wonderful and complex spicy flavour with a medium bitter, slightly sour, and dry finish. A bit more fruit flavour would surely make this a top beer. Why has this only received 6 ratings so far? Must be underestimated!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown colour. Slightly sweet aroma and taste. Full-bodied.Dark malty.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Drunk alongside La Gauloise's brune. Frothy head which settled into swampy pockets of the universe in creation. Nice. A muddy, unpleasant colour - rather like raw sewerage. Yeasty nose, much stronger and richer than the Gauloise. Some vanilla and cloves arise first, then the sweet malt comes through, mostly in the form of brown sugar. A soft, creamy body with very low carbonation. A strange woody, tannic spice that I couldn't pin down, along with a mild sweetness and gentle coffee. A very soothing drink. Hints of caramel and wet leather. A delicious, creamy and delicate brew with bags of wandering, indefinable aromas and flavours. I liked this better than the La Gauloise.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown body with small fine off-white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with some caramel. Flavor is malty with some sweetness, some spices and caramel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Beauitiful mahogny red colour with a creamy mostly diminishing off-white head, fair lacing. Sweet quite fruity aroma with roasted malts, spices and dark caramel. Good fruitiness, caramel and good spices in the flavour along with some yeast and liquorice. Very tasty Abbey beer indeed!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
33cl bottle poured into a Rochefort Trappist glass. Dark brown with ample tan head. Aroma is toasty malt. Flavor sweet and toasty. High carbonation. Moderately bitter finish. Nice brew.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Csakajosor.hu. Poured with a very deep ruby. almost brown color and a respectable beige, lacing head. Chocolate, plum, raisins, roasted malts, toffee and a far hint of licorice. Medium dense body with plenty of carbonation. Fruity finish. Yummy.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUN 11, 2008 Cola brown with cream froth. Drank this over a 2 hour period, and it got better. Liquorice and yeast extract giving way to a chocolate malty smoothness. Quite a heady orange-accented aroma with dusting of ginger or anise-like spice, wet leaves and chocolate. Hops detectable. Better without the ’delicate sparkle’. Creamy, balanced and packed with Belgian spice on the re-rate. Would make a cracking house beer- big on flavour but not overly demanding. Really decent bruin/dubbel.
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