3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
330ml Bottle: Sweet aroma of malt, dark ripe fruit, raisins, figs, slight caramel, and a hint of yeast. I do not smell the coriander or grains of paradise. Poured a muddy brown/orange in color with a small, off-white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Slightly sparkling. Full of small particles throughout. Flavor is medium to heavily sweet. Tastes of malt, dark ripe fruit, raisins, figs, prunes, light caramel, slight hops, slight wood, and hints of coriander of grains of paradise. Medium body. Medium dry texture. Average to lively carbonation. Sweet, malt, dark ripe fruit, and slight wood finish is lightly dry. 11%ABV is completely and wonderfully hidden throughout.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark maroon color with a big, fluffy, irregularly colored brown head that lasts a long time and leaves good lacing.
Aroma of freshly baked bread, caramel and toffee.
Flavor is dominated by malt and yeast, as well as light spice, maybe nutmeg.
Good body.
Nice Christmas ale, worth trying.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A lightly hazed amber to brown ale with a super thick resilient moka head. In aroma, complex mixture of herbs, coriander seeds, curacao, hay and catnip. In mouth, a rich and warming sweet candy sugar with light lactic points, notes of cinnamon, curacao, and warming alcohol. Rich and complex xmas ale. Bieropholie import, BB Nov. 2012.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
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3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle - 0.75 litres, 2007 vintage - bought from Bacchus Cornelius, Brugge) Poured reddish brown and quite clear with small, white and fizzy head. Aroma contains treacle, raisin and malts. Full bodied and dry palate with medium carbonation. Flavours are raisin, malts, chocolate, apricots, banana, bitterness, saltiness and molasses. Aftertaste contained sweetness, bitterness and dark fruits.
1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20
Muddy brown with a low head. Smoky aroma, like burned rubber. The flavour is very yeasty with further notes of smoke and a bit of dusty hops. Very unbalanced and quite frankly just bad.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sharp apricots and peach aroma. Tan head medium dark amber in color. Very thin mouth feel. Flavor is cherries with a bitter aftertaste. Alcohol is present in the beer. Didn’t like this one too much.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
18-DEC-2009, bottle @home.
Off to a chtistmas party with my job, and I grab a beer to warm up before leaving home.
I am not quite sure what this is, but I should have foreseen the burst of beer out of the bottle upon oppening it. The spill is brown, and I am now quite sure, that this is a belgian strong ale:-)
Huge light brown head. Very nice, but unfortunately lots of yeast flakes floating around - very murky.
It is very spicey with a lovely malt core. Very fruity with especially prunes. High carbonation, creamy.
Lovely beer.
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