 kujo9 (1044), North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA
Dec 13, 2002
This might be one of my favorite beers of all time at this moment. If it’s too cold, you can’t get a lot out of this beer, but once it warms, you smell dark fruits (plums, at least I think), malt, alcohol, and a nice spicey cloviness. Taste is sort of the same but you get some carmelly flavors along with all the other aromas. Some yeastiness comes into the back ground if you shake the bottle too much when pouring, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing, it just adds to the complexity. Alcohol is a back seat driver with this beer, but it’s voice is heard in aroma and taste, but very slightly. Very well balanced for the amount of malt that should be in this beer. Coloration is deep, deep, copper to dark brown w/ some very nice ruby highlights and a fantastic head to start but it gets knocked down by the alcohol. Highly evervescent as a Belgian should be, it’s a nice change from the norm. Too much of this could be a good thing, but may very well be a very bad thing. FYI, this was a World Beer Cup Gold Medal winner for Belgian Strong Darks.
Sparky27 (495), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Aug 19, 2008 12oz bottle. Pours a murky dark brown with a soap scum head and light lacing. Nose is sweet malt, dark fruits and brown sugar. Taste is figs, dates, caramelized sugar, yeast and a slight bitter finish. Medium mouth feel with carbonation that’s prickly on the tongue. Hides the alcohol well but very warming, even after a few sips. A nice enjoyable strong ale that, as per their commercial description, is very port wine-like.
hellbilly (837), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Aug 17, 2008 pours a orange shade of woody dark brown with some yeasty clumps at the bottom. fluffy almond colored head cloaks the glass with foam as it slowly retreats. immense yeast aroma is savory at times... spice, wood, very soft camp fire smell, dates, raisins and a touch of alcohol. tastes like an oxidized red apple covered with REAL caramel, cinnamon and lots of yeasty dryness. it’s sweet without being over sweet. it leaves an aftertaste that reminds me of fake sugar. medium to full body with a soft velvety mouth feel...
Cabeero (10), Thornton, Colorado, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Watery, undefined and too sweet. Bottom line, Unibrew should have put as much artistry into this beer as they did the label.
CaryTheDude (157), Ripon, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Oh those dark fruits. Just discovered this brewery through a chance run-in with La Terrible, but I’m going to keep an eye out for it in the future. Happy time.
Mutual_aid (94), Texas, USA
Aug 12, 2008 Pours black like strong black coffee with a one-finger head the color of cappuccino foam. Strong aromas of raisins, molasses, and alcohol. On the tongue it is a bit sweet, with a subtle tannic quality and no shortage of alcohol heat. Roasted malts are apparent. Flavor is somewhere between a ripe fig and a plum. No hops to speak of really. Medium to full body with a long finish. This would go great with a plate of over-ripe figs and creamy goat cheese.
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