4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 thornecb (2961) - Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA - DEC 10, 2007
Pours deep amber into a Trappist glass. Off-white head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Dried pit fruit and alcohol aromas. Upfront sweet syrupy caramel which transforms to a lasting, but dry, pepper finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 Defreni (1781) - Husum, DENMARK - DEC 6, 2007
Flaske. Sød, alt for sød på en en dimensionel og kedelig måde. Det er åbenbart Koningshovens varemærke at tage en belgisk øl og gøre den for sød. Ærgeligt men ikke meget andet at sige.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 KnutAlbert (4386) - Oslo, NORWAY - NOV 26, 2007
Sweet, nutty, warming. Too sweet, probably, but it has a nice full body.
Burned sugar.
Vinous, fine for a rainy evening.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 Choos (507) - Taylors Hill, AUSTRALIA - NOV 17, 2007
Aroma: apricot, malt and creamy notes. Appearance: amber heading to brown just hazy, tan head with sheet lacing. Flavour: creamy apricot, spiritous and massively malty sweet with butterscotch esters as well as some medicinal notes. Palate: massively thick, finishes sweet and leaves some hoppy finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 jcwattsrugger (8704) - Florida and, New Jersey, USA - NOV 12, 2007
750ml bottle-pours a foamy retaining off white head and cloudy amber color. Aroma is caramelized sweet grain, secondary spiciness, yeast-banana, pineapple. Taste is caramelized sweet grain-a bit syrupy, spices come through on taste much more than smell, yeast-banana/pineapple, some oak/woodiness, alcohol. Nice, good carbonation. Sipping. Thanks jwc215 for sharing.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 epassa (105) - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL - NOV 8, 2007
Brown color, medium head. Aroma: Malt, plums, spice, alcohol, toffee. Palate: Chocolate, toffee, cherries, bitter, alcohol. Very complex beer. Nice!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 RollinHard (951) - Fort Worth, Texas, USA - NOV 7, 2007
1 year old bottle, if that makes a difference, 11.5%. Pours a tan-copper with a medium sized lasting white head. Aroma of honey, white chocolate, cinnemon, hay, something funky and saison-like kinda like a Chaumes cheese, raisins. Tastes of honey, raisins, vanilla, hay/grass, funky cheese-like yeast (in a good way) and then starts drying out. Finishes with some sourdough bread, a bit of pungent yeast flavor, and a nice earthy hop flavor that carries to the aftertaste. Also some lingering bitter honey flavor in the aftertaste. Fairly high carbonation, but lower than some Belgians, medium bodied, and quite boozy in heat and a little bit in flavor. This is a pretty nice sweet Belgian Quad. I had a sample of this on draft and it was dominated by a bitter pear flavor, which is thankfully absent from this bottle.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 mmmbeer (987) - Austin, Texas, USA - NOV 5, 2007
From 11.2 oz bottle- Poured with moderate carbonation, nontransparent murky copper amber, very nice lacing head. Aroma of fruit and malt, very appealing. Hits the mouth with a sour note, thin body, sweetness on the finish. One that is to b e sipped, not slammed... and not bad!
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