4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20Appearance: Very dark brown, hint of red. Little bit of off-white head.
Aroma: Dark malt, dark fruit. Slightly sweet. Hint of alcohol.
Taste: Dark fruit and dark malt. Warming. Nice aftertaste. Big bottle for one, though.
Info: 750ml bottle, 24/9-2009, 31/100
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
I just exited from Canada and cracked this big 750 to celebrate the exit of 3 of the four qualifying Canadian teams from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Too soon?...Too bad. This is an estery smelling beer with currants dates and spices all trying to cover a heavy dose of alcohol. Brown color like peering into a dark cold snowy night through a car window. Big lacy head. It’s very sweet with some sour elements. It has a spicy zing and the dark fruits mesh well with the strength of the beer. Nice carbonation, truly a living ale. Texture is thick a kind of papery, while zesty and not quite dry. Great Belgian dark ale with some of the spice elements of the quadruple style.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle 750ml @ haakonm
Pours clear dark ruby brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread, toffee, dried fruits and brown sugar. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light bitter with a long warm caramel finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This poured a dark brown color with a reddish hue. The aroma is complex with some chocolate, caramel, spices, and herbal notes. The flavor is rather malty with some dark fruit, chocolate, spices, and alcohol. The aftertaste contains some sweet and boozy notes. Overall this was a pretty good belgian.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
August 2011. From a 750 ml. corked bottle. Poured dark brown with a tan head. Lots of dried fruit on the palate mixed with yeast and malt. The alcohol in not overwhelming. Complex and balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap (Janoinen Lohi, Helsinki, Kalakierros 2013)
Sweet mellow roast, some fruity esters. smooth palate, pleasant carbonation. Slips down very easily, no sign of 10.5%. Packed full of esters, some apple, Nice balance. Mellow roasted malts, and a whole flurry of esters.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draught at Janoinen Lohi, Helsinki. Colour is brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Alcohol, dark fruits, plums, raisins and malts.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cola brown, with a thin film floating on top. Hints of red wine, plum, brown sugar................ all very faint. Taste is faint, sugar, cherry, toasted malt, oaky, watery. This is a bit of a let down. Completely tasty, completely forgettable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Strange that I didn’t have anything from them thus far. On tap I guess at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Poured a veeery dark red with an off white head. Slightly flowery smooth dark malts aroma, sweet. Quite nice. Rosewater-like notes, malty, extremely well balanced. And my notes don’t elaborate anything further, but I did enjoy it.
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
This is one great beer from Val-Dieu. The beer packs a great dark color and strong taste that doesn’t linger very long. Top notch!
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
2006 -SIX LITER- Methuselah provided by Matt, first beer of the day at the RBWG grand tasting .. . pours out a deep plum brown .. . mild foam .. . soil, light brown yeast, berries, deep malt, plums, candi suagr, and a bit of oxidation .. . interesting stuff .. . . what you gauging at!?! get that president out of here!!
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