3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at thirdeye11’s birthday party. Brown color with a tan head. Aroma is a mix if malt, yeast, dark fruit and candy sugar. Flavor is more of the same. I get a lot of caramel as well as some cherries and raisins, as well as some brown sugar. Pretty nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Christers. Pours dark amber with a creamy offwhite head. Aroma of malt, yeast, caramel, dark fruits, spices. Flavor is malts, caramel, dark fruits, spice. Medium body, lively carbonation. 040213
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Hazy reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and light spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish with warming alcohol. 040213
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, 8.8%. Dark amber with medium beige head. Aroma is malt, dark fruits, yeast and plume. Flavour is malt, yeast, dark fruits, caramel, medium sweet and plume.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Nice creamy head with excellent duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are candy sugar, caramel, dried fruits, malt and hops.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Pours hazy red brown with a medium sized, creamy, beige head, leaving a fair lacing. Aroma of slightly roasted malt, chocolate, nuts and yeast. Sweet flavor that ens up more dry with some bitter notes. yeast. Medium bodied, oily texture and soft CO2. A very enjoyable dubbel. ★★★★
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted on 1/27/13 from a corked and caged 750mL bottle from the Rare Beer Club. Pours a very dark mahogany color with a very thick beige head that slowly recedes to super thick and rocky lace. The nose is malty but dry with cocoa nibs, some chocolate, cola, and vanilla. The flavor is the same, very dry with the cola notes up front, moving to the toasted cocoa nibs and a nice dose of roasted bitterness. The body is medium with lively carbonation and a long cola and bitter roasted finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33cl bottle from labiere.pt. Dark brown color. Medium head. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Malt, fruit and alcohol aroma.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle shared at Chad’s birthday. Blackish red pour with a tan head. Aroma is tart and dark fruit. Taste is more dark fruit but with an almost dark chocolate character along with the tartness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours clear dark brown with a large, frothy light tan head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is dates and plums, nutty, caramel, and toast malt with oak notes and earthy hops. Flavor is malt dominant with dark fruity esters, Belgian candi sugars, light hops and bitterness with a sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation.
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