3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at West Flanders. Pour is clear brown with a small tan head and no lacing. Caramelly, bready, yeasty, doughy, lightly spicy, dark fruits, and clove in the aroma. Taste is dark fruits, toffee, grapes, somewhat woody, red licorice, caramel, grassy, and yeasty. Full mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Very smooth for 9% ABV. Not bad.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pour on tap at the brewery, dark reddish brown pour with off white head, aroma brought notes of toffee, slight red fruits, hints of earth, grain, and spice, touch of dark fruits in there as well, but lots of sweet caramelized sugars. Taste is a mix of dark fruit, lots of caramelized sugars with toffee, molasses, red fruits, hints of earth, spice, finishing pretty sweet, slightly dry.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice solid strong. Brewmaster said it’s the Westmalle yeast strain, so I would guess the characteristic yeast flavors carry over. I haven’t had it in a long time so I can’t speak for it. Nutty, and caramel-y flavors after a dark raisin aroma. Finishes fruity with pleasing dry qualities. Well done!
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Tap @ West Flanders Boulder. Pours an dark orange appearance with little head. Sugary, caramel, dark fruity, plum, banana aroma. Cloying, caramel, sugary, banana/grape fruity flavor. Pass.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draught at brewpub. Dark body of caramel and toffee. Overall, I found it had a bit of that candi sugar sweetness to it. Nice.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draught at the brewery in Boulder, on October 8, 2012
Clear copper color, tan head. Sweet, malty, grain, caramel, fruity scent. Sweet, caramel, Belgian sugar taste. Sweet aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Murky dark amber with a nutty brown tint. Has an aroma of raisins, cherry, dusty bread yeast and light candi sugar. The flavor is kinda dark malty with esters of plum and dusty raisin, but it quickly turns to a semi bitter finish with fruity herbal hoppiness to a semi dry ending.
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