4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Valt zeker en vast te zuipen, giet er 10 in uw kraag en ge zult ni meer recht lopen!
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Appearance: dark chocolate brown, with some stoutish notes; one-finger light tan head; curtains of lace. Aroma: huge syrupy sweetness of cherries, plums, raisins, figs; notes of molasses, brown sugar and fresh-baked nut-brown bread. Taste: plums, port-wine, raspberry, toffee, caramel, licorice, and (suprisingly) champagne, with some clovey spice and chocolate. Finish: smoothly dry and not overly sweet. Notes: Wow, another amazing Westy. The hype is true indeed. Smelled like it was going to be incredibly sweet. Instead, while huge, the flavors were delicately balanced between sweet and, well, not bitter but nicely dry is the only way to describe it. Palate was rich and syrupy, yet the dry notes and carbonation made it lively as well. Alcohol is incredibly well-hidden. And I’m not even an abt/quad fan...
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Habitualmente prefiero otro tipo de cervezas que las ABT pero hay que rendirse a la evidencia de que Rochefort 10 y sobre todo esta Westvleteren, mitos aparte... son de lo mejor que puedes tomar.
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Dark amber/cider color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of sweet malt, yeast, rich dark fruit, caramel, toffee, & spice; Flavor of sweet malt, yeast, caramel, dark fruit (notably plums, figs & cherries), raisons, toffee, and some chocolate; Slight alcohol at the finish; Very nicely balanced and quite complex; I enjoyed this one more than the Rochefort 10; Overall, tough to find and quite expensive - but it was delicious.
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Once, with reason, proclaimed the best beer in the world. While it makes no sense to make anything the best of anything in the world, there’s nothing much I can add to everything that’s been written about this beer.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
2006 bottle shared by Weisguy.
Pours a super syrupy brown with nearly zero head on a careful pour. Smells very bready along with nuts and dark fruit. The taste is delicate brown sugar malt with several layers of sweetness. I pickup lots of belgian dark sugar and it reminds me a bit of a well aged barleywine, but not as thick or heavy. The mouthfeel is slick and a tad syrupy with a nice medium carbonation. Mild alchohol finish on it, but I loved it.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
12 oz bottle. Poured a brownish color with a frothy head. Very complex and smooth. Very drinkable for the alcohol content. Very nice!
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: FEB 7, 2011 At the start - smells bready/yeasty, with fruit and alcohol -- very good. As the extreme head diminishes, the smell improves as the aforementioned bread smell vanishes completely -- 9/10 on smell. Unprecedented head and great color. Ultra smooth for 10.2%.
The taste.. It is THAT good - nearly perfection. The hype is real. If I have any knock against it, it’s that it is a slight touch on the sweet side... but it’s taste is so complex, that characteristic is forgivable. Truly outstanding - I leave it at a 19/20 overall, only in the hopes that I ever consume something from another planet that completely blows my mind and transfers me onto an alternate plane of existence where I yield omnipotent, omnipresent abilities.
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