3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: deep purple with flecks of garnet. Rocky, quickly falling tan head. Dark fruity aroma with black cherries, burnt gooey bananas and black licorice. Quickly passing flavours of fig-newtons, bananas, currents and raisins. Alcohol warms as it sooths. A dry mouth looks quickly for more and the bottle was finished almost before it started. A slight disappointment in body and flavour after a nice aroma.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma is of dark fruit with a metalic hint. Flavor is pretty standard belgian dark fruit goodness. Solid belgian but nothing special.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
brown in color with a thin off-white head.Dark fruit,plums,rasins,dates,figs,bready/yeasty with a slight alcohol note in the aroma.Flavor is consistant with the aroma.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 30, 2006 Murky brown with a thin off-white head with small bubbles. Deep plum aroma, brown sugar, other dark fruits and spices, light bodied with some sharp carbonation. Starts and ends sweet with a fruity ending.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark redbrown color. Cherry aroma. Malty cherry flavor. Just a touch of roasted malt. Upcoming sourness. Bitter finish.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours with a light brown one-fingered head, fades quickly, leaves hardly any lace. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Color is a dark, cloudy amber. Nose is raisiny. Starts and finishes sweet and raisiny. Nice beer for this winter weather. Pricey, $4.30 for a 330ml bottle.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black with a diminishing brown head. Roasted/chocolate nose with vinous notes. Medium sweet, light body. Hints of chocolate, smoke, red wine, caramel. Light bitterness.
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
this is a cracker from the tap(we are the only bar in the netherlands who serve it that way(www.12balcken.nl), because i got interested in this brewery by tasting the bink blond.
This winterale is nice dark coloured, with fruity nose and tones in the palate, but with a nice dry finsh which will keep you longing for more. Fortunately not to heavy in the alcohol 7,7%. They invented the name by the way, brewery the Koninck copied them. On the label tere is a real "winterkoninkske" sitting on a hopbell
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JAN 6, 2007 Deep ruby. Creamy, rocky tan head. Firm, sugared prune and licorice aroma. Subtle phenolic and airy hints smattered amongst a yeast, must, mineral, candied currant blend. Soft body, very tight carbonation. Dark currant twang leaves in its wake rich sugared malts underlain by a mild tinge of roastiness. Subtle array of malt flavors appear at the center, lending a dab of sweetness. Late signs of fruity esters and yeast. Soft yet somewhat firm sugary flavors build as the malts become an afterthought. Finishes with prunes, earth and medicine as the malts take on more of a sugary flavoring. Lingering sugared prune notes and musty malts. Lovely malt bill, but a touch more malt thickness to balance the rich fruitiness would have been superb. Strikingly similar to La Terrible.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Has a clouded dark brown color with some carbonation and no head. Smell is fruity/caramel. Taste is fruity/malt/spice and finishes dry/spicey. Overall a pretty interesting beer, better then most belgian beers.
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