UPDATED: FEB 4, 2024 Lukt: Frukter, rosin, karamell. Utseende: Brun. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum. Smak: Frukter, rosin, karamell. Medium: Rating:3.8-748415, Flaske@750ml, ABV@10%, Når@03.02.2024. Hvor: Arkeologisk utgraving av ølkjelleren til Gunnar. AleSmith Grand Cru Belgian Ale - Strong Dark

UPDATED: JUL 8, 2023 2017 bottle drunk 2023. Spotty off white head on a reddish brown still body. Boozy aroma with raisin & toffee. Medium bodied, smooth thinning out to a clean back. Chocolate, malt, toffee & raisin tastes with a fruity body. This has lost some body but still very tasty.

UPDATED: MAY 25, 2023 Bomber clearance paid $1.99 for the bottle...a steal. Reddish brown body with a thin off white head. Strong caramel with dark fruits and Belgian candi sugar. Pretty straight forward strong dark Belgian. Nothing surprising just well made.

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2023 Bottle @ Home superbowl w friends. Appearance: pours slightly hazy brown with ok off-white soapy head and lacing. Aroma/taste: barley, bread, brown sugar, light alcohol, dried fruit, spices, orange peel, caramel, honey, light grass, light chocolate and fruity notes. Palette: strong malty and yeasty aroma, average carbonation, medium to full body, average to notable sweetness, balanced by medium bitterness, average to long duration, light sweet finish and a watery texture. Overall: Tasteful Belgian

UPDATED: SEP 23, 2020 Dark amber, big rocky head which subsidies to a cm of foam. Aroma of dark fruit and burnt sugar. Taste of plums, dates, caramel, yeasty throughout. Good, even if it doesn’t quite live up to the bottle!

UPDATED: SEP 12, 2020 Amber with a white head - Malt aroma with some belgian yeaty notes - Malt body with some caramle and some yeaty notes - The malt and yeasty flavours goes into the finish - This was good

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2020 Аромат классический для Бельгии и этого стиля, он очень пряный, гвоздика, перец и прочие, немного темных фруктов, умеренный солод с нотками шоколада, хлеба и карамели. Цвет не полностью темный, скорее темно коричневый, пенка средняя но держится долго. Вкус тоже хороший, очень сбалансирован. Прежде всего темные фрукты, затем в теле ( кстати не сильно плотный для таких градусов ) есть нотки тех же пряностей. Послевкусие более дрожжевое, уже нотки шоколада и карамели, но без приторности, снова очень сбалансированно. Могут быть нотки от алкоголя. В целом просто отличный эль в стиле.

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2020 750 ml bottle. Chestnut colored with a short off white head. Aromas of toasted sugars, spices, dried fruits, and brown bread. Spicy and fruity. Raisins, plums, herbs, cocoa, and caramel. Good carbonation and light booziness

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2020 Spicy malt aroma in a murky brown pour. Smooth laid back body with hints of spicy fruit and bread before a lovely lingering finish. No hint of the strength - which makes it dangerously delicious.

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2020 Bottle. A- Malty, bread dough, slightly fruity, caramel. A- Copper color, clear liquid, minimal head. T- Malty, fruit cake, caramel, mild booze. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- 5 years old. Pretty basic if you ask me. Not complex and really just bready malt and caramel. Wonder if this was better back in the day. I sure was not impressed.