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4.2

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Small bottle, weird cork thanks to @solidfunk. Pours brown, a little white head. Nose has figs and raisins. Flabby. Cheap. 5 2 5 2 6

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Raisins. Florals and fig. Dark brown pour with decent head. Some leather. Bottle.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

From a 375 ml bottle it is a shoe polishbrown with a slight head. The aroma is sweet with hints of raisins and the taste starts out nondescript on the sweet side and becomes string on the flavored of toffee and raisins with hints of dark fruits powerful finish very interesting

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

From a 375 ml bottle. Pours a murky brown with a tan head. Aroma of toffee and rasins. Flavors of dark fruits and cloves. Moderately sweet finish.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber with a slight purple hue and a tan head that dissipates completely. Aroma has lots of sweet grains and raisins with a good amount of dark fruits and Belgian yeast. Flavor has a nice sweet grain and raisin combination with a hint of warming booze and Belgian yeast supporting.

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Cage and corked 375 ml bottle with a production date of L 002 F N. No problem figuring that out, lol.

Big pop when I pulled the cork out, it pours a deep reddish brown with a good head of off white foam that disappeared in a blink of the eye. Thar be no lacing; contrary to what it says on the label.

Upon opening, the smell was hard to avoid. Super caramel malt with equally strong notes of dark fruits. .and a port like nose besieged my nose buds.

Caramel malt, dark fruit, flavours of Port, properties of some oxidation going on here. Medium carbonation? Nah. Pretty much flat but that’s not a big turnoff for me.

Very nice beer. Cuz of the lack of carbonation, it leans on the syrupy side and as far as it being too sweet, I don’t subscribe to that.

Worthy of a repurchase is my line of thought.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Dark brown color, beige head. Aroma of raisins, toffee. Taste has raisins, dates, caramel. Light body. OK.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

375 ml bottle into chalice, bottled in 2/2014. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep reddish brown color with a minimal foamy head with reduces to nothing fairly quickly. Minimal lacing on the glass with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of raisin, prune, fig, date, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, light chocolate, light clove/pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, raisins, and dark/bready malt notes; with decent strength. Taste of big raisin, prune, fig, date, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, light chocolate, light clove/pepper, and yeast earthiness. Fair amount of earthy yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, prune, fig, date, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, light chocolate, light pepper/clove, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice robustness and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, raisins, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast flavor balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice dubbel style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, raisins, and fruity/earthy yeast flavors; and very smooth to sip on despite the lacking carbonation. A very enjoyable offering.