6.5

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

750ml bottle, corked and caged, from Liquor Mountain. Pours a cloudy, almost mucky deep brown with orange tints. Very lacy head, not much of one really, with pronounced bubbles in the beer, however. Nose is rich chocolate and caramel malt, raisins, apple, Belgian yeast spiciness. Rich malt flavor is a bit nicer, chocolate fudge and raisins, again green apple (acetaldehyde I suppose), malty and rich. Body is big, soft, oily, silky. Could use a bit more carbonation though. Interesting but needs a bit more fine tuning. Plus at ¥1600 I could go for a real Belgian import and still save myself ¥500.