Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Aus der Flasche (bbe 08.02.2020) im 2023-11 getrunken. Bei diesen dunklen Belgier hat die ürsprüngliche Süsse komplett abgebaut und es wirkt irgendwie Körperlos bzw. unstimmig. Sicher kein schlechtes Bier aber es hat die lange Lagerung nicht so gut überstanden. Komischerweise schaffen andere Belgier eine solche lange Lagerung und werden so deutlich besser als frisch abgefüllt. Nun ja das Gran Cru gehört nicht dazu. Schade!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(bottle 0,33l from topvino.cz online shop) Overall: Nice spicy and fruity with some fruity sour notes. Interesting, good. Aroma: Dried fruits, some fruity sour, berries, sweet dark malts. Appearance: Brown color. Quickly done beige head. Taste: Medium sweet, spicy, light fruity sour, dark malts. Palate: Medium body. Bitter, spicy, warm finish.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Fles 33cl thuis. Dried fruits, caramel, pruim, noot, licht droog, zoeten, bittertonen. (29-12-2021).

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

Hazy brown. Aroma is dried fruit cake dough raisin slight lime caramel dark honey some chestnut... let's say complex. Taste is slightly sweet cake dough with more dried fruit melasses and complex yeasty stuff. Overall pretty malt forward. Drinkable. Good balance. Long finish of slightly fizzy caramel and dark malt with more cake dough. I really like it.

Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Brown with a creamy, beige head. The optics are off-putting: „floaters“ would be an understatement. Looks like half liquid, half sediment. The beer is expired by a few months, so I‘ll cut it some slack here. Still, I felt the need to filter this one. Aroma of brown sugar and prunes. Taste is mildly sweet with lingering toffee and cherries. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, surprisingly slightly watery texture given the optics. Really can’t make up my mind about this one.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle, online from Etre Gourmet. Pours dark chestnut brown with a decent tan cap. Aroma: yeasty, caramel, dark fruits, light spicy. Taste: moderate sweet & light to moderate bitter, dark malt, dried fruits, chocolate hints, brown sugar, spicy yeasty. The ABV is well hidden. Medium+ body with frothy carbonation.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Belgiuminabox. Pours a murky chestnut brown colour with a large thick creamy beige. Nice looking beer. Aromas of dry dark fruits, caramel, spices and brown sugar. Taste has the same notes as the aroma. Full body, lively carbonation on the palate and a sweet, fruity and spicy finish. Maybe a bit too sweet for me but still pretty good.

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

330ml bottle from RusBeerShop in Moscow. Pours opaque brown with a tall off-white head. Aroma is yeast, dried fruit, spice. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, dried fruit, spices.

Smaakvol. Wel een klein beetje ijzer in de smaak helaas. Verder prima.

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

330ml bottle. Cloudy, dark amber-ish, brown colou rwith small to average, firm, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Toasty malty, yeasty spicy and yeasty fruity aroma, notes of dried fruit, yellow stone fruit, raisin, plum, fig, date, apricot, pear, a touch of white pepper and aniseed, some marmite. Taste is minimally sweet toasty malty, slightly dry, yeasty fruity and yeasty spicy, hints of marmite, dried fruit, raisin, plum, fig, date; minimally warming, alcoholic finish.