(Bottle 30 cl) Dirty, muddy appearance - head is fine though, creamy, light brown and rather stable. Light chocolatey flavours and doesn’t reaaly get much from the burned malts this is based on. Very bitter. 100204

(Still brewed at Texelse bierbrouwerij) Light-brown head, quickly gone. Hazelnutbrown, hazy - yeast in suspension. Nose of roasted malt, chocolate & something sourish. Taste gives even more outspoken roasted malt, now with cigarash arome. Malty tones dominate, but they have the ring of quality malts. Little bitterness. There's no trace of the sourish nose or of the added spices. Surprisingly light bodied for a winterbeer, but it is not lacking. I can live with this. Aftertaste again some chocolate. A nice beer, not for the hopheads, however. If tasted blind, I would have guessed dark bock, rather than Belgian Strong.

Sampled at Utrechts Bokbierfestival: Creamy head. Dark color. Reminded of me Guinness. Roasted malts in the aroma. Bit amber taste, malty, sweet. Full taste. Good beer.