Bottle at Den Koopman, Amber to dark red beer, small head. Aroma is malt, caramel, fruit, dark fruit, sweet. Taste is the same, warm alcohol, sweet, little bitterness. nice one.

Clear deep amber colour, small frothy beige head, mostly diminishing, fair lacing. Aroma roasted malts, caramel, dark fruits, apricot, candy sugar, alcohol. Taste light heavy sweet, roasty, fruity, treacle, spicy and acidic notes. Vinous sweet and light bitter aftertaste, malty, spicy, acidic, warming alcohol, full-bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation, okay.

(Bottle, De Drie Dorstige Herten, Utrecht, 24 Feb 2017) Reddish amber colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, slightly fruity nose with dried fruit, caramel and treacle toffee. Malty, fruity taste with notes of apricots, red fruit, caramel and a slightly vinous, spicy finish with a light acidity. Full body, with balanced sweetness. Tasty and warming with some alcohol shining through. Nice one.

Schwerer, alkoholisch süßer Antrunk in dem das brotige Malz erst einmal im Hintergrund steht. Moderat würzig, zuckrig. Schädelbier. 9/8/7/7//8

Tap. Ruby color with eggshell head. Aroma is bubblegum, spicy, toffee. Taste is more toffee, a bit estery, slightly boozy in the back. Feels heavy, quite a head crusher. Nice enough.

Bottle courtesy of Deanso. Poured a murky medium brown with a bubbly round head. The aroma is malt loaf alcohol red berry fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet with a rich fruity floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Thank you for sharing people! Sampled bottled @ “Gouda Winterbier Festival 2016”. Deep red amber, solid tanned head. Nose is weird plants, vegetables & spoiled malts. Taste is spoiled moldy red fruits, herbs, sugar, old malts & plants. Weird messy & milky body. I quite liked the Grand Cru version but this one is an odd mess at best for me. I have no idea what happened here. Maybe a bad bottle?

New rating: Sampled from tap at the brewpub. Clear, dark amber with a white to tan head. Sweetish-malty, slightly spicy aroma of caramel, nuts, brown sugar, licorice root and clove. Sweetish-malty, slightly spicy taste of caramel, nuts, honey, licorice root and clove, followed by a medium long, slightly bitter, yeasty-spicy finish. Medium to full body, creamy and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft to average carbonation. Nice! (7/4/6/4/13/3.4)Old rating: From bottle at Winterbierfestival Gouda 2016. Slightly hazy, golden amber with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, tan head. Sweetish-malty aroma of caramel, brown sugar and nuts. Sweetish-malty taste of caramel, brown sugar, honey and nuts, followed by a medium long, slightly bitter, slightly boozy finish. Medium to full body, creamy to oily mouthfeel, flat. Very nice! (6/3/8/4/14/3.5)

Bottle sampled at PINT Winterbier festival Gouda 2016. Dark amber with creme head. Smooth caramels, toffee, biscuits. Medium sweet, light bitter. Mineral texture, medium body and light carbonation.