Bottled from BierGenot.be, large sample, poured into a trappist glass. Hazy dark brown color, short frothy off-white head. Aroma of caramel, raisin, hint of chocolate, hint of roast, high alcohol, spicy yeast, bit peppery, hint of orange. Quite sweet in taste, biscuity, quite alcoholic as well, some spicy bitterness. A bit unbalanced, but very flavorful. A bit too alcoholic for me. Sirupy body, medium carbonation.

@RBBWG14. Thanks Kraddel! Dark brown, some white foam. Medium body. Good balance but maybe a bit too sweet. Aroma of caramel, dark fruit and some bourbon.

33cl bouteille @ RBBWG III, thanks Kraddel. Please White Pony, stop the race for strongest beer, it’s not playing in your favour. Cuivrée, col beige moyen. Arôme garde ce bouquet de pelure de pomme avec des effluves un peu bizarre, note caramel malté assez modérée. Palais est pris de devant par un niveau alcool omniprésent. Garde un côté pomme caramélisée, sucre moyen tirant sur les phénols. Garde une note cidre. Levure assez présente sur qcq notes fruitée. Sans plus.

33 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBWG 2014. Courtesy of & thx! to Kraddel. Sort of digging the label. Dark red brown beer with little in the way of head. Simple & sugary nose, vanilla, cereal, toffee & mainly sugar. Taste is pretty simple, caramel, lots of brown sugar & some bitter herbs. Little carb. touch oily. It is okay but lacks in much to get exited over. With this much malt, ingredients etc. this ABV, I suppose unless if you do something truly horrible, you are going to get something okay at least which is what this is for me.

Small yellow-cream head, irregular, fast gone over fully opaque dark-brown beer. End of bottle solid yeast, even some Ufo’s. Sweet, molasses, chocolate, ethanol, yeast esters, and a faraway sourish hint. Sweet, liquorice onslaught, mildly roasted, and of course a shot nearly raw alcohol. Finish, however, is more balanced; the flavours, with some chocolate thrown into, coming together, the esters blending in and fading. Fiery alcoholheat, very well-bodied, viscously slick, better carbonated than the visual. Again one on ethanol-steroids, but the overall impression is not quite bad. Good winter warmer, nog exagerating on the spicy side.

Imported from my RateBeer account as White Pony Dark Signs (by White Pony Microbirrificio):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

13/XII/13 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Klaas' place, blind tasting for selection "Beer of the Month", Gentse Biervereniging - BB: n/a (2013-1142)

Little cloudy red brown beer, creamy light beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: caramel, bit chemical, some banana, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: little sweet, banana, sugary, caramel, some dried fruits. Aftertaste: lots and lots of sugar, very cloying, caramel, banana. I thought we were past the highest alcohol % race?