Deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish, fast-dying tan head that leaves a decent lace. Aroma of roasted malt, lactose, cherries, figs, earth and a touch of nuts, but this is all about the deep sugars. Medium-bodied; Assertive sweetness from the pitted fruits along with some caramelised sugar notes, a bit of malt and earth and some subdued spice complexities on the finish. Aftertaste shows a nice yeast strain flavour, a little breadiness, some dryness, but a lot of sugars, some malt and the fruitiness that shows well. Overall, a very nice beer that is structured well and has a solid complexity throughout. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 19-June-2015 for US$15,95 sampled at home in Washington on Christmas Eve, 24-December-2015 with my family.

Flaska från Brill som stått i källaren ett par år. Ändå känns den fortfarande lite rå och kantig. Visst finns choklad och torkad frukt men mest maltiga lite råa smaker som nog kommer att mogna fram fint efter ett par år till för här finns kvalitéer från en stor kropp. Inte en tillstymelse av spritighet eller trötthet. Gott men kan nog blir ändå bättre.

Bottle shared at the Cafe Abseits tasting during the Bamberg Excursion. Many thanks to Kenny! Pours lightly hazy gold with a creamy capping. Very sweet, heavy, lots of sugary fruits, bread and toffee. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, warming, with more toffee, toasty sugars, ripe fruits. Not bad overall, but certainly quite rich.

Bottle sampled at ZEBF ’15. Pours cloudy brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of dough, raisins, malt, overripe dark fruits, caramel and molasses. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation.

750 ml bottle. Color is a dirty orange with ruby hints, soft carbonation level, light head. Nose is dried fruits (mostly resembles apricot) with a light odd Berry. Not odd in a bad way but I don’t think I have ever had a Gooseberry.

The flavor resembles a sweet barely wine with tons of fruit. Sticky malt backbone with dark fruits, dried pears and apricots with the alcohol hidden under all the sweetness. The gooseberry is in the background and does give a slightly different flavor then the standard sweet Belgian ale. It seems like aging this brew any longer will only make it sweeter. The malt is just going to take over.

Botella. @El Cabanón, Avilés 18/04/2015. Color caoba, carbonatacion baja, aromas maltosos, sabor dulce.

Bottle. Pours dark brown tan head. Nose/taste of gooseberry, sweet fruit, cocoa, grape juice, bubblegum and caramel - full bodied.

Red amber colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, spices, yeast, alcohol, brown sugar, fruity notes. Sweet flavour, caramel, quite fruity, not necessarily physalis though. Sweet, spicy finish, caramel, red fruits.
(from 75cL bottle @ ZZT XI. Thanks for sharing today’s beers, Oirschot crew!)