Christmas Ale
(has 9 batches)
Brouwerij Corsendonk in Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brasserie du BocqBelgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
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Score
7.30
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Een rijk en verwarmend bier voor de donkere dagen. Zoetige mout en kandij suiker met tonen van karamel en zoethout. Vrij lange, kruidige afdronk.
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7/10
Tried
on 03 Sep 2015
at 12:26
8/10
A bit smokey, malty, and fruity. Right up my alley. Same as a year ago.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2015
at 15:54
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours a dark amber/brown color, hazy, and topped with a fine beige colord head. Malty aroma, caramel presence, a bit of yeasty notes and spices as well. Taste follows what you smell. Sweet start, a bit yeasty and quite malty, some caramel presence. Quite filling, mild bitterness and some alcohol feel. Pretty average for my liking, actually.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2015
at 04:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This was poured into a corsendonk tulip.
The appearance was a dark hazy burnt brown color with a one finger soft white lush foamy head. As it dissipated, light stringy lacing sticks to the glass.
The smell starts off with a big apple aroma leading into Belgian sugar sweetness and dark fruits. Light Belgian spices round out the aroma nicely.
The taste was mainly sweet with a thorough spicy effect from the Belgian side of the house. There’s no aftertaste nor finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a sessionable to sipping quality about it. Carbonation comes across pretty subdued with a grainy feel surrounding my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good Belgian Strong Dark ale that I would have again. Looking forward to having this again around Christmas.
The appearance was a dark hazy burnt brown color with a one finger soft white lush foamy head. As it dissipated, light stringy lacing sticks to the glass.
The smell starts off with a big apple aroma leading into Belgian sugar sweetness and dark fruits. Light Belgian spices round out the aroma nicely.
The taste was mainly sweet with a thorough spicy effect from the Belgian side of the house. There’s no aftertaste nor finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a sessionable to sipping quality about it. Carbonation comes across pretty subdued with a grainy feel surrounding my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good Belgian Strong Dark ale that I would have again. Looking forward to having this again around Christmas.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2015
at 18:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Rich caramel malty notes. Cloudy amber with a light brown head. Sweet caramel and dark sugars and raisin. Nice dark malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2015
at 21:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Marrón oscura, muy bonita. Dos dedos de espuma cremosa y ocre. Agradable aroma malteado. Mantiene en boca, pero ya con mucho más. Picante, especiada. Chocolate. Bastante carbónica. Y con un calorcito alcohólico que envuelve todo y te acompaña en el postgusto. Notable.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2015
at 11:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 250 ml from Pivoljub, Ljubljana. Pours dark amber with beige head. Caramel malts, spices, quite sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Pivoljub - The First Beer Shop in Slovenia
on 02 Jun 2015
at 15:53
7/10
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 23:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
0,25L bottle (from Wine of Galilee), BB 21.10.17. Pours dark ruby with beige head. The head stays. Aroma is sweet, malt spices. Flavor is sweet and bitter, malt spices, metallic notes, caramel. Finish is burnt sugar bitter. Carbonation is high. Overall: ok brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2015
at 15:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown, ruby hue, weak beige lasting head. Aroma is of brown sugar, spice, coriander and strong on orange peel, a bit of alcohol present in the nose. Taste is medium sweet malt, brown sugar, spices - cinnamon, coriander, orange, some dark fruits, Belgian yeast, some toasted malt and a bit of chocolate in the finish and aftertaste. Medium bodied with a very pleasant aftertaste.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2015
at 14:10