7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled. 2011. Pours brown, dark fruits, malty, sugary. hits the spot, serve with dessert.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

2014 version. Aroma of dark malt, caramel, candy sugar, raisins, some hoppy notes. Flavour is sweet with a moderate bitter finish. A bit too much of candy sugar sweetness, but the bitterness does seem to balance things out... somewhat.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at PRZH Winterbierfestival, Gouda: Dark brown beer with hints of vanilla and cinnamon, good winter spices.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle 2011 version. 7 3 8 3 14 = 3.5 Dark brown color. Tropical fruit and a hint of licorice in the aroma. Malty caramelly, slightly alcoholic flavor, well hopped. Tropical fruit. Sweet, but with enough other flavors to compensate.Earlier Rating: 4/29/2008 Total Score: 3.12007 swing top bottle. Dark brown color. Malt, caramel and licorice in the aroma. Full bodied, malty, lots of licorice, caramel, apple syrup and molasses. Potentially good, but not too well balanced. (7 3 6 2 11 = 2.9) 2009 version from tap @ 1st BBF. Malt aroma with toffee. Malty sweet flavor with cinnamon, cardemom and anis. Sticky mouthfeel. 2014 version. Dark brown color. Caramel and chocolate in the aroma. Malty sweet roasty chocolate flavor with caramel and hints of laurel. Marshmallow. Sweet, sticky, a bit unrefined, but tasty enough.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Fles 33cl thuis. 2014 serie 9,2%. EBU 50. Zoet, wat veel kandij, caramel, rozijn. 4 (2-2015). 4 Fles 33cl thuis. 10,5%. EBU 32. Zoet, zwaar, kersen, rozijn, pruim, vijg, suikers, alcohol. Iets te voor mij. 3,3 (6-2017).

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Kent Beer Festival 2017. Almost black beer herby spicy aroma a bit of mint in the mouth. Not my thing.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy brown, beige froth. Aroma has dried fruit, brown sugar and caramel. Sweet flavour, caramel, brown sugar, ripe fruit and alcohol. Finishes with hoppy bitterness and a little alc warmth. Gets more and more alcoholic actually and seems somewhat unrefined.

6

Brown and chunky. Tiny bit of unstable foam. Mostly just sweet, a bit too much even. Something marshmellowy, but doesn't really add. Pity.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

At Spuyt in Amsterdam but I forgot to take notes so will have to re-rate later. From what I remember, this was a deep brownish bronze beer with medium sized, pale greyish beige head and sweet, malty aroma and taste of caramel, toffee, pear, dates, raisins and some banana; somewhat thin and even lightly metallic body for the style, finishing sweet with warming alcohol, spicy notes and light herbal hop bitterness. More than decent, but coming from Emelisse, I guess I expected a bit more still.