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

750ml corked and caged bottle from the lcbo. Very dark, hazy brown, with a huge light beige head. Loads of dark fruit, plums, stone fruit, candied apples, light pear even some booze soaked fruit cake. Lively carb, but yet still soft at the same time. Loads of sweet bready malts in the finish, with more fruit. A great sipping beer, another great beer from St bernardus!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Аромат очень сладкий и манящий своей глубиной. Чувствуются фрукты и цветочные нотки. Пена с весьма крупными пузырями, цвет очень темный даже для Эля. Вкус сладкий, ощущается карамель,цветочные нотки, немного хмеля а также темные фрукты. Напиток очень сбалансирован. Послевкусие не сильно и не длительное, а мягкое и постепенное. В целом данный экземпляр я считаю эталоном Бельгийского пива. Пробовать всем и каждому.

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

330ml bottle, pours light brown with a beige creamy head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruits, berries, nuts, spice, caramel, liquorice, bread, hints of alcohol & toasted malt. Medium body. Warming finish. Excellent & very enjoyable even on a warm evening

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Large bottle. Spicy and yeasty with brown malt, sugar, touch of red fruit, caramel. Moderate to medium sweet. Refined, well-balanced. Just what you want from a Christmas beer.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Flasche 0,33l: Schwarz, dunkles Mahagoni, deutliche Trübung, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; sehr süße + sehr würzige Nase, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Gewürze, Backpflaumen, Rosinen, etwas Zimt, kräftig Malz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, leichte Hopfennoten, leichte Röstaromen, dunkle Schokolade, Lebkuchen; sehr süßer + sehr würziger Körper, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, weihnachtliche Gewürze, Vanille, etwas Zimt, Orangenschale, kräftig Malz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, cremig, moderate Kohlensäure, Hefearomen; fruchtig-würziger Nachgang

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Looks dark brown in the glass, with murky reddish hints if seen through light. Medium sized, slightly off-white head, good enough retention and lacing. Intense aroma: strong spiciness (cinnamon most prominent, anise also clearly detectable) plus a clear licorice note, with a malty background of brown bread and lighter caramel. A hint of coffee (kinda coffee flavoured candies like), perhaps a light hint of dark fruits. A bit of warming feeling. Taste notes follow the aroma: maltiness a bit more prominent, with a quite assertive brown/dark bread note. Very intense as the smell suggested and also quite clean and well defined, just perhaps not as smooth/soothing as i expected. Well hidden alcohol, a hint of warming feel. Sweetness and bitterness are both pretty assertive and overall in good balance; overall definitely less sweet than your average belgian strong ale. Quite dense in body with average to high, quite assertive carbonation (not exactly coarse like in low quality lagers, but kind of sharp); very good drinkabilty for the abv though as mentioned not exactly soft/soothing. Overall: very intense and quite complex, a lot of spicy/christmassy character; an "in your face" belgian strong, half traditional, half atypical.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at Lemmy's, Leiden: Dark brown colored brew with an sweet bitter taste, hints of chocolate, cinnamon and some banana.