Bottle 750ml. corked.Clear medium to dark orange amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, caramel, spicy, moderate yeasty, ginger, clove, cinnamon, ginger bread. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, malty, yeasty, pale christmas spices - christmas spices w/o anis. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120914]

750 ml bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but I believe this was from Winter 2011. Pours fairly crystal clear reddish copper color with a nice 2 finger dense light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings to the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big apple skin, clove, pear, caramel, cinnamon, allspice, toast, gingerbread, nutmeg, and light earth. Pretty nice aromas with decent balance; the apple skins overpower most of the aromas. Taste of caramel, apple, toast, gingerbread, pear, cinnamon, clove, allspice, toast, nutmeg, brown sugar, and herbal earthiness. Lingering notes of light fruit, toast, caramel, gingerbread, cinnamon, clove, allspice, nutmeg, brown sugar, and herbal on the finish for a good bit. Great flavor balance with good complexity; nice malt/spice balance; zero cloying flavors on the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a fairly slick, creamy, and crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very nice seasonal Belgian ale! Nice flavor balance and complexity; very smooth and crisp to sip on. Really enjoyed this one.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and christmas spices. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 140912

Bottle, 9% @ FOneFan. Clear dark amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, caramel, bread and spices. Flavour is malt, caramel, yeast, spices, bread, toffee and medium sweet.

Bottle @ Really Late Summer Tasting Ulfborg, 2012. Pours clear amber with a small off white head. Spices, alcohol, chewing gum, alcohol, glogg and bread. Warmth. Full bodied.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are orange, cloves, anise, malt, fruits, caramel and hops.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Petrus Winter #9 (by De Brabandere):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

3/V/2012 - 75cl bottle @ Klaas' place - BB: n/a (2012-466) Thanks to John for sharing the bottle!

Clear ruby red beer, small off-white head, unstable. Aroma: sweet start, overripe fruits, cherries, lots of spices, cinnamon, star anise, cookie dough. Reminds me a lot of the smell of Southern Tier Pumking. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very spicy, cinnamon, cloves, liquorish, bit of mocha, little sweet, fruity touch, candied fruit, overripe fruits, bit of cough syrup (elderberry syrup). Aftertaste: bitter touch, some mocha, little fruity, overripe fruits and banana. Very complex, but not amazing.

Dark amber colour, fluffy off-white head. Spicy aroma, caramel, quite fruity. Flavour light sweet, quite earthy, malts, dried fruits, caramel. Bitter and sweet earthy finish, reminding of barley wine. Nice!
(Draught @ Café We gaan beginnen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

Whole Foods, P st, DC 750ml ($10): Pours a transparent brownish amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruity with nice Belgian yeast elements. Taste is somewhat sweet. There is a hint of licorice. I was expecting something much thicker, but this is a pretty light bodied beer. There is a bit of chocolate in the aftertaste, but less so in the initial taste. Dark fruit. Plenty complexity. A good Belgian Ale.