Aroma of sweet, candied, dried fruits like dates and raisins. Flavour has these elements too, quite sweet in fact but also with a woody dryness which balances it quite well. Seems like it could age well.

Dark brown with a orangy hue. Light tan head. Bubblegum, pineapple, banana. Then coffee, chocolate, toffee and brown suger. Nice spices as well. Sweet, but balanced with a hint of tart citrus and a slightly bitter finish. Medium to thin bodied, later a bit more alcohol presence. Overall a nice beer, just as good as some more celebrated ones. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Gringel Bells on 11 Sep 2015 at 14:12 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Bottle at THT. Sweet malts, Christmas spices, brown bread, brown sugar, soft yeast and light coffee. Medium sweet with light bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation and a bit sticky feel.

Bottle shared at ABC Beers tasting. Pours hazy brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of overripe fruit, caramel, dough. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied, thinner than expected with soft carbonation. Good but should be fuller bodied. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Gringel Bells on 11 Sep 2015 at 14:03 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Bottle at THT. Pours clear dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of garbage, overripe dark fruits, light veggies, toffee, sweet malt and caramel. Flavour is heavy sweet. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation.

33cl Bottle, thanks Harmen! Deep reddish brown colour, beige head. Aroma is nice, light spicy like gingerbread, dark fruits, lots of raisins and dried currants. Flavour is more mouldy and yeasty, dried currants, burned caramel, light-bitter finish. Medium to full-bodied. Disappointing flavour imo. Earlier Rating: 11/4/2012 Total Score: 3.333cl Bottle from an EKO-shop. Clear reddish brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of plums, alcohol, dark fruits, caramel, hint of cocoa. Flavour is sweet, malty, dark fruits, plums, raisins, cocoa, strong alcohol, alcoholic bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Could do with a bit less alcohol. BdG?

Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, malt, hop, sugar, fruit. Flavour is dry, alcohol, malt, hop, caramel, sugar, fruit, licorice. Full body. Nice beer.

Bouteille au 3ième festival Brassicole de Tournai. Cuivrée foncée, col beige. Arôme est épicé ce qui donne un bouquet fort agréable rappelant le pain d’épice, note de malt caramel et sucre brun dominent le tout. Palais garde aussi cet aspect pain d’épices - pumpernickel, malté caramel, côté sucre candi et cardamone, pointe de cara malt et léger chocolaté-cacao. Amertume vient jute en retrait, subtile. Earlier Rating: 2/5/2012 Total Score: 3.6Bottle sample @ 5de Brugs Bier festival. Cuivrée/beige, col ocre épais. Arôme fruité noire; date et figue malt caramel avec une note de basse-cour de ferme, léger houblon. En bouche, fruits noirs, alcool réchauffant avec un fini allant sur le lactique, qui me rappelle un yaourt à la fraise, note malté caramel avec sur la fin une pointe torréfiée. Fini herbacé, sec voire noisette en poudre, léger chocolat avec un tout petit ajout de houblon pour l’amertume. Un peu loin du style français de Bière de Garde que j’imaginais plus proche de la Saison Wallonne. Ici, un profile nettement plus belge dans la lignée plus proche d’une double/triple d’abbaye et son palais épais de levure et blé/orge peut dévier sur un style allemand.Earlier Rating: 12/18/2011 Total Score: 3.115cl bottle sample @ Kerstbierfestival ’11, Essen. Cuivrée, col léger beige. Arôme fruité noirs, nez malté avec un léger caramel. Bière douce voire beurre rance avec un malt caramel, le tout sur un profile herbacé/fourrage assez faible.

Bottle 750ml. corked.Clear medium to dark amber brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, , burnt sugar, light chocolate, moderate yeasty, light raisin - plum. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocolate, burnt sugar, light spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130215]Earlier Rating: 4/15/2012 Total Score: 3.8Bottle 750ml.Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy yeasty, reiped fruit, sugary, alcohol - booze. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, dark fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20120330]

Bottle. Pours dark brown. Nose and taste of sherry, toffee, yeast, Burnt sugar, raisins and dark fruits. Medium body. Finishes with touch of alcohol.