7.9

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

Really, truly, the website should separate Belgian Ale - Strong between pale and dark, very different. Just saying. I lifted this 12.7 oz bottle out of the 12 Days of Christmas assortment purchased from the brewery last year for a side-by-side comparison with the barrel aged version this past weekend. Didn’t happen so the rating takes place tonight. I have my Delirium snifter ready, I pull the cap on the bottle and pour. The appearance is a clearish dark gold finished with a slender skim of silvery foam. I smell ripe fruit, straw and grain. Now for a drink. Pretty decent, one of the few times I think I like the regular version more than the barrel aged one. Fairly sweet apricot, malt, pineapple, white bread, Granny Smith apple and field. Some spiciness but not too much. Nicely dense. Damn, the folks at The Bruery can put together some fine beers.

7.1

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

Keg at Brewdog Paddington, London. A hazy dark golden/orange coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Sweet, fruity, orange, spice aroma and taste. Slight sourness/funk. Decent enough.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to the mighty Buckeyeboy. Pours a copper hue with a small white head. A nice very sweet aroma. Slight, some sour fruit, big caramel, yeast, sweeter elements like burnt toffee. Solid.

6.6

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

Bottle shared by Jeremy. Pours clear amber with a small off-white head, light lacing. Fruity, caramel, vanilla. Good

7.2

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

Early rating from Beer Buddy app

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from one of the new 375 ml bottles. Aroma is fruity with lots of Belgian spice, phenols and esters. Moderate pineapple with light grain notes. Lots of cinnamon, ginger, allspice, clove and coriander notes with faint peppery notes. Light alcohol spice. Pours a slightly hazy, copper orange with a medium large, thick, white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and fairly long legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with light malt notes of caramel, honey and toasted bread. Moderate pineapple notes with moderately strong bitterness. Medium light alcohol spice. Moderate cinnamon, ginger, allspice, coriander, clove and light pepper notes. Light fruity esters. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low, but present astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright beer but there is a bit of a biting, astringent bitterness that may have come from the pineapple and spices.

7.2

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

750ml bottle pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is cinnamon notes and a sweet pineapple juice kick. Taste is more of the nice sweet pineapple juice notes cinnamon and spice.

7.8

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

750 ml. bottle from Jeremy. Hazy golden pour, with an adequite head. Aroma and taste briings forth mulled cider, apples and tons of winter spice. exceptionally smooth and it holds it alcohol heat well.

7

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