Kasteel Donker
Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck in Emelgem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.10
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Kasteel Donker is a member of the Belgian quadrupel family. These are strong dark brown beers where the roasted malt predominates. The very first beer of the Kasteel range is a full-mouthed beer with hints of caramel, coffee and chocolate. The sweet initial taste makes this beer surprisingly complex but very accessible.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at olivier. Pours deep ruby, nose is chocolate berries, yeasty, taste is juicy berries, chocolate, thick,chewy 8
Tried
on 28 Mar 2026
at 18:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottiglia 33 cl, bel cappello di schiuma nocciola fine persistente, color marrone/rubino, al naso miele melassa frutta candita zucchero di canna marzapane, in bocca uvetta sotto spirito prugne secche zucchero bruciato spezie malto tostato una punta di liquirizia, corpo strutturato, carbonazione moderata, bel tenore alcolico, molto dolce con amaro moderato. Al primo sorso ti spiazza (troppo dolce?) poi percepisci tutte le sue sfumature. Una Belga con la B maiuscola. Ottima c. 1001 birre 28.02.26
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2026
at 19:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cl, bottle.
Pours dark-dark brown, nearly black with a thin beige head, which doesn't really disappear entirely. Nose is caramel, sweet and roasted malt. Flavor, body and finish is heavy - you need to take this beer one sip at a time :D
Pours dark-dark brown, nearly black with a thin beige head, which doesn't really disappear entirely. Nose is caramel, sweet and roasted malt. Flavor, body and finish is heavy - you need to take this beer one sip at a time :D
Tried
from Bottle
from
Auchan Cluj Iulius Mall
on 20 Feb 2026
at 23:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Hops, Crewe. Pours a dark mahogany with a small frothy cream head. There’s an aroma of dried fruit along with traces of alcoholic strength and ginger. In the mouth there is a bitter covering stretched over a sweet slightly viscous body. Plenty of variety in the flavour – hazelnuts, dark fruits, Belgian yeast, figs and hints of raisins and spice. Even some traces of soaked bread crusts later. Finish is fruity and slightly dry. This is nice – certainly hides its strength well !
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hops
on 01 Feb 2026
at 13:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
500ml can, which is, or course, the appropriate serving size for such a beer - pours dark ruby with an off-white lace that is thick and lasts a while - lacks complexity for the style - mostly sweet dark fruit with faint spicy yeast character on the tail end - if I went in cold I would probably not guess the style - finish is plum and caramelized sugars - meh, it’s fine.
Tried
from Can
from
Mayfair Liquors
on 15 Oct 2025
at 23:05
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2025
at 08:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Draught at Monk's: pours dark brown with beige head. Aroma is loads of raisins and prunes, general maltiness, some cherry. Taste is sweet. Relatively complex. Large. Pastry cherry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2025
at 23:09
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating - A 330ml bottle which pours a dark brown with a small beige head. Aromas of caramel, banana, walnuts & sweet malt. Medium body. Creamy sweet finish. High alcohol is well hidden. Very well made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2025
at 16:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Where: Brussels. From Del Haize, Etterbek.
Appearance: Off white head. Deep brown like a darker Coke.
Flavour:Dusty notes, prune , dark cherry, toffee.
Body: Robust body, sticky, average carbonation.
Observations: Drunk a bit colder than supposed to.On the sweet side without being unbearably sweet. Alcohol well hidden. Goes straight to the head
Appearance: Off white head. Deep brown like a darker Coke.
Flavour:Dusty notes, prune , dark cherry, toffee.
Body: Robust body, sticky, average carbonation.
Observations: Drunk a bit colder than supposed to.On the sweet side without being unbearably sweet. Alcohol well hidden. Goes straight to the head
Tried
on 05 Jun 2025
at 13:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Backlog September 2011. Amber body under a moderate sized off-white head. Lovely aroma of malt, caramel, spices and brown sugar. Tasate is sweet malt, dry fruit, dark fruit, slightly spicy and moderate bitterness. Fine body with a smooth aftertaste. Nice and tasty with well hidden alcohol.
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 18:50