The Sinner Series Lust

Flaska från SB där BBD är passerat med ett drygt år. Jag tror den är minst tre år gammal. Mörk och fortfarande väldigt söt. Mörkt socker, sirap, söta russin och fikon. Kanske väl söt men trevliga smaker och fin till en ostbricka.

Bottle at El Pedal, Madrid. Pours mahogany with ruby shades, tan ephemerous head. Aroma is intense: red berries, milk chocolate, roses, honey, tobacco. Taste is quite sweet, powerful, full-bodied. Sour’n’sweet low-lingering finish.

The ’Belgian strong ale’ in this series of sin-themed Amager beers, bought at De Caigny in Essen. Medium thick, moussy, pale greyish beige head consisting of minute and densely packed bubbles, slowly breaking but otherwise well retaining; very dark but translucent purplish burgundy colour with dead yeast and protein dots here and there. Indeed a quite ’luscious’ aroma of candied cherries, caramel, marmelade, strong damp earth and even fairly strong FFF (freshly fermented farmland - not all too pleasant actually), pear syrup, tea, white pepper, butter melting on hot pancakes, candied fig, rum-soaked raisins, ripe blue plum, fermenting tree leaves, brown sugar, honey, soap, cloves, dusty cocoa powder. Very sweet onset, residual brown sugar, (restrained) banana ester as well as impressions of fig, raisin and medlar, balanced by a basic, soft sourishness underneath but nevertheless sticking to the teeth a bit; carbonation is on the soft side. Smooth, slick but ’fat’ mouthfeel, fruity esters, candi sugar sweetness and mild phenolic notes on top of a thick layer of caramelly and honeyish malt sweetness which gains a lightly bittering toasted note in the end; soapy wheat is noticeable too. Primarily malt and, very much so, brown sugar sweet finish with retronasal fruitiness but also a late, earthy and floral hop bitterness and, unsurprisingly, a glow of chest-warming, liqueurish alcohol flirting with astringency (and slightly ’palpable’ on the tongue’s surface at an earlier stage as well). I am not sure if quadrupel, because that is very clearly what this is, would be the beer style most associated with lust and eroticism - being Belgian, I tend to associate it more with quite the opposite in the form of monks and monasteries - but regardless of that, this is indeed a very lush, big, rich and ’baroque’ kind of beer fit for the style. Too bad for the manure-like quality in the aroma, too overly sweet to my personal taste and the alcohol could have been a bit more subtle, but otherwise certainly enjoyable.

Bottle at home. Two year old. Pours a slightly hazy deep reddish brown colour with a khaki head. Aroma of dried fruit, black currants, wild berries, heather, oak, fudge, bread, spices, chocolate truffles and some smoke. The flavour is more sweet and malty with syrup, cake, nuts, fudge, leather, creme brulee, oak and some alcohol. Has a soft and silky mouth feel, full-bodied and light bitterness. A very rich ale. Has a very complex aroma and a bit too sweet taste. Nice ale but I need to pair it with something to balance out the sweetness.

Takie troche swiateczne, przyprawowe, zielskowe, slodkawe, wrzosowe, owoce a la figi sliwki, ale nie do konca to ulozone razem fajnie

Somewhat hazy dark brown warm amber colour, off-white head. Sweet malty aroma, honey, dates, dried fruits, light vanilla. Sweet flavour, loads of dried figs. Sweet finish, dried fruits.
(from 50cL bottle shared @ home)

Bottle. Pours hazy very dark ruby with airy but stable light beige head. Clear aroma of malt, caramel, fruit and raisins, with touches of yeast. Sweetish flavour of caramel malt and fruit, with notes of raisins and cinnamon and touché of yeast. Bitter, hoppy notes towards the finish. Sweet, fruity and estery aftertaste with bitter notes of hops and booze. Warming alcohol presence. Decent.

On Tap. @El Cabanón, Avilés 22/01/2016 Color marron oscuro, sabor dulce, caramelo, rica.,

750 mml bottle tasted on the 23/01/2016. Caramel and sugar taste. Aroma of alcohol and berries. Next one please!