Christmas Goliath (8%)
Brasserie des Légendes in Irchonwelz, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.74
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 8%. Slow gusher. Slightly spicy aroma, a bit of orange, perhaps. Almost clear dark brown colour. Small stable light brown head. The flavour is slightly spicy with a hint of paper. Has some cookie spices, but they are not pungent, just in balance with the alcohol. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2010
at 08:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle.Muddy brown colour with large fluffy white head.Aroma is sweet fruity of lemon and coriander nice full body and tosted good mouthfeels a really nice beer with good x-mas taste.
Earlier Rating: 10/25/2010 Total Score: 2.8
Bottle.Dark brown colour with no head.Aroma of dried fruits and spices,flavor of alc.Malt and caramel feels warming and slight metallic.
Earlier Rating: 10/25/2010 Total Score: 2.8
Bottle.Dark brown colour with no head.Aroma of dried fruits and spices,flavor of alc.Malt and caramel feels warming and slight metallic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2010
at 13:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle that I picked up at Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Gent, Belgium and consumed in Herefordshire 03-07-10 Pours dark brown in fact chestnut would be more accurate with off white moving to light beige head. There are dark sugars on the nose, its sweet & malty. The taste is sweet & malty with dark sugars also present in mouth, loads of chocolate and spice the bitterness is pleasant and its bitter chocolate. Nice beer. A6 A4 T8 P4 Ov14 3.6
Earlier Rating: 12/23/2007 Total Score: 2.9
[i] Bottle picked up from Hop Duvel Warehouse Gent [/i] Poured lighter and than expected, with a typical Belgian nose, sweetness and yeast dominate some nice soft carbonation, this is fine but no great shakes
Earlier Rating: 12/23/2007 Total Score: 2.9
[i] Bottle picked up from Hop Duvel Warehouse Gent [/i] Poured lighter and than expected, with a typical Belgian nose, sweetness and yeast dominate some nice soft carbonation, this is fine but no great shakes
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2010
at 00:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
11.2oz bottle. Foggy amber-brown color. Patchy, beige head. I get some spice in the aroma, maybe cinnamon, and nutmeg, but something else a little more herbal too, can’t put my finger on it..maybe chamomile. I’d guess this was a little bit pasts it’s prime, but it doesn’t show many signs of deterioration. Mellow spicy mouthfeel complements the big ABV quite well. Creamy, with some nice yeasty tones. A great Christmas beer, displays great balance for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2010
at 22:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
This beer doesn’t really have enough going on to hate or love. It’s just a ho-hum Belgian-style ale with a bit of spice. Pours a bright copper color with a fizzy white head. The aroma is mostly caramel malt, Belgian earthiness, candi sugar and spice (juniper berries?), but it doesn’t amount to anything particularly exciting. Flavor is mildly sweet. Mouthfeel is too thin. Actually, the beer is generally fairly weak for 8.5% abv. Not a bad beer but not something I’d recommend with so many excellent Belgian ales around.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2010
at 22:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Géants Christmas Goliath (8%) (by Brasserie des Géants (Brasserie des Légendes)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
Pours a dark rubyred with irregular beige head. Smells a little yeasty with hints of sour apple. Little acidic taste followed by a balanced bitterness and roasted malts. A bitter aftertaste with pronounced hints of coffee.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
Pours a dark rubyred with irregular beige head. Smells a little yeasty with hints of sour apple. Little acidic taste followed by a balanced bitterness and roasted malts. A bitter aftertaste with pronounced hints of coffee.
Tried
on 02 May 2010
at 07:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Beautiful bottle, the cap rusted a bit. Berry aroma; straw- and blueberries. Hazy amber, lacing brown layer. Brown sugar base, fruityness as in the aroma, light dry grassy notes, wooden dry ones as well, light belgian yeast notes, honey and berries retronasal. Mellow sparkly mouthfeel, medium body, feels a bit lighter than it is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2010
at 11:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Thick looking dark brown beer with a strong foamy white/lightly brown head. The aroma is lightly spiced, and the flavour is deeply spiced, vinous, rich, slightly yeasty, and bitter at the finish, Overall a nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2010
at 13:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Swift Lounge: Brown and off-white head. The aroma did not really impress me, but it was somewhat fruity, but not nearly as fruity and explosive as some Belgians are. There were however a lot of malts in the aroma, as well as in the taste. The taste of the beer was also somewhat underwhelming. Heavy malt backbone. Mild dark fruit flavors. Slightly syrupy feel to it. I was expecting something better, but this beer was certainly very drinkable, also the heavy alcohol was perfectly covered.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2010
at 11:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Kris Wines. Dark brown pour with an off-white head. Aromas of malts, raisins, dark fruits, demerara sugar, toffee. Flavours of bitter chocolate, malts,herbs, some coffee notes. Gentle bitterness on the palate. Finishes malty with a hint of bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2010
at 09:01