Blue Monk Special Reserve (Bottled)
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.68
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Blue Monk Special Reserve is a quadruple which has been aged for 3 years in red wine barrels from Château Haut Breton Larigaudière in Margaux! It is dark brown in color with a beige frothy head. It has an aroma and bouquet of a complex red wine, with a soft taste of spice, berries and black cherries. The flavour is enriched with touches of caramel, fine chocolate, toasted nuts and soft hints of smoke. The fruity elements of red and dark fruits comes from the aging in barrels fine from Château Haut Breton Larigaudière in Margaux. These flavors are adding a slight vanilla note and some refined wood tannins.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark brown color, almost no foam. Very rich aroma: wine, vanilla, bourbon, butter, raisins, dried figs, sherry, dried fruit. Taste: strong, sherry and bourbon barrel, dried fruit, vanilla, raisins. Just very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2016
at 05:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From 330 ml bottle. Thanks Stellios! Dark copper brown color with beige head. Malty and light yeasty aroma, caramel, some roasted malty notes, chocolate, dark dried fruits, light wood, alcohol. Sweet and light bitter taste like aroma. Medium to full oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2016
at 05:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @Bir&Fud (Rome). Pours deep amber/brown with a medium off-white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, brown sugar, licorice, port wine, raisins, candied fruits. Flavour is medium to heavy sweet with a decent bitter end and very light sourness, milk. Full body, medium carbonation. Rich and powerful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2016
at 08:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles’s place. Thanks Yoav. Dark brown with a beige head. Nice aroma of caramel, dark fruits, yeast, some smokiness, mild roast, a bit of chocolate, a bit of wood, nutty note. Sweet flavor with caramel, dark fruits, yeast, brown sugar, a bit of wood, roasty hint. Medium to full-bodied, rounded. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2016
at 10:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Botella de @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo 08/10/2016. Color marron, sabor maltoso, dulce, cuerpo denso, buena cerveza.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2016
at 07:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Caramel, sweet malt, yeast, dried fruit, some spices.
Body: Full body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, malt, fruit, yeast.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Caramel, sweet malt, yeast, dried fruit, some spices.
Body: Full body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, malt, fruit, yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2016
at 02:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Leightons gaff , 19/09/2016. Many thanks to Matteo for this one. A clear chestnut brown coloured pour with a lasting mid tan head. Aroma is meaty glazed ham, mild smoked malts, boozy fruit cake, Belgian quad yeast. Flavour is composed of semi sweet complex malts, nutty, rich fruit cake, sherry. Palate is semi sweet, medium full bodied, highish carbonation. I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2016
at 12:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Matteo at LKS. it pours deep brown with a small off-white head. The aroma is rich, sweet, juicy, smokey, dried fruits, candy, fruit cake, toasty sugars, fig, stewed plum, wood and vanilla. The taste is smooth, rich, sweet, spicy, smoke, meaty, earth, salted plum, ume, dried fruits, fruit cake, vanilla, earth, wood and some warming alcohol with a pretty dry finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Interesting and good fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2016
at 12:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Matteo. Pours clear amber with a frothy, tan head. The nose holds meaty malts, smoked ham, toffee. Medium to heavy sweet flavour with light earthy bitterness, smoked meats, more ham, ripe berries, more toffee. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming in the finish, sticky sweet, with lots more toffee, smoked meat. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2016
at 12:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Bespin, thanks to Matteo, 19/09/16. Chestnut brown with a decent beige swirl. Nose is sweet malts, toffee, light spice, candied fruit peel, nutty, light varnish, hint of smoke. Taste comprises rich fruit cake, sweet malts, spice, toffee fudge, lightly smoked edge, caramel, brown bread, toasted brown sugars. Medium + body, fine carbonation, warming alcohol in the close. Decent strong, well balanced for the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2016
at 12:13