33cl Bottle: best before sometime in 2013: poured into a ’Leffe’ chalice on 21st Aug 2012. Clear blond, sediment left in the bottle, will have that after this live review. Good full head of white foaming bubbles, plenty of carbonisation as the trail of small bubbles rise towards the head. Sweet floral hop nose, sugar cane sweet in the taste, one of the sweetest beers I’ve ever had: corn and Belgian yeasts add to both the aroma and the taste, but I couldn’t find any rum (or raisins), only sweetness. One small bottle is enough for a sitting: just a sweet brew (and I like the sweeter beers normally). Foot note: even sweeter when the grist/sediment is added, the rum content might even have been hinted at!

Bright blond colour. Sweet aroma with some fruity banana tones. Thick texture, quite sticky, sugary. Aside from the sweetness this is quite plain.

toast, cereal, cooked vegetables, alcohol, red, white foam, rocky head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium body, sticky, astringent, lively,

33cl bottle. Murky golden beer with a good formation of white head. Perfect lasting and lacework on the glass. Aroma is fruity, slightly spicy and yeasty. Flavour has citrus hints, with spicy and sweet notes. The final is slightly bittery. Moderate dense on palate. Carbonation is medium to lively. Body is medium to high. Texture is oily.

Bright golden color, medium fluffy white head. Aroma of yeast and white pepper. Taste is vanilla, straw in an odd combination.

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 13/06/09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on May 5 2011; eye: golden, slightly hazy, lots of effervescence, good white head made up of average-sized bubbles, nice lacing; nose: yeast, spices, slight Madeira; mouth: yeast, lots of sugar, slight spices, light Madeira, slight rum, finale in light Madeira with presence of sugar, medium body, good carbonation, rather sweet, syrupy texture; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 13/06/09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 5 mai 2011; œil : dorée, très légèrement voilée, très effervescente, bonne mousse blanche formée de bulles moyennes, bonne dentelle; nez : levure, épices, très léger madère; bouche : levure, beaucoup de sucre, très léger épices, léger madère, très léger rhum, finale en léger madère avec présence de sucre, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, plutôt sucrée, texture sirupeuse; en résumé : ordinaire

Bottled 330ml. -from Brasserie Henry, Budapest.
Slightly cloudy yellow coloured, medium sized white head, interesting flowery and mild spicy nose interrupted by four idiots behind me smoking cigars. Mild fruity, slight alcoholic and subdued rum taste with pleasant spicy notes. Not bad at all, nice surprise.

(bottle, 33cl) Clear, pale golden colour with a blond and tall foamy head. Discreet aroma: yeasty and citric fruity with a floral touch. Sweet flavour, medium bodied with a sparkling carbonation. Pale malt character with yeasty and citric notes, as well as alcohol shining through; sweet and slightly sticky alcoholic finish. Rather undemanding. 04.I.11