Big, fine-laced, off-white head, over hazy light red-brown body. Aroma of spice and honey with notes of pepper, earth, and caramel. Big taste with lots of spice and caramel, plus some paradise seeds, somewhat sweet, quite bitter. Rounded aftertaste. Quite good, but a bit boring for a Belgian.

33cl bottle from Auchan. Amber colour with thick beige head. Toffee malt. Drying hop on finish. Not too strong tasting even given the 8.5% alcohol. Bit grainy in mouthfeel. Fine, just not very excitng 3.0/5. Re rate bottle at Firkin Alehouse. Clear orange brown colour. Malty tasty. It’s a decent amber Flanders ale. Some lager elements some Belgian ale but without the yeast. Tasty.

Bottled. Orange coloured, huge white foamy, very lasting head and leaves nice lacing. Malty and fruity aroma with hints of caramel. Sweet malty taste with hints of caramel. Alcohol is pretty wellhidden but shows a bit in the finish. Taste is a bit unbalanced, but still this is a very fine beer. 7 5 7 3 14

Re-rate: Bottled. Amber colour, huge beigeish bubbly head. Aroma of spices, alcohol, fruits and lots of caramellish malts. Also a bit white chocolate. Flavour is fruity, caramellish malty, creamy and spicy. Pleasant carbonation. Some roast in aftertaste, along with caramellish malts. Was even better than I remembered. Pleasant "session"beer. 8 5 7 4 15.

Bottled(330ml). -dark copper colored with nice foamy head, aroma is sweet and malty, light fruity with some licorice notes, sharp alcohol finish

Bottled (BB 01/2008)
Hazy dark orange-amber color, huge tanned foamy head, lace. Malty, earthy aroma, also some horse blanket. Liquerish palate with the typical bière de garde earthy notes and licorice flavor. Toffeish and slightly alcoholic and metallic aftertaste. I haven’t rated so many bière de gardes but I think this is a good example of the style.

Clear redbrown color, medium creamy off-white head. Aroma is sharp alcoholic, caramel malty and some vinegar, very weird. Aroma is sweet and malty, light fruity, but also sour vinegar and some alcohol. Sticky palate and alcoholic finish burning in the throat.

2003 (I presume) bottle. Muddy dark brown with some lighter auburns mixed in. Light beige tinges around the edges. Bottle conditioned. Big malty aroma, caramel to the max with some ripe brown/red fruits. Big fizzy off-white head. Begins with a huge burst of caramel sweetness with an equally big bitter hops kick. Interesting. . .this much bitter hops in a biere de garde. Body is medium to medium full. Alcohol is quite apparent on the finish, which has some lightly smokey flavors as well as some rich caramel and dry, dry yeast flavors. Typical barley/grain flavors for the style, with that sweet malt, but this is more aggressive, rich, almost roasty, and as I said, has a hint of smoke. Mouthfeel is extremely carbonated, but settles down somewhat. Finish is way too acidic for my liking, but the flavor is bold and I like that. I could see this aging well.

Bottled. Amber coloured. Lightly roasty, lively and yeasty. Some honey, yet dryish. Light bodied, flavourful and complex with grassy bitter finish.

Very active brew producing a massive head. The aroma and flavour is very vineous with strong malt hints. Overall a very intense brew but with a smooth palate after a while.

[1 year after the exp. date]
Cloudy brown-amber colour, too much carbonation. Malt nose, nuts. Good malt taste, too much alcohol, liquorice; warming. Ordinary palate. Doesn't age well, and gets some Madeira character.