Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

375mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Nose is very complex, with lots of rum barrels, a bit of bourbon, and tons of dried dark fruits. Flavour is intense, with loads of rum and bourbon barrels, with lots of dark dried fruits and caramel. Boozy and harsh, but it's in a pleasing way. Nice stuff, but overrated in my books.

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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

375 ml bottle into snifter, 2018 vintage bottling. Pours opaque dark drown/black color wioth a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the lace cap. Aromas of big raisin, plum, prune, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red apple, red wine, vanilla, rum, bourbon, toasted oak, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, and biscuit; with lighter notes of coconut, milk chocolate, cocoa, molasses, licorice, sherry, peppercorn, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Bit of booze in the aromas as it warms, but not too overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/light spicy yeast, dark/bready/light roasted malts, and bourbon/rum barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, plum, prune, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red apple, red wine, vanilla, rum, bourbon, toasted oak, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, and biscuit; with lighter notes of coconut, milk chocolate, cocoa, molasses, licorice, sherry, peppercorn, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/grass/roasted bitterness and yeast/rum/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark fruit, cherry, apricot, red apple, red wine, vanilla, rum, bourbon, toasted oak, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, biscuit, coconut, milk chocolate, cocoa, molasses, licorice, sherry, peppercorn, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/light spicy yeast, dark/bready/light roasted malts, and bourbon/rum barrel flavors; with a great malt/bitterness and rum/bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and yeast/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Lightly increasing warmth of 14%, with minimal barrel booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged Belgian strong dark ale! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/light spicy yeast, dark/bready/light roasted malts; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mildly bitter/spicy/tannic/drying finish. Amazing balance of yeast and rich malt complexity; with perfect Rum/Bourbon barrel integration. Not overly boozy, tannic, or drying. A highly amazing offering, and spot on style example as expected.

Suszone i kandyzowane ciemne owoce, figi, rodzynki, karmel, waniliny beczkowe. Srednio ciala i ciut alkoholu nieco psuja, ale paleta sups

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

dark brown colour, medium sized creamy beige head; aroma of dried cherry, dark chocolate, plum jam, maybe slight anise and alcoholic notes; taste of dark chocolate, cherry liqueur, slight vanilla, dried plum and raisins notes, as well as intensive spicy alcohol; excellent one!

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Small cream-tan head over near-black brown beer. End of bottle solid UFO's. Woody & vinous nose, dark chocolate, nutmeg, liquorice, spirit. Rather sweet, again lots of liquorice, drop, some chocolate. Again some mild hints at vinousness (does that word exist?), faint woody wryness. Dried fruit as plums and figs, fusels; faint incense warming up. Rich & warming, vinous-oily. Medium carbonated at best. Long-lasting flavours with fiery alcoholheat. Rich beer, but a bit nondescript in the end.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at a tasting at troubles' place. Dark brown. Big bourbon, wood, vanilla, coconut, rum, dark fruits, nuts, caramel, cookies, sweet, quite full-bodied, rounded. Great and complex.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 12.7fl.oz. [ As Lost Abbey Dead Man's Game ].Clear medium to dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt - roasted - toasted - caramel, wood, moderate yeasty, belgium yeast, plum, date, dried fruit, alcohol - rum. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, cognac - rum - sweet alcohol, dried fruit, date, dark dried fruit. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20180414] 7-4-8-4-16

--- Beer merged from original tick of Dead Man's Game on 07 Jul 2018 at 17:30 - Score: 9. Original review text: Oh wat lekker