Subsidiaries
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
A pitch black beer with no head - not the color I expected from a Brown Ale. The aroma is powerful of licorice and roasted malts. The flavor is great; malty, roasted malts, licorice, and a really good bitter finish from a combination of malt and hop bitterness. A really great beer.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 14:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[2003 Version 6.5% ABV] The aroma is spicy with notes of cloves. The color is an unclear brown and it has no head. The flavor is sweet and rather complex with notes of cloves, oranges, prunes, plums, and dry wood. The alcohol runs prickling over the tongue before it ends on a long aftertaste of dates and prunes. It has a nice palate. A good Christmas brew. [2004 version 5.8% ABV] This has a different spice combination than the 2003 version: An unclear deep red beer with a disappearing off-white head. The aroma is sweet spicy. The flavor is sweet with loads of cloves, cinnamon, and oranges. A real Christmas brew execpt for the cold serving temperature. [6/3/7/3/14]
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 13:10
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2003-11-17, 7-5-8-4-16=40
Dark color. Creamy big head. Nice moka aroma; light fudge and malt. Sweet and wrapping the mouth in the beginning, with a rising coffee flavor. This is the only beer with the pleasure of coffee! I could drink liters…
2004-09-28, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Wonderful for the harmony, this Cappuccino beer.
Dark color. Creamy big head. Nice moka aroma; light fudge and malt. Sweet and wrapping the mouth in the beginning, with a rising coffee flavor. This is the only beer with the pleasure of coffee! I could drink liters…
2004-09-28, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Wonderful for the harmony, this Cappuccino beer.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 06:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy amber color. Some malt and yeast nose; quite nice malt, fruits, chewingum, caramel. Quite round body, a light fruitness, a very light metallic sensation, too much carbonation.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 06:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
2008-03-07, draught at the brewpub, 5-3-6-3-11=28
Simpler than I remember, with some malt flavor, but no crispy character and no noble hop.
2003-11-17, draught at the brewpub, 6-3-7-4-14=34
Gold color. Pretty nice hop aroma and malt. Good body strength, with a good malt (yet dry) and very well balanced later by the hopping (also aromatic). Good one.
Simpler than I remember, with some malt flavor, but no crispy character and no noble hop.
2003-11-17, draught at the brewpub, 6-3-7-4-14=34
Gold color. Pretty nice hop aroma and malt. Good body strength, with a good malt (yet dry) and very well balanced later by the hopping (also aromatic). Good one.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 03:20
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hazy blond color. Very light aroma. Quite light flavor, dry, a bit metallic. Correctly bitter, but missing a bite.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 03:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy blond color. Nice hop aroma, citrusy, very much Belgian-like. Fresh and enjoyable, quite dry, equilibrated, with a delicate hopping.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 03:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2003-12-02, 7-4-8-5-15=39
Amber color. Nice hop aroma. Also the body (caramel over all), dry, is very well hopped. I like this one a lot!
2004-09-28, 6-3-7-3-14=33
Less interesting than it used to be, strong caramel character, but still a nice final hoppy note.
Amber color. Nice hop aroma. Also the body (caramel over all), dry, is very well hopped. I like this one a lot!
2004-09-28, 6-3-7-3-14=33
Less interesting than it used to be, strong caramel character, but still a nice final hoppy note.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 03:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2003-12-02, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Brown color; poor head. Very nice aroma, of malt and cookies, hop. The body is on the dry side, with a lot of caramel and caramel bitterness; but it has quite hidden a delicate and very good hop note; spices, roasted nuts.
2004-09-28, 7-4-7-4-15=37
A Brown Ale with very nice coffeish notes, quite dry…
Brown color; poor head. Very nice aroma, of malt and cookies, hop. The body is on the dry side, with a lot of caramel and caramel bitterness; but it has quite hidden a delicate and very good hop note; spices, roasted nuts.
2004-09-28, 7-4-7-4-15=37
A Brown Ale with very nice coffeish notes, quite dry…
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 03:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cloudy brown-amber color. Nice aroma: malt, oranges. Quite sweet in the front; a lot spicy; then the caramel, and finally balanced by the bitterness. Good, but should be improved by a better hopping and, if possible, some fruitness. Sweet and spicy over all.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2003
at 03:14