7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Almost Black/brown color with light brown head. Aroma is a sour citrus smell. Sour first with a light caramel coffee dark beer finish.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2006
at 05:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown with red haze, the head was a light brown. Sourish bark that almost smelled burnt. The taste was a similiar burnt taste and was very zingy.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2006
at 05:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Reading BF 06. Deep gold with lasting white head. Distincive Dutch/yeast flavour, aroma has a bit of banana, orange zest. Not much of a bitter, but drinkable
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2006
at 14:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(bottle) Slightly hazy, reddish brown coloured and effervescent hue with a huge frothy beige head. Sweet malty, toasted and fruity (cranberries) aroma with a touch of bubble gum. Sweet flavour, medium body, lively carbonation. Initially moderately sweet toastmalty and intensely fruity taste with notes of caramel; sweet, toasty, still fruity and slightly spiced and tart finish. Nice, but not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2006
at 04:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
A hazy red beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet with main notes of berries, but also hints of wood. The flavor is sweet woody combined with notes of berries, and a slight acidity. The body is somehow thin - hard to imagine in a 8.5% ABV Belgian beer.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2006
at 13:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Fruity and chocolate aroma. Very dark brown colour with a reddish shine. Big, rocky, semi-stable light brown head. Roasted flavour, milk chocolate. Fruity pepperiness in aftertaste. Very warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2006
at 07:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2007-11-30, Papsø’s Blind Tasting, 7-3-7-3-14=34
cloudy light amber color. Drinkable strong Belgian ale, with some vegetable touch, light fruitness (apricots in the aroma), a less than strong body, ordinary bitterness. Nothing special.
2006-02-18, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Gorgeous amber color with a generous white head. The aroma, malty, shows some spices as well, perfumy. The mouthfeel, less thick than supposed, is quite ordinary, with some dry malt, light spices and without other characteristics to be noted; it ends with a typical Belgian bitterness (quite bold but not aromatic) and a warming alcohol.
Good, but overall it shows again the problems of the Dutch to match the Belgian quality.
cloudy light amber color. Drinkable strong Belgian ale, with some vegetable touch, light fruitness (apricots in the aroma), a less than strong body, ordinary bitterness. Nothing special.
2006-02-18, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Gorgeous amber color with a generous white head. The aroma, malty, shows some spices as well, perfumy. The mouthfeel, less thick than supposed, is quite ordinary, with some dry malt, light spices and without other characteristics to be noted; it ends with a typical Belgian bitterness (quite bold but not aromatic) and a warming alcohol.
Good, but overall it shows again the problems of the Dutch to match the Belgian quality.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2006
at 15:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Smells bitter, hint of aroma hops. Almost clear copper colour. Small stable white head. Bready flavour, not impressive. The hoppiness is OK, well aroma-hopped, but not very bitter. Breadiness again in aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2006
at 05:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught. Wheaty, semi-oxidized aroma. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Flavour is not very powerful, but OK bready, wheaty and spicy. Goes down quite well.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2006
at 08:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark chestnut colour, not quite clear under collapsing dark big head, little carbonation. Rich alcohol and higher alcohols nose, malts (coloured and others), some wood, and aroma’s of vanilla, fruit as apricot or dried figs. Vanilla, caramel and even toffee, fruit cake with syrup, fruit toffees (some sweet orange). Alcohol is very much hidden, but warm, rich and near velvety MF makes this complex, even if to the very sweet side. I like this, as I do most Scheldebrouwerij products.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2006
at 17:00