7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at THT August. Very dark brown with light brown head. Chocolate, soft herbs, roasted malts, blackberries, indeed some soft figs, ashy. Solid medium sweet and bitter, very light sour. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2020
at 21:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Aged sample Old ivory head, dwindling over faintly veiled chestnut beer. Parsley, cypress, other conifers, some dark malts. Sweet, liquorice with a faint bitterish-woody finish. Low carbonation, slick; falls dead but for the maltsugars. Oh well. Not very Belgian. Txs to Stef!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2020
at 06:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
4th June 2020. Bottle at home picked up in Lisbon in November 2019, back in the good days when I could travel with work. Pours a black, clear and thinish beer. Aroma has cocoa, dark chocolate and cherry. Taste is dark chocolate, sweet cherry, some liquor, it’s well balanced and unusual. Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2020
at 06:31
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of straw and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw and caramel, leading to a dry finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2020
at 16:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught, half pint. @Fábrica Nortada, Porto (Portugal). 10/03/2020. [#3.306 Global - #154 Portugal - #8 Mean Sardine] Light orange colour with a minimal white head. Aroma is chili peppers, soft honey and mango. Taste is mango at first but then the chili kicks in. Medium spicy habanero aftertaste. Next one please!
Tried
on 19 Mar 2020
at 17:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
33cl bottle. A black beer with a mid-sized good lasting beige head. Aroma of strong dark roasted malt, tobacco, coffee. Taste of dark roasted strong malt, sweet coffee, some chocolate and tobacco, hints of chili. Quite nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2020
at 22:25
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2020
at 16:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330mml. bottle. @"Xabarín", 24/12/2019.
[#3.159 Global - #135 Portugal - #7 Mean Sardine].
Deep black brown colour with a medium tan head. Aroma is port wine, spiced malts, nuts and figs. Taste is figs, liquorice and dried fruits leading to a medium intense port wine finish. Long port finish.
Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2019
at 15:02
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2019
at 16:31
7.5/10
Perfectly acceptable mexicacake interpretation. Lightly chilly, some tiny sliver of heat in the back. Bunch of vanilla, plenty of cacao, cinnamon. Roasty, sweet, smooth and with some subtle bitterness. Just a bit thin and metallic, but the flavours work.
Tried
from Bottle
from Beerdome
on 28 Nov 2019
at 23:00