About
One hundred years ago, settling in Belgium in 1909, the famous British master brewer John Martin said: ''only connoisseurs can appreciate beers like mine''.
For a century now, three generations of "The Finest Drinks Company” have offered a fabulous voyage into the world of truly amazing drinks. Today, every second, day and night, two of our finest beers are savoured by lovers of finest Ales somewhere in the world! Thanks to a unique blend of English tradition, Belgian savoir-faire and a hint of daring, our special beers are treasures that we just want you to discover!
For a century now, three generations of "The Finest Drinks Company” have offered a fabulous voyage into the world of truly amazing drinks. Today, every second, day and night, two of our finest beers are savoured by lovers of finest Ales somewhere in the world! Thanks to a unique blend of English tradition, Belgian savoir-faire and a hint of daring, our special beers are treasures that we just want you to discover!
Part of the group
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear redbrown color, initially thick rocky head. Aroma is sweet malty, bit chocolate like, caramel and fruity. Sweet caramel taste. Sticky palate.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2003
at 03:57
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
A definite drain pour! Dark yellow color, short head, nothing wrong with the appearance. But then the smell: oversweet rum, brown sugar and coconut, more like a cocktail than a beer. Taste is pilsener-like with sweet rum. Palate is rum. Rum, rum, rum. I don't like rum...
Tried
on 05 Oct 2003
at 08:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark amber color, thin creamy head. Nice, sweet malty aroma, with some liquorice. Good malty body, a lot of caramel, some sweetness; very light liquorice; the final is less structured (than I remember). Final dominated by the caramel.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2003
at 02:10
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Clear golden apperance. Light raisiny aroma. Fruity with clean mouthfeel. Unremerkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2003
at 02:11
2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottled. Lousy lager in a gimmicky bottle, made for the Spanish market. Golden colour. Sweet and grainy, mellow and unclean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2003
at 01:58
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Canned. Golden colour. Fruity, dusty aroma. Clean, sweet and rounded woth some raisin. Boring.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2003
at 01:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Dark reddish brown. Rich head. Black currant and alcohol in the nose. Sweetish, malty, slightly toasted flavour. Warming finish.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2003
at 12:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Pretty aged sample). Very dark brown; creamy, cream-coloured full head. Biscuity nose, malt syrup, dark malts, nutty, licorice. Extreme licorice-flavour, like liquified "jap". Retronasal very fruity flavours; figs, pear syrup. Full-bodied, bit sticky, meaty ('bouillon'). Faint malt bitterness in the aftertaste, but the main stamp remains full sweetness. Aged, it's nice. The agressive roasted bitterness of the young beer is gone, and it's more true to the given style. My bottle says 8.8%ABV, however.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2003
at 12:43
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Amber coloured, medium head. Cascade-sweet aroma. Medium bodied. Quite sweet, almost cloying.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2003
at 12:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Mahogany-red, very clear. Sumptuous creamy, irregular head, collapsing with regular lace. nose yields something lactic, chocolate malt and tobacco. Sweet taste, chocolate and tobacco again. Very malty (dark malts), sharp edge around a vinous, dark sultana-like taste. Thick, chewy mouthfeel. In the aftertaste, the sharp edge becomes a burnt-malt flavour, not pleasant. Several British confirmed it - Scots Courage does one of its finest efforts, specially for the belgain market. I they could round off that harsh bitter finish a bit...
Tried
on 20 Jul 2003
at 11:39