6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pale yellow; big white head, not stable. Grassy nose, but also bit of esters, hay, bit of honey, summertrees pollinating. Bit malty taste, specific pale mats, faint grass. Slight liquorice and honey on the palate. Light bodied, slight warming burn - not even really thirstquenching (soif=thirst). As an attempt to brew pils with top fermenting yeast. Not bad, but it tears of in five directions at once, arriving nowhere in the end.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2004
at 14:54
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[Draft at ZBF 2004] A brown beer with a fine lazing but disappearing head. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty too - but with notes of roasted bread and aroma hops giving way to a bitter dry woody end.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2004
at 19:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
The aroma is slightly sour combined with sweet notes, fruit and cherries (more than strawberries). The color is an unclear light brown and it has a small lazing beige head. The flavor is very sweet berries combined with dry wood and metal. The flavor is a little too sweet - but besides that, this is a really good beer.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2004
at 12:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught) very dark, hazy chestnut; yellow-creamy head, very lacey. Faint smokey nose on top of obviously very sweet (molasses, liquorice). Very sweet taste, molasses and dark candi sugar - even soem "Traubenzucker". At the same time chocolate and coloured swet malts. Finish is surprisingly dry, aromatic in the way of a triple. Full-bodied, warming; "eating and drinking at the same time. Excellent balance. Ultra brune has always been my favourite from this Flemish Walloon brewer. It still is.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Mar 2004
at 01:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught) Fully hazy dark brown; small rim of darkish foam. Faint piney smell, bit of old hops. Very spicey (cinnamon)taste, sweet and fruity. Bit wheat-like, very aromatic. Well-bodied, warming. Nice spicey beer, supposed to be mulled. I wouldn't be surprised if it would improve. I wonder how different it is from de Noël brune (0.5 ABV)?
Tried
on 09 Mar 2004
at 01:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brown with amber shine, faint haze; very thick, creamy & uneven head, yellow-brown. "Beery" (as in spilt -) nose, molasses, seaweed & spices. Quite sweet taste, fruity and perfumed with cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms, but with a lot of burnt malts as well. Full bodied, even chewy. Long spicey aftertaste. Very sweet, very perfumed; slightly "overdone"...
Tried
on 01 Jan 2004
at 07:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
White head, fast gone; completely light-gold, clear. Nose of gingerbread and alcohol. Cinnamon, allspice, ginger, "Lierse Vlaaikens" (=Belgian regional spiced patisserie speciality). Sweet taste, gingerbread, cinnamon². Unbelievable flavours, but "slightly over the top". Light mouthfeel, but all the same well-bodied. It's over the top, but in an enthusiastic way -bit like liquid speculoos. Not really bad, neither - ought to be tried.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2003
at 02:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Dark amber - brown color; thin persistent collar of foam; beautiful lace, sticky.
Pleasant nose of malt, liquorice, roasted malt; delicate, a touch of alcohol; nuts; spicy.
Good body strength, much equilibrated, with the correct balance of malt, hop, sweetness, bitterness, well hiding the alcohol content; Fudge, caramel; smooth.
Not original, but really a solid one.
Pleasant nose of malt, liquorice, roasted malt; delicate, a touch of alcohol; nuts; spicy.
Good body strength, much equilibrated, with the correct balance of malt, hop, sweetness, bitterness, well hiding the alcohol content; Fudge, caramel; smooth.
Not original, but really a solid one.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2003
at 03:02
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Beautiful amber color; giant creamy head; fine perlage, plentiful; beautiful lace.
Nice malt aroma, slightly fruity, honey.
Good body strngth, malty, well balanced, with a nice aromatic final. Just a light note of medicine, quickly disappearing; spicy.
Not original, but really a solid one.
Nice malt aroma, slightly fruity, honey.
Good body strngth, malty, well balanced, with a nice aromatic final. Just a light note of medicine, quickly disappearing; spicy.
Not original, but really a solid one.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2003
at 02:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brownish red. Sweet, almost bizarre jelly/raspberry aroma. Acidic, balsamic, yet sweet candy flavour. Sweet raspberry flavour. A complex and very unusual beer, nice to drink small amounts of.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2002
at 05:30