Subsidiaries
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This is a hazy orange beer that comes out of the bottle with a rich, but quickly diappearing head. Strong raisin and alcohol in the nose which turns spicy as the beer warms. A slightly watery, cold brandy. It needs to hide it's alcohol better to suit me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2004
at 19:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy yellow color, white head. Aroma is sweet fruits, bit anis. Sweet and spicy taste, sugar. Bit sharp palate. Quite ok.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2004
at 04:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Malty, fruity and warming. This Strong Belgian is pleasing without any of the wierder flavors some Belgians surprise you with. Worth a try.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2004
at 14:27
4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
The name alone worries me, but it actually looks like a really nice kriek - dark ruby red and cloudy with a thin pink head. Smells like cherry Lifesavers, though - all sugar and artificial flavouring. Sweet and sour body has reasonable fullness (probably from all those unfermented sugars). Candyish cherry note overwhelm anything else that might be lurking in there. Not for diabetics, or anyone over the age of 12, but I can't hate it because it does do a couple of things right (as mentioned above).
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2003
at 22:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2003 (I presume) bottle. Awesome ruby-amber red color, big off-white, slight yellow head. Good lacing. Maybe the finest bubbles arising from the bottom that I have seen. Smells like a strawberry twizzler, medium sweet, slightly plasticy, some cherry-yeast aroma, light clove and light, rounded hops??? Well anyways, it tastes amazing. Everyone else says Sweet, sweet and more sweet. Hmmm, it’s sweet, but I usually hate extra sweet beers, but I’m likin this, really much so. Spices, but the good kind, cinnamon, allspice. Good yeast flavors, nice finish and aftertaste includes some hops. It’s like an American-belgian!! I love it but I’m ashamed that I love it!!! Damn I’m so domestic!!!! (ps. I cant find the alcohol in this!!) 7/4/9/4/17
Draught at Canary Square, 12/29/18.
Light DMS, perhaps, with light acidity that has an almost acetic quality. Bread and candied fruits through the middle with moderate sweetness and moderate spiciness.
In the mouth it's a bit loose on the carbonation, with that same slight acetic edge, heavy specialty malt leading to too much hard candy-like character. A hint of clove and other peppery/spicy phenol and not too alcoholic or messy. I don't know, it's no trainwreck or anything, but it's far from exciting or even very interesting. Nothing I would ever look forward to drinking again. Overall rating is for this sample.
Draught at Canary Square, 12/29/18.
Light DMS, perhaps, with light acidity that has an almost acetic quality. Bread and candied fruits through the middle with moderate sweetness and moderate spiciness.
In the mouth it's a bit loose on the carbonation, with that same slight acetic edge, heavy specialty malt leading to too much hard candy-like character. A hint of clove and other peppery/spicy phenol and not too alcoholic or messy. I don't know, it's no trainwreck or anything, but it's far from exciting or even very interesting. Nothing I would ever look forward to drinking again. Overall rating is for this sample.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2003
at 19:17
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft, at the Map Room, Chicago. Dark body that “glows” with brown highlights around the edges. Slightly minty taste like a root beer, then a little bit of fruitiness. Finally resolves to a winey taste at the end. Complex brew that you don’t realize is overpowering you until it’s too late.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2003
at 09:57
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Yellow gold, totally clear; slim ring of white. Alcoholic nose, very pale malt-beer, even grainy. Taste is alcohol again, very dry and very much grain. very dry - and yet sweet. And NO character but the alcohol. Another Huyghe alcohol punch. Don't go out of your way finding it. So-called brewery "Duwac" doesn't brew at all.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2003
at 03:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very dark brown, but with a reddish shine; big brownish head. Fruity nose, chlorophyl chewing gum, dark malts but restrained. Sweet taste, but with a (Good Heavens!) curry flavour. Roasted malts in the background. Retronasal again fruity tastes (blueberry?). Full bodied, but palate is rather thinnish. Aftertaste comes back with the curry/coriander flavour. Again, not one of my favourites. The nose promesses more than the beer delivers.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2003
at 01:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cloudy brown color, lasting head. Aroma is very nice of roasted malts, bit port-wine notes, chocolat, fruity of grapes. Taste is a bit disappointing after the great nose, bit sharp roasted malts, sweet and dry.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2003
at 04:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours garnet red-brown, with a light, creamy light tan head. Prunes and brown sugar in the aroma. Rich flavor reminds me of a doppelbock: strong prunes and toffee, with caramel and raisins. Alcohol is nicely subdued. Tangy aftertaste is somewhat distracting. I love the doppelbock flavor of this one.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2003
at 17:57