7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks Luigi, you get a classical and smooth Belgian amber beer, a bit sweet, creamy at the palate, bready, light and final of hop, 02.01.20, purchased at le Belge, tasting it at Epalinges.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2026
at 13:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
(sample, bottle) Hazy dark amber. Medium beige head. Sweet, malt, chocolate, spicy. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2025
at 21:06
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
30 August 2025. At 7de Bier van Olier (Sijsele). Cheers to Anke, mom & dad!
Weak vegetable aroma, bell peppers, yellow cherry tomato, crackers. Dry, restrainedly sweetish taste of apple, unripe pear, tomato. Dry grassy hops, cracker. Lively carbonation. I don't really get the intention here, as the base beer is too weak to even begin supporting an adjunct umami flavour, within a very fizzy mouthfeel. Feels a bit like old-school Gaverhopke. I do appreciate the willingness to experiment, but I'd say back to basics first.
Weak vegetable aroma, bell peppers, yellow cherry tomato, crackers. Dry, restrainedly sweetish taste of apple, unripe pear, tomato. Dry grassy hops, cracker. Lively carbonation. I don't really get the intention here, as the base beer is too weak to even begin supporting an adjunct umami flavour, within a very fizzy mouthfeel. Feels a bit like old-school Gaverhopke. I do appreciate the willingness to experiment, but I'd say back to basics first.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2025
at 13:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle @ 4AD, Diksmuide watching Dries the one man blues band and Left Lane Cruiser. Pours a misty blonde, large white head. Nicely sweet with cereal malt rising through. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2025
at 12:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Rather dense yellow head, stable, over deep garnet, brilliant beer, lacey. Sweet, woody, dried fruit as plums, dates, figs; molasses, fusels, vanilla, condensed sweetened milk, milkchocolate. Sharpish bitter, fruity flavours. Fruit-filled chocolate, vanilla, wood, liquorice, booze. Very thick and viscous, oily despite good carbonation. Alcoholheat. Sweet - maybe just a tad too much liquorice for a top Barley Wine as from the States or the UK. Still, not unmeritory. Txs to Stef!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2025
at 07:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
bottled in Brussels. pours gold with white head. some fruit spice and such. average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle via Ward - many thanks!
A: clear yellow, small,, foamy, white head.
A: coriander, wheat, lemon zest, potato, soap.
T: sweetish apple, sourish lemon, soapy coriander.
F: floral hops, spicy coriander, apple, lemon, some warming vodka-like alcohol.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Easily drinkable; bit too soapy as is often the case with Fort Lapin. Congrats (again) to your newborn, Ward, but allow me to crack open a different bottle (obviously bought at Stacks) more to my liking ;-)
A: clear yellow, small,, foamy, white head.
A: coriander, wheat, lemon zest, potato, soap.
T: sweetish apple, sourish lemon, soapy coriander.
F: floral hops, spicy coriander, apple, lemon, some warming vodka-like alcohol.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Easily drinkable; bit too soapy as is often the case with Fort Lapin. Congrats (again) to your newborn, Ward, but allow me to crack open a different bottle (obviously bought at Stacks) more to my liking ;-)
Tried
on 06 Mar 2025
at 10:50
6/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2025
at 12:07