75 cl bottle. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is herbal. Soapy. Sweet, fruity and spiced. Dark roasted malty and bredish. Roasted finish.

Thnx to Patrick !!! Pours unclear blonde, good white head. Smell is bitter, some malts in the back. Rather grainy, bit yeasty aftertaste. Just not hoppy enough to be an IPA, but very well balanced, and a nice hoppy profile that sure does make it better than the AVG belgian blonde. Lovely ! Earlier Rating: 1/31/2014 Total Score: 3.7Thnx to Jos (the brewer ) Pours amber, big white head No intense smell . Too much carbonation Taste is very good though . Bread, grains, bit malts, fruity hops . Bit bitter . Very nice ! but would be a truly good beer with less carbo ( and thus smaller foam )

At Kerstbierfestival 2015. Pours black, small grey head. Small grey head. Smell is bit dusty, dark malts. Taste is a bit sharp, roasted malts. Bit bitter. Mild sweetness. Misses the imperial stout - mouthfeel, and the complexity. Still OK though.

Bottle sampled at Essen Winterbier festival 2015. Appears black with a fawn head. Aroma of licorice, toffee, overripe dark fruits and malt. Flavour is over moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.

Sampled @ Kerstbierfestival Essen 2015. Dark brown color, brown colored head. Smell and taste malts, cold coffee, liquorice and liquorice bitter. Decent body and carbonation.

Thank you! Sampled 750 ml. bottle @ Kerstbierfestival Essen 2015. According to my booklet, this one has a different mashing schedule from the regular which should soften the taste. Bottle clearly states “Special Edition”. Black, mocha head. Nose is herbal, big licorice, anise, roasted coffee. Taste is still quite Belgian much like the other version but no soap in this one, more mellow, still heavy licorice, herbal, touch empty but more coherent with like blackberries note in the back. Okay body. Quite Belgian especially for the style but definitely nicer than I remember the regular being for me.

Bottle at the Essen Winter Beer Festival, 2015. Poured almost black with a fawn coloured head. The aroma is spicy coffee, dark chocolate, dry yeast. The flavour is light sweet with a yeast bitter, doughy, malt spicy palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Bottle shared. Pours cloudy orange with a medium off white head. Aroma of weedy hops, yeast, light fruits, light citrus, caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.

33cl bottle courtesy of and shared with Kermis. Thick creamy white head. Cloudy amber pour. Light bitterness. Ok.