[I had this one at the Kulminator in March 2004] The aroma is fantastic - dominated by sweet fruit notes; berries, cloves, and alcohol. The color is a slightly hazy amber with a small disappearing beige head. The flavor is very much like the aroma but combined with the alcohol prickling the tongue. This is truly a fantastic beer.

Amber, foggy body. Off-white, homogeneous head, mostly diminishing and fairly lacing. Malty, coffee (branded) aroma. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter initial flavour. Coffee-flavours. Lightly bitter, ligthly sweet (long) finish. Overwelming malty finish. Very pleasant beer.

750ml bottle, "mad bitch" - I took the cap off of this to find a wet cork with traces of mold on the top - "crap," I thought, "if I open this and it smells like wet garbage I'll be pissed, this was 12 bucks" - thankfully, what emerged from the bottle was a well-preserved, and very well-crafted tripel ale - large, though unsustained head - good lacing - aroma of bananas and sugar - flavor is quite sweet, with notes of banana, honey and some slight citrus - a bit of bitterness toward the end balances things out a bit - pastry-ish flavor combines with the honey notes to create a flavor that I can only describe as something akin to baklava - de dolle does it again.

Opaque orangey-red with a voluminous head. Aroma of pears, apples, malt, alcohol...interesting and appetizing. Sourish, sappy body carries notes of earth, low-lov crystal malts, pear, wood, straw and late alcohol. A real pleasure.

Undated bottle from Dorwart, consumed on 12/29/06
Fabulous appearance, as usual. Mountains of rocky off-white head piles up in clumps, leaving lacing everywhere and hardly receding below one-finger in height. Sparse streams of tiny bubbles drift upwards in the liquid. Medium-high clarity, leaving sediment behind (low floccing yeast it seems, as there is some haziness that wont drop despite putting it in the fridge a week before drinking)
Honey and sweet dough in the nose are balanced by fragrant, floral and spicy hops. Yeast esters are very dry, zesty and remind of very dry nectarine and unripened peach skins. Alcohol warmth definitely present, further drying things, but being interwoven with the fruit esters and malt very cohesively. Very strong nose, full and lasting. A touch of light cellar-like funk, but actually quite clean overall. Perfect balance between sweet and dry in the nose. Biscuit and honey malts are elegant and fresh.
A shot of honey and orange marmalade-like notes hit initially, followed by some spicy phenols and dry alcohol. Honey, bordering on light caramel creep in to the picture. The finish ends with one of the most elegant, cohesive, balanced flavors I’ve ever tasted. Dry for sure, but what is it? Is it dry, biscuity malt, dry fruit esters? Dry alcohol warmth? Dry, spicy hops? It’s perfectly melded together and very invigorating. Adding to this, lingering on the aftertaste is a superbly clean, clear note of honey covered biscuit-like malt that crescendos very pleasantly in to a lip smacking sweetness. Like beerdrenched says, complex and fun to drink. Tight, engaging carbonation, of course. Maybe a touch too much alcohol coarseness and very sweet in other parts, but still very unique.

Reddish-brown pour, with a fluffy head and large floaties resembling fish food flakes - earthy, cellared aroma, with lots of spice, darker fruits and yeast - tongue tickling carbonation - flavor is exploding with complexity - candy apples, cherries, raisins, dates, plums - brown sugar, molassas, cinnamon, ginger - finish is spicy and crisp, but leaves a lingering maltiness - thank you sir, may I have another?