5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are spices, caramel, fruits, malt and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2013
at 14:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl, lot 12042, BB 08-2013. Ambrée avec une légère brume de levure vers mi bouteille, col beige. Arôme rappel de suite une bière de Noël du moins dans le style très américain utilisant les épices. Je note des pointes de cannelle, de girofle, le tout restant herbacé comme un pain d’épice avec des notes de veilles herbes. En bouche, premières impressions sont d’une bière épicée au profile festif, le palais est sec avec des notes d’épices qui rendent le tout intéressant. Sans cet ajout, je crains que cette dernière ne tombe dans ce style typique belge. Malt reste discret avec une brève pointe de houblon laissant juste ce qu’il faut pour un léger côté citronné en amertume.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jul 2012
at 07:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Label mentions it being brewed in Brakel, which means De Graal. Full name is Belle & Forte Amber Beige head, slowly dwindling over fully hazy dark amber-brown beer. Sharpish spicy nose: clove (even eugenol), liquorice, cinnamon, but also American hops. Pretty imposing aroma, not necessarily inviting. Again sharp bitterish-spicy flavour; typical spiceoils (eugenol, cinnamonoil, allspice, etc.) Traces of hop, malts present. Feels overcarbonated, very fizzy. Alcohol- and spicesburn. Quite slick, well bodied. I’d qualified this as a typical spiced Christmas warmer. That the blurb calls it "thirstquenching" is something of a hooter. And Sas van Gent - the new francophone enclave in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen?
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jul 2012
at 11:18
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as La Fontaine Belle & Forte Amber (by Brouwerij La Fontaine):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5
20/V/2012 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: VIII/13 (2012-530)
Bit cloudy red brown beer, big aery beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: band-aid, ripe to overripe fruits, some raisins. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: bit malty, dried fruits, bitter hops, some mocha, bit herbal, little sugary, overripe fruits. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, hoppy, alcohol warming the throat, herbal, overripe banana. Not my cup of tea. Didn't get any of the American hops.
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5
20/V/2012 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: VIII/13 (2012-530)
Bit cloudy red brown beer, big aery beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: band-aid, ripe to overripe fruits, some raisins. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: bit malty, dried fruits, bitter hops, some mocha, bit herbal, little sugary, overripe fruits. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, hoppy, alcohol warming the throat, herbal, overripe banana. Not my cup of tea. Didn't get any of the American hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2012
at 09:14
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sampled @ KBC Festival Den Bosch 2012. Clear orange / red color, small white head. Smell malts, herbs, spices. Taste malts, herbs, spices, slightly bitter hints. Low to medium carrbonation, low body.
Tried
on 07 May 2012
at 11:50