7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a quite opaque brown beer with a great head with good retention. Aroma is bit weaker then expected with some roasted malts and some light plums. Taste is also a mix between roasted malts, a bit of candi sugar and some light plums. Overall, this is a good beer lacking a bit of complexity and overshadowed by better products from this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2004
at 09:12
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
One of my favorite Belgians and one I really look for on draft. +++ Sampled from a 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer pours a dark brown color with a medium tan head that lingers and left good lacing. There is a mild sweet and sour scent with notes of ripe fruit and caramel. The flavor is sweet with strong fruitiness, strong caramel, molasses and lightly roasted malts. There is a long tangy fruit and caramel finish. Fairly full bodied. The alcohol is fairly subdued.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2004
at 06:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Very dark brown; preposterously huge, brown head, fast dwindling. Chocolate malt, mintsoap, touch woody in the nose. Sharp woody flavour to start with, then soft sweet malt comes adrift under a sharper roasted profile. Still some chocolate. Rather flat, dead mouthfeel, it's as if the beer's tired. Shame, because quite OK so far. Not thin, however. Not bad overall, but its bigger brothers are way more interesting.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2004
at 14:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours cloudy peach-colored with next to no head. Aroma of sour apple peel, orange, and coriander. Flavor begins on a tangy note, with orange, coriander and banana, and leads to a spice-dominated finish. Not as refreshing as some witbiers but this is full-flavored and interesting.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2004
at 21:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Rerate, 330 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 10%. Dark brown colour, huge off-white to beige head. Aroma and flavour mainly as the first time, but I drank the beer a little colder now, and the sweetness was not overwhelming. I’m upping it a couple points. Original rating: 330 ml capped bottle. I had trouble getting the very hard cap off (no proper opener at hand), and 1/4 of the beer was driven out by the carbonation before I succeeded. Drank it at temp. appr. 14 degrees C. Beer was murky brown with floaties, large tan head. Aroma was malty sweet with prunes, figs, dates, chocolate and cedarwood. Flavour was again malty sweet with prunes, figs, dates and chocolate. No detectable bitterness. A complex beer, but too sweet to be "perfect" IMO.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2004
at 15:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Semi-dark brown. White head, big, lasting bubbles. Smells of yeast and a little bit fruity. Rich and dry taste. No big aftertaste, but a hint of candy/bubblegum. Also slight metallic aftertaste?
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2004
at 17:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
BB 2004 bottle. Dull black olive appearance, though much more brown than black, but quite drab. Bottle conditioned. Head is nice and thick, and a light mocha color. Aroma is raisins to the max. Also some sugary malt, brown sugar and some light spice, maybe cinnamon. Alcohol perceptive on the nose, and as I dive in, it’s perceptive on the body as well. Body is full, but not heavily so. More raisins, light, light yeast on the finish, some lightly phenolic candied sugar as well. The sweetness and raisiny/fig flavor seemed a bit too dominant. Mouthfeel was pretty nice, smooth with a tinge of carbonation. I thought Rochefort 10 was much more complex.
On draught January 2005 at Anam Cara Not quite as sweet as I remember, but still a rather sticky, doughy, candy jumbled mess. Some dry notes of spice at the beginning add some balance. My small sample was not enough to change my rating either way.
On draught January 2005 at Anam Cara Not quite as sweet as I remember, but still a rather sticky, doughy, candy jumbled mess. Some dry notes of spice at the beginning add some balance. My small sample was not enough to change my rating either way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2004
at 22:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Ugly pale off-yellow, however, it has one gorgeous head and lots of carbonation. Smells like a mix between gin and cider... just by the smell, I can tell this is going to finish dry, let's see if I am right. Well, the finish isn't as dry as I had anticipated. Goes in smooth and sweet, lays there tenderly, and finishes with a bittersweet liquor taste. Very nice indeed. A very drinkable beer, though at 7.5% probably not a good session beer.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2004
at 15:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Georgeous unfiltered dark brown, with a nice fluffy tan head. Reminds me of dark, dark cider with nutmeg floating around. Nice sweet alchohol scent... not too overpowering... some fruitiness in there too. This one is odd... first sip I was thinking, "Hmm, a bit too harsh and fake." But the second sip is when I truly tasted the complexity. Starts out with a sweet fruity apple, or similar fruit, and gets progressively bitter, finishing with an creamy chocolatey/coffee taste. Nice beer... not a session for it's sweetness and abv... but I'll see more of these in my future.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2004
at 15:42
3.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 1
Nice deep brown in color, with a good sized rootbeer-like head. When it fades, it laces nicely. I don't get much of a scent... a tiny hint of something, but it's so weak I can't give a good rating here. I don't know if I got a bad bottle or if this is what this beer is supposed to taste like, but it's absolutely awful. Reminds me of eating a banana peel that's been rotting in the trash can for a few days. Finishes with a stronger taste of booze than Ketel One. With the high reviews, I must have a bad one. It's got 4 6 7 notched, though I could only guess what that could possibly mean. It's got a decent mouthfeel, but it sure is hard to keep in my mouth for very long. I'll assume I got a bad one. I've strong beers before that I quite enjoyed... a few with a higher alcohol content. This, whether it's a bad bottle or not, is undrinkable. I'll try it again and rerate if necessary.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2004
at 15:41