Subsidiaries
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Slight gushing to huge pinkish head; fully hazy cyclamen-red beer. Fruity, raspberry-ish aromas, pastry-like. Very sweet taste with a (dark??) malty underslung.There is some fruity tang, but not anywhere enough to speak about acidity. Fruitcake flavour. Rather well bodied, fruit-juice like texture, but there’s more around, of course. ’t Anker wanted to have its own oddity. Oh well, worse certainly exists. Seems to be extremely popular in the UK, I’m told.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2005
at 14:12
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2003 Bottle: Poured a rusty and cloudy amber ale with a medium brown head with surprisingly great retention. Aroma is quite port-like sweet with strong malt also noticeable. Taste is sweeter then expected and I was glad I drank this after dinner since the sweetness would have been too overpowering before a meal. Body is quite full and alcohol is not discernable which I always appreciate. Overall, I would say that this si another great beer from a sometime underappreciated brewery – I very much appreciated the creamy, fruit/sweetness of this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2005
at 10:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Muddy amber color with red shades. Mellow aroma of fruit candies (mix of strawberry and cherry). Far from being a real beer, yet it’s somehow pleasant to drink, quite sweet and with some fruitness (cherry and strawberry, inverse order); but the arrière-goût is too strange (kernels bitterness…).
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2005
at 05:06
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
#400 Pours out a hazy mahogny color with a small light tan head. Fine lacing is maintained very well. Aromas are a very nice combination of caramel, apple ciderplums, brown sugar and just a little of that classic Belgian spice. Flavors are much the same. Lots of sweet caramel and brown sugar with some smokey notes as well. The high ABV is noticeable but plays well together with the other flavors. Fine but lively carbonation and a slightly bitter woody aftertaste. Very nice way to close out 2004 Thanks for the recomendation Larry Pitonka
Tried
on 31 Dec 2004
at 20:54
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Knew nothing about this beer whatsoever until I opened it. Had no clue it would be murky purple with a pink head. Not exactly what I had in mind, but hey, whatever. Anyway, aroma is outstanding- smells like sweet raspberry... and real raspberry, not some cheap extract. Flavor is outstandingly fruity raspberry/blackberry, with some bitter blackcurrants underneath. Nicely sweet, but the blackcurrant bitterness pushes that sweetness out of the way for a nice, clean finish. Nice carbonation level, as well. Probably the best fruit beer I’ve had to date.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2004
at 01:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. Nut brown, slightly cloudy. Head is white and creamy but not very stable. Served very cold (at Het Anker) Acidic/sour aroma. Flavour is mild but tasteful. Fruity, malty, caramelly. Aftertaste is malty and not very bitter. The beer is nice, refreshing and satiating (I was hungry).
Tried
on 15 Dec 2004
at 06:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2001 bottle ABV 8.5% Red-brown colour. The foam gushed out of the bottle when I opened it and there wasn’t much left to make a head in the glass. Chocolate and toffee-aroma with a hint of vanillia.Fruity flavour with notes of chocolate and toffee. The alcohol gives the finish some extra bite.
2002 bottle ABV 8 % Red-brown colour, rich head. Not so pleasant aroma: sweaty socks and cheese. Fruity and warming flavor. Judging by the aroma this bottle must’ve gone slightly bad.
2004 Bottle ABV 11 % Brown, reddish colour. Rich head. Chocolate and toffee-aroma with fumes of alcohol. Round, soft, rich & warming toffee flavour. The alcohol shows up in the finish.
I think the youngest version was the best!
2002 bottle ABV 8 % Red-brown colour, rich head. Not so pleasant aroma: sweaty socks and cheese. Fruity and warming flavor. Judging by the aroma this bottle must’ve gone slightly bad.
2004 Bottle ABV 11 % Brown, reddish colour. Rich head. Chocolate and toffee-aroma with fumes of alcohol. Round, soft, rich & warming toffee flavour. The alcohol shows up in the finish.
I think the youngest version was the best!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2004
at 07:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This is one of the many joys of the Christmas season. The coming of the holiday ales. This is probably my favorite brewer on the planet. But this was my first opportunity to try this particular selection. Sampled from a 25 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark red-brown color with a small tan head. The aroma was sweet and fruity though it had a bit of an alcohol sting to it. The flavor was sweet, tart and had a noticeable cherry element. The alcohol shows through rather harshly though and that for me was the only real detraction. Otherwise a nice brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2004
at 13:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at marinaro500’s post-Thanksgiving gathering, provided by wohlfs. Slightly hazy orange-brown body, thin off-white/cream head. Unusual banana/clove yeast nose with breads and caramel. Toasty, sweet, caramely body with brown sugar and plenty of yeast esters, including banana and clove. Kind of a buttered toast finish. Rich and sweet with little alcohol presence.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2004
at 16:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle - 2002 Vintage - ABV: 8,5% Murky, amber brown body. Small, brownish head. Nose of apples, malts, alcohol. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour. Very warm palate - sirupy viscosity - lightly alcoholic. All in the end a very nice beer, worth the extra money spending for.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2004
at 14:26