Tried
on 28 Oct 2022
at 16:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Beer Merchants Tap. Pours mostly clear amber-brown with a big, frothy tan cap. Lovely aroma of subtle Belgian yeast, ripening semi-dark berries. Medium sweet flavour with notes of toasted brown bread, berries, mellow yeast, accents of caramel and toffee, dates. Medium bodied with delicate, massaging carbonation. Restrained warmth to finish, moderately malty, more berries, hints of cocoa, toasted toffee, bread. Really drinkable overall. Classically styled Belgian dark ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2022
at 21:49
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fairly clear, but ever so slightly hazy blonde and golden coloured body with a nice thick, three to four centimetre tall just off-white head. Aroma of big yeast and bready notes with a lot of residual sugars along with some stone fruits and a good crisp citrus quality and a lot of floral complexity, perhaps from the hops, but the malt and especially the yeast stand out here. Medium-bodied; Rich malty, bready and especially yeastie notes come through everything here with a lot of floral, grassy and herbal elements along with a crisp hop bite that comes through everything and finishes off with a robust sweetness, mainly from the stone fruits, but some also derived from honey it seems. Aftertaste shows the good balance of malt and sugars with a light hoppiness, but bigger crispness from the grassy and herbal side of things, all finished nicely by the noticeable alcohol. Overall, a very nice, complex, robust and malty beer with a lot of sugars and yeast, but the clean malts and slightly crisp hops make this robust and complex, while being fairly easy-drinking! Great to sample of course, and while I probably had sampled this before, this was my first rating of the beer! I sampled this tall, 33 cL bottle purchased from Del Haize [grocery] in the centre of Bruxelles, Belgium on 18-January-2015 for only €1,45, a few days after my second daughter was born, but with my friend - Thanks Phil for the memories!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2022
at 01:18
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2022
at 21:47
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2022
at 20:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle, 0.75 l - BBE 01/2024, at Stadin Panimobaari, 20220924) The beer poured golden and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, Belgian style yeast, fruitiness and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, Belgian style yeast, grass, sweetness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste had grass, Belgian style yeast and bitterness. A tasty and balanced brew with good aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2022
at 19:04
8/10
Tried
on 07 Aug 2022
at 19:46
9/10
Tried
on 07 Aug 2022
at 19:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
330ml bottle from RusBeerShop in Moscow. Pours opaque brown with a tall white head. Aroma is dark fruits, caramel, yeast, nuts. Taste is ligh to medium sweet, malt, yeasty, toffee. Medium bitter finish. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2022
at 12:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Fles 75cl. Geel bier met mooie stevige schuimkraag. Smaak is vrij zoet en kruidig met iets van kaneel, wat nootmuskaat en wat citrus. Heel goed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2022
at 16:22