7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Best Before date 9/05 Dark red-chestnut beer; dense, creamy head, first collapsing, thén stable, as dried soap foam. Rather alcoholic nose, leafy aroma’s, sweet nose but with a faint sourish, ironoxyde background. Burnt, roasted malts, roasted peanuts (not salted), bit earthy. After reflection, there IS a certain saltiness, apart from the malt sweetness, the bitterness that is exclusively roasted, no acidity in the taste - there remains a salty touch. Dark malts come even more forward warming up. Medium bodied, burnt impression, bit fizzy. Rather ideosyncratic beer, which is about the last eptithet I would link to the former Sterkens brewery. Which brings me to the main question - who made this, and where?
Tried
on 21 Jan 2005
at 14:43
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
Ceramic bottle nice aroma: Raisins (including sulphur) , plums, port, burned toast. Cherrywood coloration, no head. Not sure I like the flavor too much: Oaky, burned caramel, coffeground bitterness and somewhat medicinal. Disappointingly light body and flat mouthfeel. Burned sugar aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2004
at 14:07
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Stoneware bottle Ashen slightly honeyish aroma. Golden, low on visible carbonation, lacing creamy head. A bit of fruit - orangepeel (including the bitter parts), hay, peppery, slight alcohol burn. Unfortunately also a slight gunpowder and veggie note. Medium body, oily mouthfeel. Not overly impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2004
at 14:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to bu11zeye for the 16oz bottle of this Belgian. Pours a murky dark brown with a burgundy tint. Thick beige head and nice lacing. The aroma is malty and nutty, but has some characteristics of a Flemish Sour too. Medium-bodied and smooth with flavors of burnt malt, raisin, sour fruit and yeast. The finish is on the thin side and is rather fruity. All in all this is a decent Belgian. At times it is well balanced and at others it is not, but more often than not it is pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2004
at 12:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Malty aroma. Nice brown colour. Sherry/wine-like undertones reminding me of old/vintage beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2004
at 19:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Red-ish brown colour. Rich head. Sweet-ish liquorice aroma. Fruity, slightly roasty flavour. Interesting Belgian ale/Porter-hybrid.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2004
at 13:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear Mahogany body with a creamy smallish head. Aroma is doughy, yeasty, with a flowery honey note. The flavor is sweet but needs more complexity to back up the aroma. Not as good as the Trappists or smaller micro Abbey style Dubbels.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2004
at 13:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear dark red brown color, short off-white head. Aroma is malty, bit fruity, sweet alcoholic. Sweet taste, quite alcoholic, especially for a 6.9% beer. Sticky palate. Ok brew, but far from impressive.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2004
at 16:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A hazy orange beer with a fine white disappearing head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet and slightly spicy and yeasty before a rather dry hoppy end sets in.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2004
at 14:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
This beer has an oddly light body for the style, being clear copper with a thin off-white head. Toffee, caramel, and raisin/prune aroma. Fruity, toasty flavor with cherry, caramel, toast and vinous flavors. Without the vinous kick at the end of the sip, this is almost reminiscent of an English porter. Really doesn’t have many typical Belgian characteristics. My rating here is not contingent on the listed style.
Tried
on 24 May 2004
at 23:00