8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

My 33 cl bottle came by way of the Netherlands. I see a stamp on the label, apparently the best- by date, of 20/11/22. The Chimay glass is arrayed for the tasting this cool, late fall evening. The view is amber-brown in color finished with a steadily recharged, slight skim of creamy tan foam. I smell ripe fruit and baked bread. The drink, right off, I find to represent quadrupels well. Dark plums, raisins, a hint of chocolate, malt, leather and grain. It gives a substantial sensation, dense. And there’s a moderate bitterness at the end. All very nice in the style I like best.

5

Sampled @ Brassigaume 2022. A clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of dry grainy malt and straw. Taste of dry grains, straw, moderate spicy bitterness.

6

Sampled @ Brassigaume 2022. A hazy amber beer with a white lacing. Aroma of herbal malt, yeast, spices. Taste is the same.

5

Sampled @ Brassigaume 2022. A purple red beer with a purple head. Aroma of mid sweet intense red berries. Taste of sweet red berries, blackcurrant.

7

Sampled @ Brassigaume 2022. A clear yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of citrusy bitter hops, grassy hops. Taste of grassy and citrusy bitter hops, refreshing. Okay.

6

Sampled @ Brassigaume 2022. A clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of semi strong pale malt, grains, straw, some yeast. Taste of strong pale malt, yeast, belgian yeast, some honey and mild herbs.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Very good, very fine & dense, just yellowish head, leaving shards of lace over (cold)hazed golden beer. Grains, quite grassy, green herbs & weeds, spicy. Malty & grassy. Pale and lightly coloured malts. Quite sweet if with a nice, lightly toasted and faintly bitterish surround. Medium bodied, quite slick, good carbonation. Not half bad. Thx to L&Y for bringing!

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Arbitrary rating for appearance 8/10 due to insufficient lighting Sweet-nutty nose, suggesting oxydation, bit of arachide, chocolate bar with nuts. Drier in the mouth, traces of alcohol, again chocolate bar with raisins. Slight acidity playing. Well bodied, very slick almost sticky. Just better than average, classical Walloon brune. Txs to L&Y for bringing

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Small, reasonably stable cream-coloured head over cold hazed, orangeish amber beer. Syrup/caramel nose; fruity esters, honeyish. Sweet caramelly malts obvious, nutty. More bitterish, leafy. Dry, but with still quite some (rest)sugars in the finish, which is also slightly metallic. Chestnuts. Good carbonation, slick and even a bit sticky, oily feel. Not half bad. A top-fermenting Vienna, IMO. Txs to L&Y for bringing!

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Slow, but then immense build-up of flamingo foam on a deep red cardinal beer; textbook lace. Bubble gum with a faint, artificial fruitaroma, red fruit, green felt. Woody-bitterish, if floating on a almost syrupy sweet cherry bed, again not totally natural; wood, green leaves, kale and sulphur. Nose suggested a very light beer, but there is a certain bite, body to it. Very good carbonation. Humph... There's (much) worse, but still... Txs to L&Y for bringing!