7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle sample @ RBBWG 2013 Nice shrink wrap bottle 020/300. Brune foncée, col beige tirant vers un moka léger. Arôme est malté, fine note de barrique laissant une belle présence alternant notes boisées et ce léger parfum de grappa laissant juste qcq effluves de raisins titiller les narines. Palais est assez léger au niveau malt surtout pour une bière à 9%, note barrique subtile arrivent en fin de bouche avec un profile profond de malt choco/caramel (possible note torréfiée) sans pour cela rivaliser avec la Jean Chris 2. Grappa bien là sans pour cela couvrir le palais et à prendre le dessus. Au final, une autre belle version et sélection par Chris. Ici, une belle amélioration par rapport à la version Cognac de 2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 09:35
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Thx! to Sebletitje for bringing this one. Beautifully gift wrapped 75 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBWG 2013. Bottle nr. 020/300 – 300 75’s equalling one barrel in general if I am not mistaken. Pours a dark, lighter black. Smell is that of sweet booze, light grappa, chocolate with sweet spices, coffee. Taste is bitter burned coffee blended with hers, chocolate, cacao, sweet spices, dark malts with some sweetness following, brown sugar and dark fruits, burned non-ground coffee grains and interesting grappa & quality booze in the back. Tad creamy. Not entirely sold on Gappa aging yet, this is very interesting but I rated the original a bit higher than this. If the aging is interesting & the result is good, my complaints are mute I suppose. I guess I am just a bit used to seeing barrels being used to pimp beers. Beats the cognac one, thx. / cheers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 01:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Chriso Snow Tasting. Verydark brown colour lasting dark beige head. Ok ish thinnish stout
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2013
at 07:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is alcohol, dried fruis, berries. Flavour is alcohol, dried fruits, berries, malt, hop, pepper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2013
at 01:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from bottle @ RBBWG 2013. Opaque black color, nice light brown head. Smell and taste malts, slightly coffee, a bit roasty, dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2013
at 10:50
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Jean Chris Numero 2 - Cask Collection 2012 Grappa (by Brasserie Sainte Hélène):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
19/I/13 - 75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2013 - bottled: IV/2012 (2013-58) Thanks to Sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Very dark brown beer, almost black, small beige to brown head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, caramel, cocoa powder, bit dry, roasted aroma's. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: mocha, coffee, chocolate, cocoa powder, some citrus, little hoppy, earthy touch. Aftertaste: mocha, dry, hoppy, some citrus, cocoa powder, bit dusty. Can't tell the grappa from this though. I don't think grappa can stand up to a RIS.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
19/I/13 - 75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2013 - bottled: IV/2012 (2013-58) Thanks to Sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Very dark brown beer, almost black, small beige to brown head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, caramel, cocoa powder, bit dry, roasted aroma's. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: mocha, coffee, chocolate, cocoa powder, some citrus, little hoppy, earthy touch. Aftertaste: mocha, dry, hoppy, some citrus, cocoa powder, bit dusty. Can't tell the grappa from this though. I don't think grappa can stand up to a RIS.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jan 2013
at 10:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Oro carico buona schiuma media persistenza piuttosto fine leggero lievito un tocco erbaceo leggero citrico bel amaro erbaceo leggera speziatira buona secchezza
Tried
on 11 Jan 2013
at 12:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Mi Orge Mi Houblon, Arlon. Pours black with a small creamy beige head and lacings. Nose is roasted malts. Some dark fruit, a lot of burnt roasted notes a well as charcoal and ashes. Smooth and soft. Bitter roasted coffee finish. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2013
at 09:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 75 cl. Pours a hazy golden with a creamy white head. Fruity, hoppy aroma - quite refreshing. Medium body, a dry fruitiness and some pleasant hop spiciness. Enjoyable and sessionable. 271212
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2012
at 07:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
37.5 cl Bottle # 031: bought at the Alvinne-Pre Zythos Fest a couple of years back (4 Euros) and I’ve been saving it for the last day of earth (tomorrow at 12.12 I am told). Hope the beer hits the spot. Poured slowly into a Westmalle chalice @ home on 20 Dec 2012. Looks impressive in the glass: creamy feel to the tanned head and a body that has a brown base with a dull red hue to it. The nose is chocolate with attitude: as is the taste, the barrel obviously gave the beer a slightly wine/port/cognac flavour but never having had an un-barrel aged ’Numero 2’ I can’t say how much it has influenced the taste. I hope this isn’t my last beer on earth: but if it is or was then at least I can tell everyone in the afterworld I’ve had a fine beer just before the earth fell apart!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2012
at 16:03