7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle that I picked up at Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent consumed at Baz’s, Manchester 19.01.12 Pours hazy dark amber. There is plenty of chocolate about this, touch of powdery bitter cocoa, Baz said that he got caramel. Sweet & fruity with some hops showing, the abv is also noticeable for the warmth that it adds. Nice beer. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2012
at 00:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent Belgium December 2011 consumed at me dear ol’ ma’s 15.01.12 Hazy gold colour with a large white head. Hoppy and dry, touch metallic, not really what I was expecting, but quite decent. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2012
at 12:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ RBBWG Antwerpen. Cloudy, hazy pale yellow color, small white head. Smell sweetness, flowers, blossom, hops. Taste hops, flowers/blossom-sweetness. Soft carbonation, low to medium body.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2012
at 07:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
75 cl bottle @ RBBWG 2012, Antwerpen courtesy of Antoine. Couleur dorée présentant un léger trouble, col blanc épais. Arôme est fruité et herbacé sur un houblon bien fleuri et fruité ajoutant une touche agréable à cette saison. En ouche, profile grains sur un palais restant sec et houblonné du Green Bullet qui ajoute également une pointe d’épice se mariant bien avec la levure. Amertume est modérée centrée plus vers le citron, en retrait l’ajout du motueka confère un fini sec rappelant le houblon Saaz qui prend bien avec ce style de bière. Une saison agréable qui profite du rajouts de deux houblons nouveaux pour ce style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2012
at 05:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Sainte Hélène Mad Helen (by Brasserie Sainte Hélène):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
14/I/2012 - 75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2012 - BB: n/a (2012-49) Thanks to Antoine for bringing the bottle!
Cloudy beige to yellowish beer, small creamy white head, unstable, pretty adhesive. Aroma: fruity, flowery, some citrus, grapefruit, soapy but not in a bad way. MF: low to no carbon, light to medium body. Taste: bitter hoppy start, soft citrus, sweet touch, roses or other flowers, honey. Aftertaste: pretty bitter ending, bit cheesy, dry flowery finish.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
14/I/2012 - 75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2012 - BB: n/a (2012-49) Thanks to Antoine for bringing the bottle!
Cloudy beige to yellowish beer, small creamy white head, unstable, pretty adhesive. Aroma: fruity, flowery, some citrus, grapefruit, soapy but not in a bad way. MF: low to no carbon, light to medium body. Taste: bitter hoppy start, soft citrus, sweet touch, roses or other flowers, honey. Aftertaste: pretty bitter ending, bit cheesy, dry flowery finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2012
at 09:06
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled 75 cl. bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2011: beautifully wrapped bottle, this looks quite impressive – apparently limited to 300 bottles – bottled in April 2011: A: black with a mocha head – S: coffee, dark malts, bitter chocolate & cognac – T: cognac, syrup, dark malts, cold coffee, winter spices, touch sweet pureed dark fruits, booze aftertaste – frankly this is a tuned down version of the regular one & not a boost – B: closing on thick, full definitely, low carb – nice but the regular version is much nicer
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2011
at 05:22
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
25 cl. draft @ Delirium Tap House: dark brown with a tanned head & nice lacing – smells sweet with syrup, chocolate, dark fruits & hops, tastes very syrupy with chocolate sauce mixed with dark fruits upfront (lots & lots of plums as well as some prunes & touch of dark grapes), aftertaste is strong almost like cognac-like but only slightly alcoholic but also sweet with chocolate, spices, slight ash, sweet/bitter syrup aftertaste – B: slick, oily, syrupy – great Belgian stout worth getting if you can
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2011
at 11:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival Essen 2011. Smell malts, caramel and some fruits. Taste malts, spices, lightly some fruits. A little disappointing imo.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2011
at 09:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample @ Kerstbierfestival ’11 Essen. First sample from a 75cl unlabeled bottle, second was from a paper wrapped bottle which indicated bottle #202/300. Not sure if this is a second run of the original Cognac Cask. Brune foncée, col ocre. Arôme est léger avec une pointe boisée de fût, graisn et caramel, cognac donne une profile doux mais qui reste trop en retrait. En bouche, le cognac est léger et se noie un peu dans le profile plus malté de la bière. Malt grillé léger, laissant un côté grains; froment/avoine. Le tout conserve une pointe d’amertule houblonnée. Un peu décevante car j’aurias aimé voir le Cognac jouer un meilleur rôle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2011
at 05:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Sample from 75 cl bottle at 17th Kerstbierfest in Essen. Almost black, tan head. Aroma of subtle cocoa powder. Taste is similar but boozy. Very light body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2011
at 04:07