8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice dark color, thick creamy off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts, raisin, spicy ginger or cinnamon, bit port wine also. Sweet vinous roasted malty taste. Sharp and a bit bitter palate. Very nice!
Tried
on 30 Nov 2003
at 17:30
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Light amber color; nice perlage. Rubber nose; later there is an aroma of malt and spices. Thin body, not interesting, light malt; with a too simple finish, a bit oily.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2003
at 08:51
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cloudy blond color. I don't like the aroma: paper, rubber, somehow rotten, dirty water. Reasonable body, with a light maltiness, some spices, light plastic. Just drinkable, but completely wrong.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2003
at 08:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark color, thin persistent layer of foam. Quite nice malt aroma; some caramel. Pretty smooth body, nice tecture, enough malty, rather sweet, with a final like light sweet liquorice.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2003
at 08:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Beautiful dark color, milky creamy lasting head. Aroma is malty, oatmeal, bit licorice, rum. Taste is sweet malty, slight vanilla. Metallic palate. Very decent dubbel beer.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2003
at 13:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Slightly hazy yellow color, with an initially large frothy head, later on small but lasting head. Peppery and spicy aroma. One-way spicy taste. Decent triple, but quite heavy on the stomach and not as refreshing as i like my triple to be.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2003
at 17:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(draught) Very dark brown. Brownish-yellow head, lacey. Very little nose. Bit of brown sugar, vague coffee aroma. Taste is quite woody. Very slight lactic and a bit yeasty too. Malty underbuild, roasted but not burnt. Light bodied but not watery thanks to the malt. The bottled version is denser - both Tim Webb and me agreed upon this immediately (rare!). Nice, for a light beer. Nothing to get raving about, but a lot more original than the latter-day Pater Lieven series. Half-way between a Flemish sour brown and a top-fermenting Munich Dunkles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2003
at 00:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gold-yellow, thick white head, pretty lacey. Very fine, nice smell of blossoms, fine hops, nectarines. Sweet taste surrounded by fine bitterness, very much like a rather sweet, strong English bitter. Quite hoppy, too restrained however. Palate taste of maize. ironoxide in the head! Rather light mouthfeel, empty-ish. Again maize-corn going into sweet aftertaste. Another one starting very promessing, and then failing to deliver...
Tried
on 04 May 2003
at 23:14
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clean golden colour, frothy head, disappearing in a few minutes; too much yeast deposit. Simple aroma, with just some malt and white sugar.
Good body structure, not too strong, pretty sweet; some alcohol, malt, sugar; too simple.
Ordinary palate, rather poor hop. Nothing more than pleasant and drinkable.
Good body structure, not too strong, pretty sweet; some alcohol, malt, sugar; too simple.
Ordinary palate, rather poor hop. Nothing more than pleasant and drinkable.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2002
at 16:04
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Deep gold colour, foamy head, very nice perlage. Strange aroma, some hop, a lot sweet and flowery, peach. Ordinary taste, some alcohol, enough body, some sweetness, but lack of malt and hop character. Poor palate.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2002
at 00:00