6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen, BE. Clear light brown color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dark fruit / berry, light sherry notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (151207)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2008
at 03:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours dark brown and with a lacing light brown head. Slight banana fruity and spiced aroma. Flavour is slight acidic/citric with a banana note and fruity overall. Mild malt note beneath. Finish is sweet lingering of the same notes. Nice brew although I’m not sure it was clean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2007
at 13:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Kerstbierfestival 2007 Malzig-säuerlich-muffig zu Beginn. Das Bier wird dann kurz süßer, die im Mittelteil aufkommende Bitterkeit übertönt dies sofort. Gleichzeitig zu einer nussigen Karamellmalzigkeit wird das Bier wässriger, wodurch die genannten Töne intensiver erscheinen, da der Rest schwächer wird. Schwierig zu beschreibendes Bier.. Test vom 20.12.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: -,9,9,9,-,9 - 9,00
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2007
at 23:00
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled@Kerstbierfestival, Essen. Deep brown colour, small head. Aroma is spices, earth and yeast. Flavour is acidic fruits along with some yeast. Aftertaste is quite sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2007
at 06:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle Kerstbierfestival 2007: Poured a walnut nut brown color with a white head. The aroma is full of spice and sugars. The taste was that of old shoes, very malty with spice. Sourness remained after consumption. Don’t get my description of the taste wrong, it is very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2007
at 00:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown chocolate colour; small yellowish rim. Rainwater, dark leaves, some chocolate, brown candi sugar (oh yes, I cannot smell that, parole de brasseurs). Sweetish, a lot of liquorice, some milkchocolater, and again the undetectable brown sugar. Bit of human sweat retronasal. Pretty clean palate, and dangerously drinkable for its 8.5%. Not really my type, but for fans of sweet beer, it might be a winner. Dangerous, as said!
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2007
at 06:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a dark brown with reddish hnt, fast acting light brown head. Aroma is sweet malt, sugars, possible caramel. The taste roasted malt very sweet, but hoppy tingle is very nice also.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2007
at 13:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a murky copper orange brown color with a thick medium off white head. Aromas is sweet, malt and either perfume or alcohol. Taste is sweet spices, some brown sugar along with fruit. Finish is bitter and tingly lots of carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2007
at 14:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Originally intented as X-mas ale Yellow, luxurious thick head over dark red-brown beer. Little sourish nose, cream-coffee, sweet and a lot of alcohol plus lots of fusels. Sweet-bitterish taste, fairly burned, burnt malts. Alcohol remaining hidden under all the roast. Ending slightly on lactic acid. Retronasal soft cheese/blue cheese. Sharp burning MF. Fusels coming out again, alcoholwarming. I "fear" a little infection, but it comes out actually very inviting. I like this beer!
Tried
on 30 Sep 2007
at 12:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy grain colour, small if any head. Perfumey, garden herbs, bit of EU hops. Sweetish, restrained spiciness in the taste. Alcohol gradually building up, but I’m still waiting for that bitterness explosion. Medium bodied, well-attenuated, alcoholwarming; I wonder, why they refer to Duvel. It’s really nothing like it, with the possible exception of a dry masking of the alcohol.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2007
at 13:24