6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Towering dark beige head over ruby-amber shot dark beer, and in fact, more lace than beer. Liquorice, dark bread, bit sweetish smelling, but also dry straw and dried hops. Very dry, near empty flavour. Active coal, liquorice - if especially retronasal. Light sourish onset of each sip. Very slick, if not very well-bodied. Abbey beer, and a (relatively) empty flavour? Difficult to reonciliate, IMO. I would, OTOH, accept this as a good sweet stout...
Tried
on 02 Feb 2013
at 11:36
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Montaigu Drunk Monk Series 3 (by Brouwerij Montaigu):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
2/II/13 - on tap @ Brugs Bierfestival 2013 (2013-113)
Clear dark brown beer, big aery irregular yellow-beige head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: cocoa powder, sour red berries, mocha, some chocolate, grains, some caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: syrupy start, mocha, elder berries, red berries, pretty bitter, coffee, woody and dry. Aftertaster: dark chocolate, mocha, coffee, red berries, bit sweet, fruity. Very interesting and complex beer.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
2/II/13 - on tap @ Brugs Bierfestival 2013 (2013-113)
Clear dark brown beer, big aery irregular yellow-beige head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: cocoa powder, sour red berries, mocha, some chocolate, grains, some caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: syrupy start, mocha, elder berries, red berries, pretty bitter, coffee, woody and dry. Aftertaster: dark chocolate, mocha, coffee, red berries, bit sweet, fruity. Very interesting and complex beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Feb 2013
at 10:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Late Night Fonefan/Brugmansia Tasting, January 2013. Pours hazy golden with a small white head. Fruity and yeasty. Bread and baking powder. Medium bodied. Some warmth from alcohol. Sippable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2013
at 15:20
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a cloudy opaque deep golden with loads of ugly floaties and a creamy white head. Sweet malty and fruity nose. Solid body, very sweet malts and loads of yeast and esters, has a jenever touch leading to a rather alcoholic. 040112
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2013
at 09:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and overripe fruity sweet sticky. Fruity, light yeasty and medium sweet. Mild phenolic and fruity. Dry and light hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2013
at 08:57
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
33 cl. bottle sampled @ 18th Christmasbeer festival in Essen. Apparently limited to 120 bottle – sort of wonder what the trick is here, it does feel like a fruit beer to me tastewise, also possible barrel aging? Not a clue & the usually informative booklet doesn’t help either, for some reason the brewer apparently wanted to keep it a mystery *_~ Looks like thick crushed strawberries / raspberries reddish with a small pink head. Smell is lightly boozy, strawberries, candy & glühwine. Taste is strawberry juice, candy, yeast, creamy red berries & fruits, lactic, herbs & flowers. Tad lightly watery, murky strawberry juice mouthfeel. Sort of digging it, intriguing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2012
at 12:13
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival 2012. Murky pinkish to brown (yep, I really mean this) color, small pinkish head. Smell and taste are both weird: fruity sweetness of strawberry and blossom combined with herbs or spices. Pretty sharp taste, too much for my liking.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2012
at 10:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival 2012. Dark brown color, small beige to light brown head that lasts for a decent while. Not that much aroma or taste, would have expected more porto to clearly manifest itself. Not enough barrel ageing imo, but it still is a nice beer. Weird, in some ways average beer but somehow I still quite like it.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2012
at 10:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample @ 18de Kerstbierfestival, Essen 2012. Couleur bordeaux-rubis trouble, col crémeux rosé. Arôme est fruité et fleuri avec une certaine douceur agréable qui se dégage faisant penser à une roseraie Palais est fruité alternant entre une impression de pétale de rose très doux, fraise-cerise et ce côté épais de yaourt fruité. Rappelle aussi une sorte d’air freshner. Le profil de bouche reste épais-grains, malt léger cara avec une touche d’épices. Le profil des houblons reste en retrait car cette dominance de douceur les éclipse. Bière que je ne vais pas qualifier de bizarre mais d’intéressante et qui pourra soit plaire ou pas selon les affinités avec son profil.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2012
at 06:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample @ 18de Kerstbierfestival, Essen 2012. Brune foncée, col beige moyen. Arôme est assez faible, considérant que l’ajout du Porto est un des principales atouts de cette bière. Pointe de fruité rouge discret, le reste tirant vers un bouquet belge typique. Léger chocolat, malt cara. Palais reste malté moyen, gardant un Porto très discret et qui tend à donner une fine pointe de douceur en fin de bouche entre fruits noirs et rouges, le tout garde une touche sucrée de canne à sucre. Effervescence moyenne. Pas mauvaise, l’avantage est que le Porto ne vient pas dominer le tout mais reste ici un peu trop en retrait à mon goût.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2012
at 05:54