6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Darker head than the Blonde, less intense aroma, more malt in the mouth, not as impressed but still a good beer
Tried
on 12 Oct 2003
at 14:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice thick white head, with aroma of spices coming out clearly. Beautiful tastes of curacao (orange peels), and confectionary sugar, and a nice smooth bitterness...very nice beer
Tried
on 12 Oct 2003
at 14:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Water-blond colour, white head. It has a very intruiging aroma. The flavour is very amusing: spicy, warm, lemon, ... A very fine beer.
Tried
on 15 May 2003
at 12:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
An orange unclear beer with a fine head. The aroma is fruity, sweet, and yeasty. The flavor is carbonated prickling the tongue, sweet, slightly bitter and yeasty in the end. It is powerful to start off but a little thin in the middle.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2003
at 10:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
An unclear orange-brown beer with a great head. The aroma is stong, sweet, alcoholic with notes of anise, orange and other spices. The flavor is boring after the powerful aroma, it is slightly smoked, with a good maltblend and extremely sweet with very little hops to balance it off - though it has a dryness of wood and moss.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2003
at 03:16
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Spicy aroma. Dark brown colour. Brown head. Malt and spicy flavour. Also little sweet.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2003
at 18:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Rather sweet in nose and mouth - not sugars but as from liquorice. Very little head and very estery. Spices, as typical for Wallonian brewers. Probably still very young when tasted.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2002
at 09:12
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2011-01-29, corked bottle, bb 20 09 02, vintage 2001, 9 years old, 6-4-6-3-12=31
Beautiful golden color; creamy head. The aroma shows signs of age. The body structure is good, the flavor is quite sweet, smooth, with some stale signs of age. It doesn’t feel like 10 years old, but still it’s going downhill.
2002-08-01, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Gold colour, giant rocky head, a real Belgian lace. Strong hop aroma, old flowers, a little spicy. Good body, elegant waves of sweetness and dryness, malt and hop, coriander. Dry and bitter finish, with good dry hop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2002
at 00:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2011-01-29, corked bottle, bb 04 10 02, vintage 2001, 9 years old, 6-5-7-3-13=34
Dark color; creamy head. A good malt and chocolate beer, with low bitterness, and light signs of oxidisation. Quite good still.
2002-06-16, 9-5-7-3-15=39
Deep amber colour, generous and thick head, misty, turbulent perlage. Wonderful aroma, fresh, malty, porto wine notes, analogies with a barley wine aroma. Good malty body, less strong that the strength may suggest, good balance and good palate, not too much aromatic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2002
at 14:33