7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the Hopduvel, Ghent. Dark cloudy brown colour with a decent off-white head that left plenty of lacing. Aroma of dark fruit, spice and chocolate. Flavour was sweet and fruity with more spices and a very smooth finish. Very easy drinking and highly enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2007
at 14:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Rich aroma of dark malts, dark fruits, and underlying cacao. Rich ripe apricot color, but the white head evaporated. Medium bodied with coarsely creamy carbonation. Flavor is medium dark malt, backed with chocolate, odd fruit, and some grassy hop. It sort of seizes the tongue. The finish is dry, and astringent towards the back of the tongue. Ends with a bit of cacao. It’s another great sipper from Belgium.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2007
at 00:51
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
One year to expiry date in this bottle. A dark brown beer with a creamy, dense, beige and head. Aroma of raisins, some sweetness, dark fruits, spices, earthyness and some port wine. Aroma is slightly sweeter when the beer is warmer. Taste is slightly sweet, quite lots of hops, dark and dried fruits, spicyness. The aftertaste is long, smoothly spicy and almost dry. Full bodied, medium carbonation, surprisingly fresh to drink. Very tastefull Trappist, complex but still easy. Nicely balanced with dark fruits, sweetness and spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2007
at 14:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle stored for 5 years. Near black and opaque, with a moderate tan head. Aroma of dark fruits. Very smooth to drink with more raisin flavours and a warming alcohol finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2007
at 14:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep brown with a moderate, tan head. Aroma of plain chocolate with malt and preserved dark fruit. Flavour also suggested chocolate, but was marred by a suggestion of cornflour and a cloying, sweet finish. Good but not amazing.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2007
at 16:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
rossa meno alcolica del resto della produzione quasi beverina nonostante i suoi 7,5 gradi alcolici molto interessante
Tried
on 21 Jul 2007
at 18:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
scura note di frutta secca ne dolce ne amaro l’elevato grado alcolico non si fa sentire
Tried
on 21 Jul 2007
at 17:58
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
nera quantita di aromi indescivibili cosi come qal palato retrogusto lunghissimo o ti piace o non ne bevi nemche un goccio
Tried
on 21 Jul 2007
at 17:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark amber colour with small head.Aroma is fruity a bit like almond and sweet malt.Flavor is like wood and a sweet taste of caramel.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2007
at 14:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
11.2 fl oz bottle. There was quite a bit of gunk around the mouth of the bottle when I opened this one. Odd, since I had stored it standing up. Regardless, initial aroma and pour were pretty normal, so here we go. Pour is slightly hazy orange amber with a big fluffy off white head that settled down pretty quickly (some sediment present as well). Aroma is some wood and dark, over ripe fruit. Quite a bit of carbonation in the taste, with some nice caramel malt and hop bitterness in the finish. Not sure this one was 100% on, but it was nice nonetheless. There is a little bit of sharpness in the finish, not sure where this is coming from.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2007
at 16:30