7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2019
at 20:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Bliznetsy in Moscow. Pours hazy brown with a tall off-white head. Aroma is dried fruits, yeast, brandy, caramel. Taste is medium sweet, malt, dried fruit, spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2019
at 17:55
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Beer Gallery Luxury. Amber brown colour, big golden creamy head. Aroma is light roast, pretty floral, lemon, surprisingly so. Taste is nice, Parma violets, nice sweetness, bit of milky choc, vanilla. Surprisingly light. Don't remember it tasting like this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Surprised to see I had never rated this. Consequently, I didn't make any notes. Bottle was a few years old and had lost a little of the usual floral/parma violets elements. Lots of dark fruit, very belgian, yeasty, thick and smooth. Yum. Another aged bottle, this time lots of treacle, caramel. Still great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rich dark brown colour, with small golden head. Aroma is rich maltiness, sweet caramel, bit of booze, dark fruit. Taste is nice, smooth, roasty malt, bit beefy, not so much floral herby as with the 10. Touch of creaminess. Very nice and smooth, and easy drinking. I love the 10 but the 8 is still pretty damn good.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2019
at 19:32
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, light chocolate and caramel, spicy notes, light vanilla, light sweet, medium bitter. Full body, malty chocolate bitter sweet finish. Well hidden alcohol. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2019
at 23:15
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,33 l bottle. Pours deep amber with a couple of fingers of quickly dissipating off white head. Veil of head remains till the end of the glass due to high carbonation. Aroma is quite complex, malt, yeast, very fruity, stone fruit, dates and dried figs, some caramel, woody and spicy. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter. Body is quite rich, mouthfeel oily and carbonation lively. Finish is again fruity and rounded nicely with gentle, somewhat spicy bitterness and a hint of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2019
at 08:16
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Liquorice aroma. Chocolate, coffee, citrus en lots of liquorice in the taste. Bit tart. Highly carbonated. Delicious and complex trappist ale. You can't taste the alcohol at all.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:08
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Aroma of yeast and hops. Yeast, chocolate, blackcurrant, coffee, alcohol and some roasted malt in the taste. Malty and syrupy with an intense long bittersweet finish. A classic! After several tastings on the terrace of Café de Engel in Oldenzaal, I'll stick to my rating. With every sample you discover more flavors and aroma's.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:08