Subsidiaries
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a reddish brown with small white head. Sweet yeast aroma with hint of spice. Roasted malt and herb flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2006
at 01:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Ølbaren, Copenhagen. Pours a clear dark amber colour with an off-white head. Malty spicy warming alcoholic aroma. Sweet malty spicy flavor. Sweet malty yeasty finish.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2006
at 14:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled(330ml). -Deep brown coloured, medium sized tan head, fizzy. Nice spicy nose. Aroma is malty and spicy with caramel, chocolate and honey notes. Spicy, subdued yeasty and slight sweet finish. To be honest I was expecting much better beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2006
at 09:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours deep mahogany into a tulip. Brown head leaves slight lacing as it slowly recedes. Plum and fig aromas. Sharp and dry mollases, cinammon, nutmeg and plum with a lasting bitter finish.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2006
at 17:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear deep ruby body with a small creamy tan head. Sweet spiced aroma with some light caramel. Light spiced flavor with some thin caramel.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2006
at 10:51
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught at The Rover, Göteborg) Clear dark red brown color, tan head. Fresh fruity and Belgian ale yeast scent. Thick mouthfeel. Apricot and banana fruity taste. Low bitterness.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2006
at 17:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Picked this up in Antwerp October 2006. This beer poured dark brown with a frothy white head, aroma was a bit port like with some dried fruits. Taste a bit sweet,. alcohol quite present, spicey, dried fruits. Very good Belgian christmas ale.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2006
at 01:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
750ml bottle, best by 01/09/07 - Pours dark brown with a huge, billowy head. It has a fairly light aroma with yeast and some maltiness. The flavor is a bready malt with some yeast noticeable and a metallic twinge. I can still taste the latter a little bit in the finish. I’m not sure if this is just my preferences or there’s something wrong with this bottle, but it’s not as good as I expected given a rating here that puts it in the top ten of Abbey Dubbels. It has a surprisingly light flavor and a mouthfeel that verges on watery. It’s also pretty one dimensional, so the descriptions here that make it sound so complex make me wonder about my bottle. I’ve had the whole large bottle to myself, so there’s plenty by which to judge and it’s not getting any better. It’s drinkable, but at $10 for the bottle from a liquor store, it’s absolutely not worth it. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2006
at 22:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(33 cl bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Very "particle" beer look, full of flaky yeast particles. Light yellow color, white head. Sweet Belgian ale yeast scent. Refreshing sweet palate and taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2006
at 06:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark brown / amber color with white head. Aroma of sweetness with spices like plum and coriander. Orange touch. Plum and maltiness. Creamy and soft mouthfeel. Good finish !
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2006
at 04:11