Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brown opalescent ale, that gushed out of the bottle after serving the first glass, too carbonated. The head was off-white to light moka. In aroma, maderized sugars, like a port, and a bit phenolic. In mouth, lightly oxidized, almost unpleasant, with orange peels, sour points, a bit of bitter chocolate. This bottle was not in top shape. Bottle at l’Autre Oeil, March, 3 2006.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2006
at 07:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thick foamy head, plenty of carbonation, nice deep brown chesnut colour, bit yeasty and malty not too bad but not best of it’s style.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2006
at 01:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
750ml bottle-pours a creamy white head with hazy gold color. Aroma is malt, vanilla. Taste is malty, vanilla, some hops, mellow.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2006
at 17:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sweet, fancy Moses what a head! I think I got less than half the bottle poured into the glass before the threat of an overflow put me out of business. Much later, the massive tan foam extended about an inch over the glass’s rim. Color is a reddish brown that is translucent. Aroma is probably this beer’s greatest asset. Complex intermingling of spice (cinnamon and nutmeg), pine and sweet orange. Flavor is very subtle and a little weaker than I expected, especially considering all the scents coming off. Much of the aspects there in the aroma are there, but they seem to get burried under a sticky sweetness (almost prune-like)that is pleasant, but remarkably straight-forward. Mouthfeel is nice and silky. A little disappointed in how this turned out after the excitement generated by all the foam and scents.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2006
at 22:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
This fine beer would benefit from more complexity. The pleasant aroma is simply malt. The beer is black, and retains a very thin head until the last sip. Flavor is simpler than I expect a 96th percentile beer to be; with sweet malt and light smoke. Very light dried fruit, and not really any citrus at all. Fairly sweet due to the dominance of the malt, and thick and heavy as well. This beer is a winner but needs more complexity; which might be brought on by ageing. It is overall very quad-like, or in this case, quad-light.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2006
at 01:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Once Upon a Vine - South on 07/11/2010. No. 10853. Best before 03/02/11 A 15:19. Clear dark brown body with a large creamy off-white head. Sweet dark malt, light molasses and caramel aroma. Sweet caramel, molasses, dark malt, and belgian spice flavor. Medium full body with moderately high carbonation. 8/4/8/3/15 - 3.8 01/01/2006 dark reddish-brown color with a thick creamy off-white head. Spiced aroma. Fairly fruity flavor with lots of carbonation. 7/4/8/3/14 - 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2006
at 18:31
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Dark amber coloured, big beige foamy head. Weak aroma of malts and some grainy notes. Also kind of sweet. Flavour first malty then it turns sweet. Pretty boring in my opinion, I had expected more.... Kind of bitter/sourish aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2005
at 12:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Creamy white fully lasting head, dark brown colour. Fantastic aroma with loads og orange and licorice, flavor just as good as aroma. Wonderfull palate, and it doenst taste of 8,5 ABV
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2005
at 12:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottled) Dark amber color with a small, beige head. Sweet and malty aroma with mandarine and some anise hints. Sweet, caramely-malty flavor with plums, licorice and raisins. Medium to full-bodied palate with medium carbonation. Hides the ABV well
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2005
at 10:28
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Sweet apple-lemon malt aroma with light hops. Orange-yellow color with large lacy head. Smooth sweet lemon and light apple flavor with light hops and alcohol finish. A great tripel that I could drink anytime - extremely smooth and well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2005
at 18:02