Subsidiaries
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Dark amber coloured, thin, firm beige head, lacing; sweet-malty nose, traces of liquorice and coriander(?); sweetish, fruity start, drying out a bit and becoming slightly tart; sweet and a bit bitter flavour; short, malty finish with a distinct bitterness. O.K.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2005
at 13:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Paid $5.99 for a 750-ml corked bottle at World Market, Charlottesville. Pale, cloudy golden with a ginormous white head. Sweet aroma filled with lemon and other citrus and some floral perfumes. Nice, laid-back flavor with some banana, dried flowers, and some slight lemony residue. No hint of alcohol anywhere... this is nice and smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2005
at 01:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. 75cl champagne-style. Red/amber in color. Dense, light tan head. Nice lacings. Aroma of christmas spices, sugar and cellar. Much the same in flavor. Long fruity bitter finish. (051126)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2005
at 13:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Huge, offwhite head over clear dark ruby body. Aroma is strong, and cool, full of sweetness, stale hops, coriander, and other spices. Taste is clean and light, initially, but quickly gives way to spices (pepper, cinnamon, and who knows what else), but the mouthfeel is a little watery (possibly because of what I had before this beer). Faintly reminiscent of wine, also has some lingering burntness. Overall a good Belgian.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2005
at 05:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750 ml corked "champagne" style bottle, packed in metal gift box. Now available in Norway (Vinmonopolet). Very dark reddish brown colour, slightly hazy. Moderate tan head. Very nice aroma of Christmas spices, oak, raisins, old sherry, toffee and treacle. Flavour is very malty sweet, plenty of caramel and some spices, hints of smoke, tart/bitter finish. Fizzy mouthfeel - due to the aggressive carbonation and tart finish this beer was not a "silky smooth" experience for me. I actually preferred du Bocq’s Regal Christmas to this one (haven’t tried them side by side, though). R.C. is also somewhat less expensive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2005
at 10:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark burgundy color, with huge, foamy head that dissipates quickly - aroma of brown sugar, spice and gingerbread (quite christmas-like) - tastes like a very yeasty version of anchor OSA, with less spice/nutmeg presence - slightly tart toward the end, cutting some of the sticky, cookie-like malt flavors - there are many better chirstmas beers.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2005
at 20:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy blonde ale with a creamy lacing white head. Wonderful resinous hops aroma with rosewater notes and some sweet candy sugar. In mouth, a nice sweet malt base with good hops in retro-olfaction, coriander and again the rosewater, like lebanese pastries. God that’s good. Bought 1 year ago at LCBO.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2005
at 19:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. (BB-date 30/3-05) Clear golden until the yeast is poured. Sediments floating in it. White head. Fruits, hops and alcohol in aroma. Malt and fruits are slowly replaced by alcohol and hops. (051007)
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2005
at 13:56
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
A very pleasant and flawless beer. It is a dark, cloudy yellow. Heavily carbonated with an enormous and long lasting white head that never quite goes away. Light flowery aroma. It does have a lightness like the description says. There are light fruit flavors with citrus and sweet malt. It doesn’t really being dry, but it does finish that way.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2005
at 15:41
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 6
Reddish brown,lasting tan head.Sweet carmel malt nose.Somewhat tinny spicy malt flavor, sweet finish. Certainly a dissappointment, possibly too old?. Faint clove presence
Tried
on 20 Sep 2005
at 19:23