Hazy dark mohogany color with a medium creamy light brown head. Aroma of sweet fruit, roasted malt, and some slight astringency. Sweet flavor, light fruit, some chocolate and caramel.

Dark ruby with a bubbly, light brown head. Malt and molasses aroma with a touch of alcohol. Sweet caramel, slightly burned flavour with a hint of port.

Re-rate on tap at Christian Firtal, 2011: Lots of dried fruit aroma, figs and prunes, along with dark sugar and a hint of licorice. Sweet, dark sugar flavour dominating, with dried fruit and a spicy touch. Slightly oxidized, but only in a good, vineous way

Bottle, poured into a small pilsner glass. Color is a very dark copper, slightly translucent. Medium head. Aroma is not strong, slightly malty and alcoholic. The taste is malty, like a cheap scotch ale. Too much carbonation for me. Leaves a nasty bitterness on my palate. By the way, there is no way this is a stout, more like a Scotch Ale for me.

Bottle. Reddish amber color with a nice off-white head. Fruity/,alty/tart aroma (some citrus). Malty, spicey, earthy flavor with some light cherry/citrus backing. Good balance.

Bottled Brugs de’ Beertje 05-11-05. The laat day of my latest Belgian excursion and one final trips to a mecca of Belgian Beers Brugs de’ Beertje. A hazy light golden brownish colour with a large fluffy off white head. Hoppy and yeasty aroma, fruity and little bit sweet backed up by some bitterness, pretty good.[br]10/5/2015: Keg at Gollem, Overtoom the bar, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday 5th October 2015. We sat outside just as we had done at Craft and Draft, however the weather is slowly changing now. Anyway onto the beer. It is blond (as the name suggests) its a decent if ultimately somewhat safe blonde, light bitterness, sweet a dab of vanilla, creamy. Fine. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1

One of the yeastiest beers I have ever had, but other than that this is disappointing as a Saison. It is generally a light Belgian ale; lightly spiced and a light flavor for a Belgian; especially one as expensive as this one. Overall the spice is light. The finish is dry as the description says. Certainly nothing wrong with it, but for a Belgian Saison it delivers little.

Very dark brown colour. Light roasty, chocolatey character. Light body for size. A bit of soy sauce note to the fairly intense malt profile. No particular roast. Decent. A revisit is in order, though.

Bottle, best before 8/23/2008 consumed on 3/3/2006
Glucosey, soft magenta-tinged, deep mahogany/chestnut. Large, light tan head is very well retained. Huge lacing. Bottle conditioned. Small bubbles rise consistently.
Deep, pillowy brown sugar and maple liqueur notes fill the nose gently. Light vanilla-bean notes add a kick, while a softly root-like and sweet Belgian yeastiness add complexity on the end. Cola and root-beer like notes unfold, with light fudge, as it warms. Nothing too sticky/syrupy or heavy about this. Only the faintest touch of raisin/currant mix.
Upon first sip, buttery caramel and leafy green hops collide to create a sweet, watermelon-like note on the finish. Soily, but sweet malts and really melony hops hang on the end. Wow, that’s an oddly distinctive mix. Marzipan at first, chewy, dried, sweet dates. A lightly fizzy carbonation at first, breaks up what would be a comforting brown sugar and melted toffee sweetness. It (the carbonation) seems to accentuate a dry, yeasty, soily, buttery note that is felt in the space it creates between the sweet malts. A touch of oily roast on the very end mixes with a little wateriness. Fairly quick-finishing, leaving some bland yeast and light rooty/plant-like notes (not a bad vegetal thing). The more it breathes, a dry chocolate earthiness emerges. Carbonation dies down gradually, but it’s a touch prickly still at about 20 minutes. But further patience proves worthwhile. The would-be comforting brown sugar and toffee malts are certainly there, after the carbonation finally gives way. Only touches of alcohol in the flavor, very passing, and none in the nose.