7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle) Poured brown and hazy. Head was medium sized and white. Aroma contained smoke, tar, smoked ham and malts. Palate was full bodied and bit dry with quite high carbonation. Flavours were smoke, tar, smoked ham, malts, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste was smoky and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2010
at 06:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Pours with a coffee black body and a beige head of decent size. Moderate lacing. Smells like dark chocolate and an aggressive amount of good coffee. Some blackberries and raspberries are also present in the aroma. It’s a strong coffee aroma but quite rich, and it doesn’t completely overpower the roasted malt. The malt flavor is on the sweet side but it’s almost entirely overwhelmed by bitter coffee. I’m guessing that this beer was made with excellent coffee, but the flavor has grown somewhat stale, bitter and over-roasted. Finish is mildly unpleasant with coffee bitterness. The feel is thin and watery. The flavor might have worked well with a thicker, fuller mouthfeel, but thin and coffee bitter isn’t doing it for me.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2010
at 22:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. Ambery golden colour, small white head. Aroma is bready malts, alcohol, some herbs and mild glue. Flavour is sweet malts, some hops and alcohol. Still quite bodied and balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2010
at 01:44
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled (BB 08/2010, vintage 2009)
Courtesy of Bierkoning, thanks Edo!
Hazy orange-amber color, small off-white head. Very yeasty nose: fruits and bread. Flavor is also yeast, but also fruity (orange, watermelon). Not "a bock" at all.
Courtesy of Bierkoning, thanks Edo!
Hazy orange-amber color, small off-white head. Very yeasty nose: fruits and bread. Flavor is also yeast, but also fruity (orange, watermelon). Not "a bock" at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2010
at 09:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a dark cream colored head. Rich malt aroma. Rich malt flavor with grapefruit. Medium-plus bodied. Grapefruit and light pine lingers with malt/caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2010
at 09:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark mahogony beer with a cream colored head. Nice smoke aroma with light saltiness/bacon. Smoke and sweet malt flavor. Medium bodied. Smoke and malt lingers with a light earthiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2010
at 09:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Ruby-black beer with a very thin tan head. Coffee and light roast aroma. Coffee and light roast flavor with light chocolate. Fuller bodied. Coffee lingers with grapefruit hops, light roast, and light spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2010
at 09:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Blackish beer with a tan head. Rich malt and coffee aroma with light roast and toffee. Caramel/toffee flavor with light coffee, light roast, and backing hops. Medium-plus bodied. Toffee and light fruitiness lingers with chocolate, coffee, and light roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2010
at 09:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
30cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Clear dark copper/amber colour, lasting off white head. Aroma of smoke, salty bacon, some fruity notes, caramel. Flavour is light sweet, malty, caramel, smoked bacon, sweet and smokey bitter finish, some alcohol as well. Medium bodied, smooth mouthfeel. Just a bit too sweet imo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2010
at 12:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Very thick-set, even cream-coloured head over opaque dark red-brown beer. Very roasted & coloured malts, not very powerful aromas. Aromatic, perfumed and fruity esters emerge in the mouth, dark malts with lots of melanoidins, as well as some unrecognisable spicy flavour. Very slick, creamy MF, end is however a bit watery, belying its first impression of a full-bodied rich beer. I would like to taste this next to a Westmalle dubbel on draught. There are unmistakable similarities, if in this case certainly not as complex.
Tried
on 24 May 2010
at 02:23