hopdog (24578) - Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 25, 2023UPDATED: APR 25, 2023 2008 forgotten bottle. Poured a deep brown color with a medium sized tan head. Although it shows some age, it was quite drinkable ... earthy, dark fruits, and caramel.
Beese (16987) - Tooting, London, Greater London, ENGLAND - FEB 21, 2020UPDATED: FEB 21, 2020 Keg at Churchills’, Carlsbad, CA on 28/08/2008. Bloody good Belgian strong, with nice fruity esters mixing with bitter west coast hops.
BuckeyeBoy (17388) - Boise, Idaho, USA - MAR 11, 2018Bottle pours out brown topped with a sand head. Nose is nice big sweet belg candy notes pit fruit spice and toffee. Tatse is more of the nice sweet malts pit fruit and spice.
kingaugusta (353) - Georgia, USA - JAN 18, 2018Pours medium brown with an off white head. Nose is raisins, Belgian candy, a little chocolate and a touch of hops. Flavor is a slightly hop leaning dark belgian that hides its strength well. Finish is quick and semi sweet. Good stuff, too bad its been discontinued.
tightslice (2826) - Austin, Texas, USA - NOV 4, 2017UPDATED: DEC 22, 2017 Bottle from Green Flash in Mira Mesa - SD, CA. Aroma is Belgian candy sugar, dried fruit, caramel, spiced fruit. Taste is complex mix of caramel, dried fruit, spices. Good flavors but doesn't completely coalesce. A bit of a surprise Grand Cru for Green Flash, but worth trying.
Rumbero (139) - Miami, Florida, USA - APR 12, 2017vintage 2012
Aroma: figs and plums and dark candy sugar that spells lots of sweetness up front. some bold vinous notes and yeast derived spicy notes.
Appearance: pours brown with a 1/2 " thick tan head with minimal retention. ale is hazy, almost muddy. no lacing was observed in my snifter.
Taste: toffee, dark fruits and the candy sugar is all over this giving it more than medium sweetness. the attempt at balance comes from significant bitterness that produced very assertive astringency. I begin to detect some stale malt notes to show a bit of negative aging.
Palate: this is a full bodied ale, with rich, sticky, almost chewy texture. the carbonation is moderate to high and the astringency that blasts the palate could almost be called intense.
Overall: starting to show signs that its had its better days (maybe a year or year and a half ago). although, I could see lots of people still enjoying this if they are craving for a high abv, complex and full flavored Belgian styled ale that is on the intense side.
JPDIPSO (6618) - Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA - APR 3, 2017Dark brown with a foamy light tan head that settles to a thinner lid of creamy bubbles. Some lace. Sweet aromas, with caramel, berries, wild flower honey, light floral hops and hints of yeast. Initial sweetness has some toasted and roasted malts. Middle has a touch of dark berries. Finish is quite bitter and somewhat acidic. Finish is a bit rough, but some bright notes prior to that. 2/13
PhillyCraft (12794) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - NOV 11, 2016BB backlog, Pours a brown color with medium head. Smell is raisin, plum, and belgian yeast. All kinds of sweet malt, random spice, and booze in the flavor of this Green Flash. Body is medium. Not a fan of this "Belgian Strong"....too big and sweet
rumproasts (6127) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - DEC 15, 2015bottle. deep brown with one finger head. this bottle has over three years on it, but it seems like it’s held up ok. malty with dark fruit, particularly raisin and plum, some brown sugar. slightly bitter finish, but it doesn’t seem like the bitterness is hoppy. some mild belgian influence as well.
Holmen2 (8263) - NORWAY - NOV 28, 2015Backlog. Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 06.05.13. Dark brown. Sweet aroma of prunes, tobacco box and port. Well-balanced taste with dark malt and hops. Coffee and bitter hops in aftertaste. Appropriate mouthfeel, Quaffable!