 cbeers21 (573), Miami, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 26, 2007 Hazy ruby brown with nice foamy head and good lacing. Wow, nice scents here. Distant wheaty and yeasty scents emerge as well as funky fruit and spice/fruit notes. Very tasty; A warm spicy flavor with banana, vanilla and yeast quality, well balanced and complex. high alcohol, but not recognizeable except in a slight and enjoyable warmth from the taste. I was pleased from the very first sip and enjoyed throughout the enitre session. A great brew.
themadmumis (344), Westminster, Maryland, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 25, 2007 This American Belgian poured (from a 22 oz. bottle from January 2007) very smooth, as is with the traditional strong Belgian, in an amber hue. I will then reference ’MartinT’s bottom line’ with:
’Brown sugar allusions and bready maltiness tiptoe around the toasty and roasty notes in this delicately spicy and sweet Belgian Strong Ale.’
Definately shouldn’t be missed if you can grab one.
uoffgator (35), Miami, Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 25, 2007 What a Fantastic brew. Nice tight head, Great flowery aroma, and a complex but smooth taste, from star to finish. See what great things can develop if we all just get along!
muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 22, 2007 22 ounce bottle from, uh, somewhere in the midwest, Spring 2007 I’d guess, sampled at cellar temperature from a Chouffe tulip. The immense soft off-white small-bubbled head overflows the glass despite my (admittedly drunken) attempts to keep it from doing so, filling over 2/3 of the glass and slowly settling into a small cap with some chunky lacing atop the translucent/hazy light caramel body....faint fruity-caramel accented aroma, a touch of tart apple, perhaps some pear and cherry, nothing special....lightly mineralic and pungent character to the mostly-sweet body, fairly full but already beginning to fade after less than a year in the bottle, slightly cardboardy or papery to finish....don’t get me wrong, this is quite drinkable and has no gigantic flaws, but for me anyway it’s pretty dull and I’d have to say reads as less than the sum of its parts.
Gusler (2655), Tucson, Arizona, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 19, 2007 Upon its dismissal from the 22 ounce bottle, the beer shows off a creamy light tan head that piles high on the mahogany body, after its disappearance, the lacing forms a tight sheet to obscure the glass. Nose is a conglomeration of aromas, sweet malt, bread dough, port wine, cotton candy, caramel, and spices, clove I think. Start has a deep malt sweetness, some alcohol bitterness at the back with the top moderate in feel. Finish has a personable hop spiciness, acidity tolerable, and the aftertaste dry. Magnificent beer, as “Belgian Strong(s)” are my favorite style, this was a most enjoyable beer.
zamco17 (134), Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 16, 2007 smells hoppy, pours brown, darker than i thought, tastes part belgian part barley wine, part ipa. nice complexity.
WabashMan (808), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 15, 2007 Who can resist a beer with a great story? Not I. But I found that this one didn’t live up to that story. It was far from bad, but not what I had hoped. The brew starts off with a clear, dark copper/brown color, and a 1 cm head close enough to white to offer a nice contrast with the liquid. Nose is nice, malty, and mildly vinous, but not as strong as I’d like it to be. The flavor is similar to the nose. Nice notes throughout, but just not strong enough, especially in the front. Mouthfeel is good, and the beer provides a nice warming sensation, which is always appreciated.
MartinT (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 15, 2007 My Bottom Line:
Brown sugar allusions and bready maltiness tiptoe around the toasty and roasty notes in this delicately spicy and sweet Belgian Strong Ale.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam tops the clear copper brown.
-The nose is rather timid, but does announce the flavor profile.
-Carbonation is perfect, aiding drinkability greatly and helping in creating an authentically Belgian mouthfeel.
-Alcohol is not a bother at all; this is dangerously easy to drink.
-The finish is a slow fade out of the flavor profile.
Bottled in January 2007.
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