Baladin Noel Chocolat

(Magnum 2005) Beige weak head. Dark brown colour. Aroma is malty, fruity (banana) with chocolate and earthy nots. Flavor is malty too with candy and dark fruity tones, ending in a moderately sweet finish. Full bodied.

Small yellow head over dark brown beer with red highlights. Nose with wood, liquorice, and more outspoken toffee aroma. Sweet taste, with liquorice flavours and easy malts, a bit winey. Burning MF, but well-bodied. Misses totally hops, for more equilibrium and balance. The cacao simply doesn’t do it. Rare beer, thanks Lorenzo!

Magnum bottle at Enosteria (Brescia). Compact and enough creamy foam, good persistence. Elegant dark brown color and much impenetrable. Powerful and winy aroma. Decided alcoholic impact with aromas of bitter cacao, candy and coffee. Medium prickly taste, much alcoholic with a much bitter beginning and a sweet and treacly end. Notes of scorched caramel and sweet malty. Unusual and too much unbalanced. Chocolate?

A hazy dark red beer with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet with light fruity notes, while the flavor is sweet with chocolate being most dominant, leading to a dry end.

The taste of chocolate is artificial. No alcohol is noticable in this beer. The beer looks better than it is. Not good enough.

Bottled: Dark amber coloured. Quite clear. Brownish small head. Grassy, sweet alcoholdense aroma. Flavour is fruity, light spiced and citric. Some vague cocoa notes. Is very light bodied. Ends on a rather dry and citric note. Alcohol is well hidden. Well, this sure wasn’t worth the 30 Euros I paid for the bottle, but what the heck. Had to try it.