slimchill (781), Austin, Texas, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Oct 31, 2007 Updated: Nov 19, 2007Bottle. Beautiful cloudy copper-amber with active carbonation up to a huge white head. Nose is slightly acidic with peach and apple notes and some bready aromas deeper down. Lots of spice up front folds into a balance of fruit, sour yeast flavors, and alcohol. Balanced and lovely flavor, sweet finish. Palate is a bit harsh at first but smooths out nicely. Head retention is perfect and leaves the most beautiful lacing. Jerre (1762), Waregem, Belgium
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Oct 27, 2006 Bottle 33 cl. Amber golden with yeasty impurities. Great white head. Very malty, very sweet with a medium body. Yeast, alcohol and fruit in the aroma. Big complex taste with sweetness.
Like it. ante (2965), Stockholm, Sweden
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Mar 6, 2008 Bottled at Monks Café, Stockholm. Pours out in a hazy pale amber colour with a rich lively white foam. Yeasty aroma with solid notes of crackers, mandarin and cookies with touches of leafy hops and and candid sugar. Full and firm body with notes of of oranges, cookies, nectarines, herbs, white bread, vanilla and mild pepper. Long well-balanced finish of of cookies, mandarin, mild pepper and orangey hops. Bold, yet elegant. Me like! drpimento (865), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Feb 6, 2007 very nice presentation, nice nose, solid beer, almost great but not quite. citrusy nose, malty, yeasty, but all balanced. good beer, not great smcd (366), USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Mar 11, 2007 Very light, slightly carbonic nose, but hidden very nicely. Clear, orange/amber. Big, white head that collapses relatively slowly, leaving nice lice all the way down the glass. Big and sweet, but not too hot (particularly surprisingly for that big 9.5% lurking in the background). Wow. Full-bodied and smooth. The nose gets sweeter as it warms up with some ethanol becoming more evident, but it becomes ever more well-balanced and the warming effect of the alcohol becomes apparent. There’s definitely some spiciness back there too, but probably a yeast character -- a pleasant effect for bottom-of-the-bottle drinkers who are rewarded with a pleasant nuttiness. Ultimately, very clean, well-balance and tending toward sweet, and quite enjoyable ... but don’t try pounding this one ... it DESERVES sipping. fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Jul 3, 2003 Cloudy light amber color, big creamy head. Strong malt aroma, light alcohol, light coriander, bitter honey. Very good malty body, lacking just some fruitness. Unluckly the palate is quite ordinary. A very good and drinkable one, for the lovers of Belgian Strong Ales, but not original.
MagnumPI (56), Essex, England
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | May 30, 2009 NEON INK BEER !
Bottle top with venom but unlike Bon Secours no explosion of froth. Immense frothy head more potent than Duvel, and a cloudy amber colour with a fine aroma. Superb strong flavour early on with real bite, which stays until the end. Hard to put your finger on the flavour but definitely citrus and hops sums it up well. Great beer to watch the Cup Final with Bov (5495), Bienne, Switzerland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Apr 9, 2007 from crackedkettle.com - clear golden-amber colour, little persistent foam with a nice lace; very spicy and hoppy nose with a touch of alcohol; full-bodied and oily, very bitter and spicy finish with warming alcohol notes and lot of residual sugars
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