 tennisjoel (951), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 28, 2009 11.5 oz bottle rating. Pours a dark brown with a creamy vanilla head. Huge particalia noticed while pouring. Aromas of caramel, bread, dark fruit, vanilla. Definitely to style here. Very good sipper on a nice cold evening in front of the fire. It would be fun to see how this fares head to head against some of top belgian quadrupels. I’m guessing it would hold its own.
pantanap (1369), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 27, 2009 12oz bottle from west lakeview..... pours a dark caramel and raisin mostly opaque brown with a thick fluffy very light beige head.... aroma of dark and red fruits, raisins, toffee, and some added yeast notes... flavors continue on the same path with more robust sweet toffee and roasted malt. smooth medium to full body with softer carbonation which works well for it. finish adds a slight spicy bitterness. a nice quad that almost rivals the midnight sun one that i had a couple weeks back but falls just a bit short of that.
Soonah (970), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 27, 2009 One of my favorite labels of all time, so it gets a bonus point for that. The pour was brown and cloudy into a Chimay glass. The head was off-white and creamy but quickly receded and left little if any lacing behind. The aroma was roasted malts and dark fruits. Minimal yeast. The flavor too was dominated by what tasted like roasted malts, maybe it was burnt sugars? Again very little yeast profile. Some old chocolate. Medium in body with pleasant warming alcohol towards the end.
badlizard (2380), Berkeley, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 25, 2009 Hazy brown with a fizzy white head. Raisin, brown sugar, and Belgian yeast aroma and taste with some floral and molasses notes. Decent.
Heathen (810), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 3/5 | 10/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 23, 2009 THOUGHTS: Very Belgian and very nice. It was like a dubbel on steroids. Hid alcohol fairly well for the ABV, but could benefit from more aging. Really tasty. This was great.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a medium to dark brown with slight orange highlights and a very small, off-white head that mostly diminished and left fair lacing. The aroma was moderate caramel malt and candy sugar; light to moderate doughy yeast; along with raisin, apple, red wine, brown sugar and alcohol. The initial flavor was sweet; while the finish was rather sweet, acidic and ever so slightly bitter. There was caramel, candy sugar, prune, raisin, yeast, more prune, brown sugar and spices. The medium body was a little oily and then dry with rather fizzy carbonation and a lightly astringent and moderately alcoholic finish.
MOboy (446), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 23, 2009 This cola brown beauty shows absolutely no evidence of its 10.5 percent abv. The nose is rather weak with brown sugar and chocolate. Slight banana and dark fruit with a hint of chocolate. This is an extremely well made beer with little complexity.
finol (519), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 23, 2009 Bottle from Ölbutikken.
Pours dark brown red.
Xmas spice aroma and a little alcohol.
Tastes sweet of dark fruits and some chocolate.
Jblauvs (605), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 20, 2009 Fantastic Dark brown pour. Aroma is sweet, dried fruit, overripe banana, some breadiness, yeast and a bit of booze. Flavor is intense raisin bread soaked in dark candi and sweet booze. Id like to put one down for another year or so and see if it softens, but this is very tastey. Warms as it goes down. Great sipper by DDC
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