Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before December 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on October 9 2008; eye: mahogany, clear, good effervescence, voluminous creamy beige head and that turns into a sheet, a bit of lacing; nose: roasted malt, black coffee, light fruity; mouth: roasted malt, acridity, black coffee, acridity rises the hops feeling, finale in roasted malt with light acridity, light astringency, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, foamy texture, not much carbonation; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant décembre 09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 9 octobre 2008; œil : acajou, claire, bonne effervescence, mousse crémeuse beige abondante et qui se transforme en une petite couverture, un peu de dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, café noir, léger fruité; bouche : malt torréfié, âcreté, café noir, âcreté augmente l’impression de houblon, finale en malt torréfié avec une légère âcreté, légère astringence, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, texture mousseuse, peu carbonatée; en résumé : ordinaire

330 ml bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.

App.: Hazy deep ruby with a decent light tan froth. Aroma: Plenty sour cherries and berries, lighter dried fruits, organic acid tang, a bit of caramel/toffee, reminiscent of a Flemish sour. Palate: Medium body and fair effervescence. Flav.: Much less fruit than the nose, more burnt sugar and wood, a bit of alcohol, some black coffee (!), a touch of the organic acid tang; dry with good bitterness.

Not keen on the nose and flavour being so mis-matched.

(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm) Dark reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head leaving lots of lacing. Malty, fruity nose with notes of dark fruit, berries (raspberries, cherries) and caramel. Malty taste with dark fruit, wild berries, hints of chocolate and generous doses of spicy hops in the finish. Fairly dry and very tasty. Nice one.

Bottle: Poured a clear deep brown color ale with a large off-white foamy head with good retention and great lacing. Aroma of dry malt with a light European hops finish. Taste is definitely drier then I would have expected with a nice enough dry hops finisBottle: Poured a clear deep brown color ale with a large off-white foamy head with good retention and great lacing. Aroma of dry malt with a light European hops finish. Taste is definitely drier then I would have expected with a nice enough dry hops finish. The label ‘’winter beer’’ lead me to expect a Belgian malt bomb with some balance sweetness but instead it seems I got a dry winter beer. Good carbonation with no discernable alcohol. While this is not bad or flawed, I thought it was too dry for my taste buds and not something I would revisit anytime soon.h. The label ‘’winter beer’’ lead me to expect a Belgian malt bomb with some balance sweetness but instead it seems I got a dry winter beer. Good carbonation with no discernable alcohol. While this is not bad or flawed, I thought it was too dry for my taste buds and not something I would revisit anytime soon.

Bière brun claire, légèrement voilée, qui laisse un col moyen et durable de mousse café. Aromes de terre, lichen, champignons, café. Un peu de fer. Le goût est sucré, avec une amertume cendrée. La bouche est crémeuse, mais sans effervescence. Une bière qui n’a rien d’extraordinaire ni rien de mauvais. Pour une bière d’hiver, c’est plutôt doux...