OliverG (85), montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 3, 2009
De couleur brune foncée, elle a une belle mousse beige qui colle très bien au verre. Elle dégage des arômes de caramel, de malt chocolaté et d’alcool. Très bien balancée, la Van De Keizer bleu est veloutée en bouche et nous offre de déliceuses saveurs de caramel, de malt, d’alcool et de chocolat et ce, tout en douceur. Très bonne bière complexe.
 gam (1116), brisbane, Australia
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 Large biege head good carbonation colour is plum like or dark wine aroma banana candy dark fruit vanilla maltiness flavour clove banana candy raisin plum cinnamon brown sugar creamy smoothness typical of a gouden carolus has a fizz on the palate yeasty goodness through the beer sweet but not rich not much bitter not that it matters finish great mix of flavours smooth a fizz on the palate morishing stuff.
dyetube (414), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 17, 2009 This beer pours a dark brown almost black with a thin tan head that dissipates quickly. The aromas are light citrus and dough. The flavor is sweet and yeasty and not too dry. This was a pleasure to drink. Cheers!
HonkeyBra (1360), Lemont, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 16, 2009 2008 bottle. Crap, I thought this was a quad. Dark reddish brown pour with off white, whispy head. Brown sugar, raisin, belgian yeast, candi sugar. Flavor is pruney, grapey, caramel, some dates. A bit of Belgian yeast and maybe a touch of spice. A bit vinous. Syrupy mouthfeel with some nice carbonation. Finishes sweet. Pretty decent belgian,
Nisse666 (443), Göteborg, Sweden
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Botttle, 2009-12-12, Göteborg
AR: green grapes, honey, coffey
AP: Coca cola colures body, steady 1 cm thickof white head
F: Belgian yeast, butter schotch, red currant, spirit,
Additional comment: very nice distinctive curtains
Toxygen (270), Sanford, Florida, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 Updated: Dec 15, 2009(br-btl bk-lbl 750ml, 2006 and 2009,10%, ¢40/oz)
§lct-br, thick creamy head, full body, ^co2.
fruity malty §iron ^alchl aroma.
malty iron-hop T1, caramel dark-fruit T2, alchl §burnt T3.
smooth, fruity, very-low-bitterness, ^flavorful, ^drinkable.
maybe slightly less complex than the abbeys.
LuckyDuck (8), Seattle, Washington, USA
does not count  | 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 27, 2009 2009 batch, 750 ml bottle, 11/27/09. Pours dark brown with ruby highlights, with light tan head. Not a lot of head retention. Odor is plums, almost grape juice. Slight (but not offensive) green apple aroma. Hits the mouth sweet and grapey. Definitely some belgian candy syrup flavor. Plenty carbonated, but not to the extreme like some of this style. Mouthfeel is very smooth – one of the best, most surprising features of this beer, actually. No metallic flavor, alcohol is very well hidden, no astringency. Overall, I’d say this beer is essentially flawless, though a little one-dimensional with the dark fruity sweetness. Reminds me a lot of a Bernardus Abt 12, although not as dry. This beer was young. It is going to age very well.
Strykzone (1492), Wood River, Illinois, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 27, 2009 2008 bottle. A huge tan head causes significant delay in enjoying this beer. Pour is a very cloudy dark brown that is almost porter a color. A complex aroma of spice, dark fruit, vinous notes, and cherry wood. Flavor is delicious. Complex fruit with both dark and tropical, alcohol, spices, sweetness and more sweetness. This was a very tasty beer for a beer drinker with a sweet tooth (like myself). However, it would have been a great beer to share. By the end of the 750 the sweet flavor had grown stale.
jthg (68), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 26, 2009 The first thing I noticed about the 2007 version of this beer is the alcohol notes on the aroma. It wasn’t offensive, but definitely present. The beer pours a dark amber/brown that shines red in the glass without much head. With the alcohol, the beer has a fresh sweet caramel nose with a slight date smell. The taste mirrors the aroma and as the beer warms up, more alcohol notes are noticeable in the taste. Good beer.
And, if I were to have the pleasure of drinking this beer again, I would drink it cold!
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