Hantverksbryggeriet Munken

Brewed by Hantverksbryggeriet
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Västerås, Sweden

A dark brown colored beer, with a small thick foamy beige head. The aroma of fruits with chocolate, like cherries. There is some sweet malt. The taste of chocolate , moving over too liquorice juice . There is sweer and bitter with hints of alcohol. the aftertaste has bitter with chocolate and fruits.

Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma: malty & fruity, lightly spicy, some yeasty notes. Flavor: malty, sweet, raisins, plums, caramel, spices, dark sugar, alcohol, light phenoles.

Bottled at RBESG 2008. An unclear red-brown beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and over-ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and over ripe fruits as well as lighter notes of roasted malt, leading to a dry, bitter, and roasted finish. The alcohol tickles the palate.

courtesy of, and shared with Gnoff. ’07 bottle pours dark brown. Aroma is malty, chocolate, fruity and boozy. Taste, candi sugar, dark fruits; raisins, some caramel malts, light chocolate palate with residuous liquorice. Very drinkable, yet qbv is notoiceable, the beer feels it had some age on. Tasty!

Draught at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Gothenburg Hazy, dark amber with a large head. Vinous in both aroma and flavour with toffee and sweet fruits and some chocolate. Slightly oily palate.

Bottle at Nya Tröls, Malmö
Hazy dark amber color. Musky caramel aroma, light alcohol, old Alps cheese crust, interesting. Good body strength, sweetish caramel flavor, alcohol feeling, warming. Good bitterness. Very good.

On tap at Bishops Arms, Karlstad. I’ve never tried any strong beer on tap before so it was really interesting ...

Pours a deep brown color with a nice big white head. It remains until the beer is finished. Aroma is malty; there’s notes of caramel, dried fruits, raisins, plums and citrusy hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and lightly vinous with much plums, raisins, dried fruits, caramel and citrusy hops. Some sugary hints. Aftertaste is bitter and hoppy and the hops seems to dominate more than expected. Palate is really filling, a fullbodied beer with medium carbonation. Pretty smooth. A very drinkable beer but it feels more like a Barley Wine/American Strong Ale than a Belgian Strong thanks to the hops. On the other hand many American interpretations of Belgian ale can be like this, so this seems to be a Swedish interpretation of an American interpretation of a Belgian style beer ... it slightly reminds me about Brother Thelonious from North Coast.

<b>Draught @ STBOWF. Stockholm Beer Festival 2008, Sweden.</b>
Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, moderate roasted, caramel, nutty, licorice - anis notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [270908]