Het Kapittel Watou Prior

Brewed by Van Eecke
Style: Belgian Ale
Poperinge-Watou, Belgium

Nice mahagony color, medium off white frothy head, leaving laces. Sweet dough, cookie nose also a nice rum aroma and vanilla tone which repeats in the taste. Celery and molasses are also in the taste followed by a harsh and unlikely bitterness.

Bottle. Red brown colour with a dissapering white head. Yeasty fruity aroma and a sweet fruity taste. Medium body and a dry finish.

Hazy dark amber colour with a big tan head. Malty and yeasty aroma with a dark fruit sweetness and a light alcohol note. Yeasty and earthy flavor with a dark fruit sweetness and an alcohol finish.

Dark brown with large off white head. Sweet yeasty and fruity aroma. A dry flavor with notes of caramel, malt, fruit and yeast.

Starts great: light caramel nose with molasses tones, walnut-brown color, sticky foamy head. Odde sweet malt taste, however, with a vegetable character. Gritty bitter end. Taste doesn’t match the nose and this went downhill quick in my book. Dissappointing.

Nice orchard fruit nose. It has some berry flavors tightened up by a winey dryness. All this overlays some considerable caramel. Reminds me a lot of St. Bernardus Prior 8, but a bit more caramel and dryness. Drink at room temperature. Excellent.

Bottle: Aroma is malt, fruit, chocolate, caramel, and citrus. Pours a dark brown. Some orange hilights are noticeable when held to the light. Big off-white head with excellent retention. Very malty. Lots of caramel, fruit, light chocolate, raisin. Finish is lightly acidic. A little warming affect, but no real alcohol flavor.

Dark copper brown with a lightly-lacing, light tan head. Rich malty caramel and bready Belgian yeast aroma. Body is sweet and viscous but thins a little toward the finish. Nicely carbonated with mild complexity and balance. A decent Belgian strong.