 BBB63 (4229), La Porte, Indiana, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 26, 2009
750ml corked bottle and served in my Big Karmeliet glass:
Pours a hazy chestnut brown hue topped by a large rocky light beige head which left clinging lacework upon the glassware. The aroma smells like the holidays with rich cherry, fig, and fruitcake. Hint of cardamom, ginger, anise blend with roasted and toffee malts. Even a quick hint of herbal hops and earthy salty notes as well on the nose.
The taste pretty accurately reflected the aromas with a mix of spice overlaid rich sweet malts and a mild fruity background. There is a slightly sea salt note around the edges before a pop of alcohol comes forth to cleanse the palate. Unfortunately the alcohol is too brash for the framework of the beer and begins to wear the palate down long before the bottle (or even glass) is near completion. The mouth feel is lively enough and counteracts a sticky medium to full-bodied nature of the brew. Perhaps aging would calm down the effects of the alcohol but I have my doubts. Still, all in all a solid brew that meets my expections of a strong holiday ale.
jesperhammer (303), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 29, 2009 28-NOV-2009, bottle @home.
Brown, nice light brown head.
Weak nose, belgian inspired. Very creamy, nice carbonation.
Brown sugar, roasted, not strong although it is 9,5%.
First time I tasted this two years ago, I was much more impressed. Well, it is still a very nice beer.
Anker (308), Hillerød, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 26, 2009 From 2007 on tap at Ølbaren.
Pours hazy and reddish/brown with a creamy tan head.
Aroma is sweet and hoppy with malty notes.
Flavour is noway near my expectations - smokey, hoppy and a little caramel sweet with dark fruits in the back. It ends in a bitter sweet after taste.
NielsK (13), Denmark
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 8/20 |
Nov 16, 2009 Taste of left over milk after Kellogs Frosties ! Malt,bitter & very sweet.
Glouglouburp (2822), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 18, 2009 In short: A very sweet, toasted and slightly spicy ale. Ok for what it is.
How: Bottle. Age unknown but probably recent. Tasting session with Montreal crew.
The look: Cloudy brown body topped by a small beige head
In long: Nose is spicy and toasted. Taste sweet, spicy, slightly fruity and kind of here and there. Crusty brownies, some spices, strange berry-like fruitiness, brown sugar, caramel. Something astringent that I cannot word. I cannot say it wasn’t good, it was pretty decent, but it is another of those “different” beer where it’s just a bunch of flavour elements that do not necessarily complement each other. Overall sensation like an incomplete beer, a work in progress. Not bad but it felt as amateurish and also as spicy as the movie Six Degrees Of Penetration.
sfhodense (554), Odense NØ, Denmark
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 4, 2009 Pours cloudy brown with a large beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, cherry, fruit. Flavour is sweet caramel, fruity, cherry. Sour aftertaste.
illinismitty (1795), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 18, 2009 Bottle at Yourdarklord’s tasting. Pours a nice deep reddish amber with nice retentive light tan head. Aroma of cherry juice and licorice. Medium to full bodied with a nice earthy mouthfeel. Flavor of sweet caramel malts, cherry, licorice, all nicely melded. Finish has some cinnamon and clove. Nice.
MartinT (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 9, 2009 My Bottom Line:
Christmas spices, fruity yeast and leafy hops conclude in a bitter and tart profile for a decent but rather perplexing Belgian-style Strong Ale.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A creamy tower of foam bobs atop the cloudy reddish-brown.
-In the end, the tartness was a little too strange for me in this context.
-The soft effervescence makes for some easy drinking despite the beer’s potency.
-I’m not sure this flavor profile was all that cohesive.
Bottle.
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