GJF (520), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Jan 11, 2009 This just didn’t hit me right. It might have actually been an old bottle; I should definitely try it again. The aroma was excellent and it poured a nice reddish brown with a rocky tan head. The flavor was sour (and not in a good way) and the palate was really like cola. Sour cola, hmmm.... Rciesla (3905), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Jan 8, 2009 Bottle. Pours a mahogany body with a tan head. Sweet malt, light fruity esters, light woodiness and brown sugar. Not bad. dwyerpg (2553), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Dec 25, 2008 Sweet caramel malt aroma. This is way too sweet for me, especially right up front. Has a bit of caramel, but it is just dominated by the sugar, making it tough to drink. Flavor is okay when I can get it down. BeerHawk (1203), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Dec 23, 2008 Bottle. Poured a dark brown with a creamy tan head that left good lace. Sweet aroma of fruits, caramel, and a slight musty and wood background. Nice fruit and malt mix in the flavor. Medium to full body and sweet throughout. drpimento (883), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 18, 2008 Good beer! Poured wth a nice, big tan head, no lace. Head mostly subsides. Color is a dark brownish amber. Aroma is yeasty, malty, a hint fruity, and sour. Flavor is about the same but also a hint of caramel. Interesting relationship between flavors. Body was a hair thin, but not bad. Decent carbonation. Satisfying. Session beer. Clean. BeerGestapo (740), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Nov 21, 2008 Brewed in Belgium !!! Pours a brown / burgundy color with a smalll foamy off-white head. Super sweet aroma, raisins, brown sugar, caramel, and plums. Taste is of dark fruits, figs, and malts. The mouthfeel is very spitzy at first and becomes sweet with a hint of dryness at the finish. Pretty interesting stuff.... :) DruncanVeasey (2768), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Nov 20, 2008 Another Petrus gusher. Pours deep burgundy with a marbled yellowy beige head. Pimples of yeast. Wincing sweet baby sick nose initially, giving way to complex malt-driven aromas of toffee, malt loaf, liquorice, choc coated raisin, walnut, locust bean (??). Powdered milk sweet, very lactic, liquoriced. Edging towards a 7. Mouth sweetish with chocolate, walnut, liquorice, hint of roast, peaty grain. Walnutty oak notes really making their presence felt. Czech black lager/ Schwarz like choc, grain, coniferous background hop. Liquorice, Carib bean waxiness and virtual choc.
Unusual, complex, highly suppable dubbel.
BoBoChamp (1444), Gent, Belgium
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Oct 21, 2008 Updated: Jul 18, 200933cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, easy to drink, yet complex brew, balanced, clear, good head, nice brew
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