Dark brown colour, beige head. Aroma has dark fruits and malts. Flavour has caramel malts, some spices and fruits. Alcohol well hidden. A nice surprise; needs a rerate.

A lightly hazed dark resddish brown ale, with a thin moka head. A sweet caramel aroma, maderized porto, chocolate and stewed prunes. In mouth, a sweet candy sugar, with licorice, yeast and warming alcohol. A pleasant dutch barley wine...its a belgian strong! Bottle at In de Wildeman, Nov. 2006. 3.30 euro.

Bottle (9% alc), august 08. Very dark brown color with a big, bubbly, creamy, beige head. Nice, captivating yeasty aroma with some caramel notes, fruity, cake and raisins. Malty, grainy flavor, slightly spicy with some slight cocoa and tobacco notes. Slightly sweet and acidic aftertaste. Medium body, soft, smooth and quite light for a 9%. Nice, drinkable and inviting belgian stronga dark ale.

Bottle. Dark brown, red with a beige head. Aromas are fruity with blackcurrants and caramel malts. Flavours are berries and citrus with blackcurrant. Sweet and dry and a little unbalanced. Didn’t do anything for me.

Appearance: reddish brown color. Medium head, lasting, not very dense and with beige color. Aroma: intensive fruity touch similar to berries, plums, red-raisins and figs. Other reminiscences of caramel, chocolate, truffles, wood, oporto wine, old rum and berries liquors. Flavor: sweet start from caramel malts and sugar and notes of truffles and chocolate. Like in the aroma, present intensives reminiscences of ripe-red-fruits like plums, berries and raisins. Also, other slight woody notes. Liquory like oporto, old rum and berries liquors. Light yeasty note and caramel aftertaste. The sweetness hides the alcoholic degree. Palate: medium body with semi-oily texture, Low carbonation. Remark: intensives, nice and some complex fruity notes. However, present a light unbalanced sweetness; in spite of this, a good beer.