t Smisje BBBourgondier

Beautiful amber beer with a deep golden-orange hue. Thick, creamy beige foam topping this strong belgian. Nose of sweet caramel and something grassy, like mint and lemon mixed together. Full bodied, lots of sweetness from the candi sugar, yet well balanced, with a good herbal, slightly bitter, mid-palate, just enough to balanced the huge malty presence and alcohol. This is a big beer, that you should consider for dessert only. With the valeriane in it, it will surely put you to bed early...

2nd April 2008 Chocolate brown ale. A semi complex mix of slightly spicy zingy fruiy and malty creamyness. Dry very slight smoky finsh.

11.2 oz. bottle. Aroma features raisin and port wine scents. It is sweet, strong, and very nice. Also chocolate, caramel, citrus, fruit cake, and pitted fruit (peach, plum). Very complex and appetizing smell. Clean and yeasty. Excellent aroma! Pours a dirty, cloudy light brown with both gold and copper hues in the earlier, clearer portion of the pour. Some particulate at the bottom of the bottle. Highly effervescent: A ton of bubbles. Moderate amount of short-lasting beige head. Little lacing. The liquid looks very cool. If the head and the lacing were more impressive, this might earn a 5 for appearance. The flavor is more subtle than the aroma. Charred, charcoal, bitter finish. Bourbony. Sweet and fruity. Apricot and caramel flavors, as well as some dark chocolate. Tasty, but not special. The flavor is less wine-like than the aroma; the flavor emphasizes the dessert characteristics more. Medium to heavy body. Very smooth and relatively lively in the palate. Easy to drink, much more so than I expected given the high alcohol content. ’t Smisje BBBourgondier is another strong effort from the perennially underrated de Regenboog Brewery.

This is a good one. Never saw or heard of this one before. Murky looking. Lot of malt in the nose almost has a cloying like aroma, like a aged malty beer. The alcohol shows up as the ale comes up to room temp. A rich blackberry taste, with full feel. Strong flavors. I like! A little pricey, 5.99 for a 11.2 oz.

Pour: Nearly opaque, deep brown. Little/no head. Aroma: smooth alcohol, molasses and fruity yeast notes, cola. Flavor: Smooth, heavy feel, sweet and fruity sugar, but not cloying. Spices are either too light or blend in too well to stand out past the yeast. Alcohol is present but subtle enough to not distract. Balanced, very decent strong ale, but not very adventurous.

Chestnut brown with a fizzy tan head. Spicy soda pop aroma. Chocolate cola nut and smoke taste.

33cl bottle at home, purchased from Plan-B, cph. pours a caramelly unclear brown, with a very small head. strong dark fruits, flowery hops, very slightly spicy, very slightly sourish. flavor is caramel, raisins, alc. burn, malty sweetness, raisins, "gløgg". very strong, very malty sweet, not much to balance it , some raisins and dark fruits, the sweet part of the brew is balanced, alc well hidden, flavor is rounded.

My bottle (11.2oz) shared with garthicus. 2006 (or so) vintage. Pours a cloudy dark amber with lots of floaties in the bottom and an average size diminishing off-white head. Nice fruity aroma along with brown sugar, caramel malt, butterscotch, alcohol and dark fruit. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, candi sugar and dark fruit along with yeast, some spices and alcohol. Medium bodied. Much better then I expected, very, very good!