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bottle. hazy reddish brown under a large creamy beige head. pear syrup, apple, caramel in aroma. palate is full bodied with lots of sharp carbonation. flavors of caramel, apple, pear, yeasty. sweet. just the slightest touch of alcohol warmth. don’t really get any spices. a touch grassy at times. solid and tasty.

Pours a really hazy reddish brownish color with a nice head. Aroma is apples, but not the sharp tart kind, almost like calvados, with some cordial like sweetness and some alcohol. The flavor is very alcoholic with some nuttiness, some toffee, and some cherries. The flavor is a little yeasty. The spices are very muted in this beer, or at least they’re kind of hidden behind the booze. Not a whole lot of subtlety here, but it’s not bad.

Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de caramel fruité et d’épices. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée bourgogne avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un large col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de petits fruits avec une pointe de chocolat et d’épices. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût fruité. (Rating #2559)

11.2 ounce stubby bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is delicate but complex with notes of toffee, cherries, bread, berries, spice. Taste is bread, berries, caramel, light butterscotch and tropical notes. Medium bodied. Nice sipping beer.

Bottle at home ... copper ... big big alcohol nose with some spice ... bit fizzy ... rich toffee malts ... again alcohol shows ... some hop ... some yeast ... big spice... big bitter ... some treacle

Brown bottle, 33 cl, brewed in the fourth quarter of 2007, best before fourth quarter of 2012, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on June 25 2009; eye: copper, lightly hazy, voluminous beige head that turns into a foamy ring, average lacing; nose: fruity, malt, light alcohol, light spices, clove; mouth: malt, alcohol, fruity, spices, clove, brown sugar, pepper, finale in alcohol with presence of malt and fruity, rather carbonated, medium-full body, slightly bitter, liqueur-like and sticky texture; overall: special FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, brassée au quatrième trimestre 2007, meilleure avant le quatrième trimestre 2012, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 25 juin 2009; œil : cuivrée, légèrement voilée, légère effervescence, mousse beige abondante qui se transforme en un anneau mousseux, moyenne dentelle; nez : fruitée, malt, léger alcool, léger épices, clou de girofle; bouche : malt, alcool, fruitée, épices, clou de girofle, cassonade, poivre, finale en alcool avec présence de malt et fruitée, plutôt carbonatée, corps moyen-corsé, moyennement sucrée, très légèrement amère, texture liquoreuse et collante; en résumé : spécial

Bottle. Hazy amber brown with an off-white foam. Aromas are berries and bubblegum with yeast and spices. Lots of alcohol with some light plummines. Flavours are pink grapefruit with some floral notes. Brown sugar sweetness with dark treacle toffee. Woody and dry with autumn fruit and lots of alcohol. I almost loved it.

. The beige head died after like 30 seconds which sux . Its 11% and Belgian .If this were a roller coaster i’m first in line ,even if i see a bunch of drinkers vomiting and stumbling after the ride...burnt sugars..burnt caramel and estery fruit in the smells...A very rich malty drink. Candy sugar..coconut. Spicy and boozy and warming and yes festive. I’m starting to dig this1.