 RobBestwick (555), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Apr 4, 2003 wheaty orange like aroma, dark ruby colour with a large off white head, malty, chocolatey, hints of bananas, dry chocolate finish, superb.
OlJuntan64 (1267), Perth, Australia
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 27, 2002 Re-rate: Still as good looking as ever. This time I picked put a spicey apple fruity calvados and port wine aroma and flavour I was not able to quite pin down before. Perhaps this one was a little on the lighter side compared to the others as far as flavours go but still an damn fine beer. I also got this celery and chicken noodle soup tang thing that crops up occasionally in nearly all the trappistes - I’d really like to know what that is? Everything else in previous rating stands.
Second rating 7/7/2002 4.4 Dense brown-red murky colour with large fluffy mid-tan head, nice lacing as well. Gorgeous complex floral aromatic and spicey nose and flavours. Superb body and nicely balanced palate and finish. One of my favourite beers made even better by drinking it with a meal at an small Belgian streetcafe on a mild summers evening.
First rated 4/5/2002 4.3
mkobes (2104), paramus, New Jersey, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 25, 2004 1996 vintage bottle. Tasted this beer with Maibockaddict. Reddish orange in color, with lots of floaties. Sharp, fruity aroma. Full bodied beer. Well aged bottle, and it was wonderful.
Maibockaddict and I also had a newer version of this beer, a 2003 version. More fresh aroma. Raisiny flavor, not as aged as the first one 8 years. It ages very well and its worth the money.
ericnixon (719), Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 7, 2004 Dark brown color with a phenominal bready, spicy aroma that invites the taste that doesn’t disappoint. Wonderfully malty with continued spiciness. Great beer.
MaiBockAddict (1499), Good Beer Bar Deprived, New Jersey, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jan 24, 2004 1996 vintage (with a new 2003 vintage to follow)Part 3 of my Trappist tasting with Mkobes. pours a beautiful reddish orange with lots of floaties. Awesome head as with any trappist. Sharp fruity tobacco aroma. Yum. Full bodied musty tart malty flavor with fruity undertones. Obviously well aged, yet still wonderful. New version rated to follow in bold. Newer version (2003?). # 4 in my trappist tasting with Mkobes. Pours deep orange red, with a few fewer floaties. Perfect Trappist head again. More fresh earth aroma than the 8n year old version. Some raisiny fruitiness, with a musty, tobacco undertone. Fruity raisiny flavor, with tobacco undertones, that is nice, yet not as aged, obviously, as the first. This ages well and is well worth paying hundreds of dollars a case. Nuff said
DanielBrown (1919), Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, England
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 5, 2004 Bottle from Stirchley Wines and Spirits, Birmingham. Very dark brown, with a beige head. Oat and berry aroma, thick and ominous. Sweet, fruity taste, firm, full-bodied. Alcohol creeps in on the finish, before relaxing back to a sweet, malty flavour. Thick in the mouth, complex and balanced. Bubbly on the tongue. Superb beer, which has everything.
JonR888710 (999), Cochabamba, Bolivia
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 24, 2005 Pours a very dark brown. However, when held to a bright light, this beer is a bright cranberry red with tons of bubbles headed from the bottom of the glass to the mighty head. The froth is tanned/ toasted white bread, and evenly thick, but is gone within a minute. Aroma is strong and sumptuous with cinnamon, clove, prodigious malt, tangy grapes, caramel, yeast, and baked apples.Taste is full of flavor, with caramel, granny smith apples, drying clove spices, yeast, really big hops, and tongue sizzling high ABV (are you sure its not more than 7%?). Aftertaste is warm from the alcohol, with a pleasant dryness (herbal-like), spicy hops and loads or residual malt and yeast. Everything a good abbey should be. Lacing is medium to above average. Thank goodness for this beer, as my last 20 or so were real stinkers. Purchased at Chevy Chase Wine and Liquor in our Nation’s Capital, Washington, DC.
ontario102 (794), Boise, Idaho, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Apr 27, 2004 This pours with a significant , creamy, perennial head; raison, chocolate, and banana nose; it has a sweet, cocoabutter, nutty (walnut?) flavor that's a slightly tart in the finish; nice balance. Not overly complex; though I really like dubbels, this is one of the few that gives you alot without giving over-the-top, imposing funkiness that many others do. Drink mass quantities! Too bad it's so expensive, it'll be along time before I get another, myself.
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