[1] Review by dXIIIr from Grembergen, Belgium who has tried this beer a couple times. (12/28/2008 2:08:54 PM)
"A dark brown beer with a medium beige foam collar on top. Has a full, spiced aroma with some wood and brown sugar. Its texture is quite fresh, not at all acidic. The flavour is relatively sweet as brown sugar and quite spiced. The aftertaste is slightly fresh sweet. There's hardly no sense of the alcohol when tasting, but its effect kicks in quite soon after."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by StBlues from Lubbock, TX, USA who has tried this beer once. (11/17/2008 10:24:03 PM)
"This brew ppoured a dark brown with red highlights with a thick rocky tan colored head that dissipated to a thin cap. Aroma was sweet malt and dark fruit with a fair amount of spice. Mouthfeel was medium. Flavor started malty and dark fruits but as it warmed more spice came through including anise. I'm not a fan of black licorice so this turned me off. Alcohol was well cloaked."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
4/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.2)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750oz @ $14 Unit Cost: $0.3 per Pint
[3] Review by Sap from Tucson, AZ, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (7/22/2008 1:05:59 AM)
"Bottle date 13.11.10; Sampled July 2008
A careful yet vigorous pour easily produces a three-finger thick, lightly browned, dark tan colored head. The beer is very dark, deep amber, concentrated brown color that shows a brilliantly clear, dark ruby hue when held up to the light. The aroma is a mix of fruity plum, warming alcohol and sweet spice notes. The nose reminds me a bit of molasses rich ginger bread, some touches of cane-rum soaked raisins, dried figs, Brandy fusels, and fermented prune juice. Spicy notes of clove, a touch of ginger. Buried in the aroma towards the finish is a nice, toasty malt character that contributes some browned biscuit like notes. An interesting, very fruity aroma that definitely shows its 12% abv strength, but somehow manages to come off as being fairly mellow.
Sweet tasting with some toasted, dark malt flavors. This is quite light bodied, especially given the strength though I wouldn't quite call it quaffable; it is close though and could certainly be dangerous if drunk by someone not realizing its strength. The ample fruitiness continues through to the flavor of this beer with notes of prunes, caramelized raisins, dried figs and even a bit of cherry (in that order of intensity). Some dry cocoa notes come through in the middle, but then the sweet fruit notes seem to sweet the palate clean of this flavor. Noticeable alcohol flavors combine with the other flavors to produce notes of dark Rum, caramelized Brandy and a touch of some tongue numbing, spiced liquors. Speaking of which, flavors of clove, turpene like allspice, light ginger and some pepper notes play a sometimes substantial role as well.
An tasty beer, while it does not do a good job of hiding its substantial strength, it never gets hot or harsh and the alcohol seems to integrate with the other notes. The light body on this brew was also quite nice, never cloying or sticky, yet still rich, satisfying and a sipping brew."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.9)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 330ml @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
[4] Review by mdsmith from Baltimore, MD, USA who has tried this beer once. (11/2/2007 5:08:12 PM)
"It's hard to remember much about this brew except for the fact that I didn't care for it. "
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3)
Sampled: Forced Draught
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[5] Review by oh6gdx from Vaasa, Finland who has tried this beer once. (4/10/2007 8:00:31 AM)
"Dark brown colour, small off-white head. Aroma of yeast, sour fruits and orange marmelade. Marmelade, yeast and sweet malts in flavour. Positively sweet, but still very wellbalanced, and best of all, it hides the 12% ABV very well. Complex, and I bet this would age very well. "
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
9/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.3)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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