t Smisje Guido

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This is a good Belgian, but not quite top notch. Cloudy brown/amber appearance. Lots of carbonation here...champagne-like mouthfeel. Almost overly sweet flavor...tasty though. Sweet and sour fruit, malty, wheaty, with good hop finish. The honey and raisons stand out nicely. A lot like DFH Raison D' Etra (but twice the price). Worth the try, but there are better in this style.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Sampled on 10/2/2009. This Belgian Strong Ale pours a medium brown amber color from a 33cl bottle. Large sized white foamy head, with nice lacing. The aroma is malt, raisins, honey, fruity and sweet. A medium bodied Belgian Strong Ale. The malts are fruity, sweet, honey, raisins, estery and yeasty. The hops are earthy. The honey and raisins are very evident. Alcohol bite is also fairly upfront. Lively carbonation. Nice beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

We have a candy explosion on the nose. First i see its different and has a ton of flavor so good start. Lots of fruit, sweet sun dried tasting raisins, dry tannins, cherries and seedless grapes, dead forest logs, a little bitter/mostly dry.....Sour oranges, Floral, pollen and beeswax, the Honey adds to a very bright sweetness. A Sourness really kicks at the end and takes all that sweet to another place....spunky. A whirlwind of flair. Hey its got game

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a hazy and cloudy dark brown color ale with a huge foamy head with quite good retention and lacing. Aroma of candi sugar and sourness is pretty intense. Taste of sweet malt candi sugar and funky Belgian yeast is complex and quite intense. Body is way above average with tick lees at lying at the bottom of the bottle with some great carbonation. Interesting farmhouse characteristics that I wasn’t expecting.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours out in murky dark brown appearance, toppped with a small bubbly tan head. Interesting aroma of sourish dark malts, black cherries, muscavado sugar, wood and lactc acid. Dry and lactic flavour, notes of leaves, wood, cherries, milk and earth. Dense, flat and compact mouthfeel. Nuts, wood and cherry skins in the aftertaste.