by Ding | Apr 12, 2013 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Brewery Ommegang
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: $15.99 for the tin and the corked bottle. Love me some Ommegang, but even before I open the tin or the bottle I feel that the price here is unlikely to be kind in...
by Ding | Apr 23, 2012 | Beer Reviews, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Brewery Ommegang
Ding Points: 76.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: The usual Ommegang Limited Edition series presentation. Cork pops with modesty. Brewery Ommegang says, ‘A spellbinding homage to brewings’ dark...
by Ding | Mar 24, 2012 | Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Unibroue
Ding Points: 91.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 100.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Bottled in 2011, No. 2011-100254, best before 12-12-2016. Parchment like label, information on the back describing the 2007 beer and the process it went through to...
by Ding | Feb 25, 2012 | Beer Reviews, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Samuel Adams (BBC)
Ding Points: 55.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 50.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes In the impressive, corked & caged bottle. Part of the Barrel Room Collection. Jet black with half-finger head. No lace, but ultimately a pleasing, spotty tan...
by Ding | Dec 22, 2011 | Beer Reviews, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, The Bruery
Ding Points: 87.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: OK, here we are with a beer that I’ve been looking forward to for some time. Definitely a beer in a style that I enjoy very much, and despite my own...
by Ding | Oct 22, 2011 | Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Brasserie La Botteresse
Ding Points: 98.50 Pour: 100.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 100.00, Mouth: 100.00, Global: 100.00 Tasting Notes: This beer did something for me that happens pretty infrequently these days – it really WOWED me! One of the best beers I have tasted in quite sometime, and...
