UPDATED: JUN 17, 2020 April 5th, 2016 - This dark and fruity beer is a fun and interesting experience, and not easily replicated in other brews or breweries. In a shaker pint it looks just like a Coca Cola, and smells of craisins, chocolate covered cherries and cinnamon crusted almonds. With all these strong aromas I thought the flavor might be quite strong, but it's actually mild up front, and blossoms on the aftertastes, with gentle and light notes of cherry, and candy coated almonds, and somewhere in the back, a slight oakiness.

UPDATED: JUN 1, 2020 12 oz. can. Pours a dark, ruby, brown color, with a medium, beige head. The nose is dates, black cherries, cinnamon, agave, and black pepper. A little dry, with a yeasty, lightly phenolic finish. Heavy body, with a hard, chewy mouthfeel. This is a pretty solid, enjoyable belgian-style.

UPDATED: APR 5, 2020 Brown with thick head. Alcohol and caramel and nutty aroma, reminds me of a barleywine. Thick and hearty flavor, sweet malt backbone with an alcohol and woody flavor. Hints of dessert at the finish.

UPDATED: MAR 31, 2020 Can from Trader Joe’s in Cupertino. Dark amber color. No foam. Medium carbonation. Light malty banana Belgian yeast aroma. Light perceived sweetness. Dry high attenuation finish. Good.

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2020 It pours brown with reddish hues. The head is light brown and head retention is good. It has bread aromas with dark cherries and raisins. There are low levels of spice in the background. It has raisin and dark cherry flavors balance with some bread. There is a moderate warming presence. There are some low spice elements in the background. It has a medium full body with smooth alcohol warming. Overall, plenty of bread, dark cherry, and raisin elements.

UPDATED: DEC 12, 2019 Pours a dark amber with a thin white foam head. Aroma is dark fruits, caramel, and toffee. Flavor is a bland caramel sweetness. Not bad, but nothing that stands out.

UPDATED: NOV 26, 2019 On tap in SF. Dark ruby with a thin head. Malty with a bit of cherry. Distinctive belgian-style taste. Very nice.

UPDATED: NOV 15, 2019 Canned from Trader Joe's. Deep amber in color. Sweet dark fruit nose. Sweet prune flavors up front. A touch of wood and candy sugar .Tasty sipper.

UPDATED: APR 3, 2020 There are some fruit and raisin tastes linguering but not as much as I did expect from other reviews. The main flavor is Sugar with Cinnamon. Beneath that all is a nice beer with a complex taste. For me this is another belgian style Christmas ale or winter ale.

This beer has a very unique taste. A lot of dark fruits with a nice vanilla flavor. A very distinct flavorful finish. It hides the alcohol very well. I like it. Well done!