UPDATED: JAN 7, 2022 bottle. Poured ruddy and hazy with a big beige foam. Sweet fruity aroma with alcohol tone. Medium-full bodied, highly carbonated, prickly mouthfeel, slightly astringent. Flavour of sweet malt with dark fruity notes of figs, raisins, a hint of molasses and spice.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2021 Tomada el 10/Abril/2021. Guardada durante 5 años en bodega, a 17ºC. Aspecto imponente en copa, servida en el cáliz de La Trappe. De color marrón oscuro y muy turbia. Espuma color marfil muy compacta y persistente. Envejece muy bien, tiene un equilibrio perfecto entre todos los aromas y sabores. Aromas a levadura belga, fruta madura, frutos oscuros y especias. Cuerpo completo, carbonatación media/baja. Sabores intensos y complejos: algo de plátano, ciruela, pasas, caramelo, vainilla, nueces y final licoroso. El alcohol está bien integrado, aporta ese matiz licoroso y potente pero no dirías que es una cerveza del 9% ABV. En conclusión: una de las mejores cervezas belgas. Compleja, potente, sabrosa y equilibrada.

UPDATED: DEC 23, 2021 Pours a cloudy, dark amber to mahogany coloration with a medium, fluffy head. Smells of slightly bready, caramel malt and candied fruit, with hints of brown sugar, spice and honey as well. Taste is a great balance of slightly bready, caramel malt and strong candied fruits, with notes of fig, date and plum, as well as lighter apple and apricot, distinct brown sugar and honey, with some spicy accents of clove and cardamon as well. Finishes bittersweet, with a strong sweetness and some candied fruit, brown sugar and hints of spice lingering in the aftertaste. Full mouthfeel with a rich body and light carbonation. While this certainly makes for a very rich and complex example of the style, it's just too sweet for my personal taste, which is somewhat mitigated by a light bitterness in the finish, while I can also appreciate those spicy accents, but those overwhelming caramel malt, brown sugar and honey notes are bit much for me, bordering on cloying, while the fruity notes feel quite candied as well, resembling those candied fruit bits you get in fruitcakes. This certainly has a certain feel of fruitcake drenched in honey to it overall and while some may love that, it's really not for me. I much prefer the darker and a bit more roasty and bitter Rochefort 10, which is a lot better balanced to my personal taste.

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2021 Bottle from Belgium via Mattias. Sweet malty aroma. Tawny brown colour as listed. Lovely taste. Like christmas pudding. Top quality belgian strong ale.

UPDATED: NOV 6, 2021 Low carbonation.murky. Some lace.sweet.herbs,woody,oak,nutty. wonderfull.some alcohol flavour. Bbf:07/04/2025

UPDATED: SEP 23, 2021 Not good. Very highly carbonated and spicy in the mouth. Dry finish, wheaty cereal Budweiser-esque ale tastes. Nothing complex or particularly smooth. Not tart or sweet.

UPDATED: SEP 17, 2021 Pours brownish, big head,medium retention. Dried fruit (figs) with addition of hazelnuts. Very nice balanced. There is alcohol present. One per night to enjoy.

UPDATED: SEP 1, 2021 Some years ago I was under the spell of 'more expert evaluations' and would have never given a Ratebeer 100/100 beer a 3 of 5 rating. It's not that I rebel now, but...I really don't like that beer. It gives me no pleasure. It's thin, it's cloudy, it lacks substance. I gave it plenty of chance tasting and re-tasting - but no, there are so many much better beers in the world I will just avoid this one. If someone finds it enjoyable probably he or she feels something I fail to feel. What I get from that beer is a very definite discouragement.

UPDATED: AUG 20, 2021 330 ml bottle from Thirsty. Pours a huge off-white head and a nice brown body; aroma of banana, cloves, plums, stone fruit, alcohol; very rich and thick body; taste of figs, plum and raisin with spice and lots of warming alcohol. Strange bitter herbal aftertaste. Still can't quite get complicated beers like this one.

UPDATED: AUG 16, 2021 At Lior's Place, pours rusty brown with a beige head, aroma of chocolate, caramel, oxidation, flavor is oxidized with caramel, toffee, honey, wax, medium bodied