Belgian Strong Dark
pFriem Family Brewers

This isn't what I expected from a Belgian Strong. This beer was medium bodied and not much alcohol taste. The flavor was also subdued for a Belgian Strong. It tasted good and had a light mouthfeel but not much like a Belgian Strong. 38 IBUs Rated 9-26-2023

 

This beer pours an amber-brown and is mostly opaque, with a small amount of suspended sediment. Well-carbonated with a large off-white head that forms, then dissipates quickly. Minimal lacing. The aroma is fairly sweet, with some caramel, rock candy, and bubblegum smells, and has the slight booziness that strong Belgian ales typically have.

The taste is also sweet up front, with similar caramel and bubblegum notes, but with a hint of black pepper as well. Finishes sweet and slightly warming. Overall, this is a good take on a well-known Belgian style.

Bottled 11/4/2023.

Taster flight at pFriem. Mahoghany pour, a few bubbles which settle out quickly. Aroma is Belgian yeast with some pit fruit. Taste is woody, yeasty, sweet, plums. Full creamy feel

Look - dark red dish brown with a big slightly off white head and lacing
Smell - very slight fig Belgium
Taste - fig belfium yeast
Feel - medium light body with a slight carb
Ovearll - pretty nice dark strong ale

Brown opaque body with reddish edging and a tan head, decent lacing as we venture down the glass. Ripe dark fruits, especially raisin, with brown bread, a hint of banana, light molasses, earth, booze and belgian spices. Taste is much the same but has hints of gingerbread and grain as it warms. Feels full yet lighter for style, decent booze but generally well rounded and highly drinkable for 10% abv. The wife liked it

Two month old bottle. Ruby and brown, thick fluffy head. Smell is Belgian yeast, funk, dark fruits. Taste is dark fruit, clove, dark malt. Light to medium bodied, alcohol is extremely subtle. Good example of the style, but a little weak.

 

draught
IBUs: 38
Fluffy, slightly rocky, light tan head. Lovely golden orange auburn coloring. Caramel, allspice, malt and a touch of allspice and clove to the aroma. Very large caramelized malt flavor, woody and alcohol notes, with the above spices just barely present, with a smooth mouthfeel combined with a tiny tang and warmth below (tummy).

 

 

 

 

A huge, foamy head is the first thing you get. The nose is Belgium yeast, fruits and green hay. Each sip brings up multiple layers of dark stone fruits - figs, dates, plums and all sit lightly on the tongue. There's only a hint of the stiff 10% ABV, so be careful. Another fine example from the beer wizards of Hood River

Dark brown body; a bit hazy; dense, sticky head. Roasted grains and dark, pitted fruits in the aroma. A rather zesty edge to the flavor, spicy, like anise; toffee; a bit boozy. Heavy body; coarse and prickly on the palate; some alcohol heat blended with a mild residual sugary quality.

Overall, a fine Belgian dark ale loaded with candied sugars and dark roasted grain and pitted fruit essences.

 

 

 

i am an enormous fan for these guys, and its always a treat to get to drink on their beers. this is poured from a reasonably priced bottle and has an almost gushing almond colored head rising a couple of inches high resting atop of a deep brown base, very active and belgian looking. aroma here is great, very classic smelling belgian yeast with the traditional spice cake complexion, clove and anise and all, awesome with this malt base, which has notes of prune and raisin and molasses, sort of built like a quad. very wintery in flavor with a rummy fruit cake complexion, clove from the belgian yeast, dried berries and currants and figs, and a toffee sort of sweetness bringing it all together. its hearty and dense but drinks lighter than it should with a well hidden strength and a ton of whooshing carbonation that makes it feel a bit lighter. i love beers like this, old school, and good enough to have come from a reputable belgian maker. these guys should get more hype, they almost always blow me away. as good of an american made belgian strong as i have had all year...

Corked and caged bottle into tulip 27/8/17
Makes a little noise in the glass as it settles, raisins, prunes, burnt sugar, dark bread, faint banana chips, chocolate, smells like something I want too eat, a hint of booze, I thought it hit the style fairly well...