6.9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Almost clear golden. Soft malts, a hint of seabuckthorn, honey, yeasty. Medium sweet and bitter. OK.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Fast gone cream-coloured head over carmosine-brown beer. Nutty nose, boozy, chocolate, and generally very sweet. Dark leaves, caramel, toffee. Sweet in the mouth but not that much as feared; ashes, and then maltwhisky, lightly smoked. A bit of eggnog, and caramel, of course. Lots of restsugars. Faint smokiness into the aftertaste. Very heavy, full MF, viscous, and quite sticky. Serious alcoholburn. Hello! A strong beer doesn't need to be syrupy-sweet! Thanks to Stef!

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

De Sater collaborating with Hugel apparently, and brewing at Brew Society - resulting in a very strong imperial porter bottled in American style bombers, so I did not even think of this as a Belgian beer when I first spotted it at Latems Drankhuys. Mousy, medium thick, off-white, creamy head, opening, thinning and eventually dissolving under influence of the alcohol; blackish robe but not entirely so, a ruby red glow is visible throughout when held under bright light. Strong aroma of caramel sauce, Ersatz chocolate ('koetjesreep'), glazed beetroot, ripe blackberries, ruby port, calvados, fusel alcohol, walnut oil, old brown bread, cloves, gingerbread, bayleaf, old dry liquorice candy, dry clay, rain falling on hot rocks. Sweet onset, cooked elderberries, fresh figs and candied cherries, soft carb, very toffeeish and Ersatz chocolate-like malt core with a brown-bready edge; aspects of candied cherry, liquorice and clove accompany a boozy, warming, calvados-like alcohol glow. The caramelly backbone of the beer holds its own under this alcohol heat, but some fusel-like and even slightly medicinal effects are present as well; hop bitterness remains limited to a light herbal bitter note (the alcohol provides more bitterness than the hops here). Intense, very strong porter even if considered an 'imperial' one as is apparently the intention, but a bit weird and rough around the edges, with still some typically Belgian, quad-like aspects. Still modern, sleek and indeed porter-like enough to also remind me of e.g. De Molen's Tsarina Ezra, one of the prominent examples of imperial porter at least in Western Europe; an unusual one, took a while to get used to, but certainly worth a try. --- Beer merged from original tick of De Sater/The Brew Society/Hugel Karma noir on 28 Oct 2020 at 20:53 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: De Sater collaborating with Hugel apparently, and brewing at Brew Society - resulting in a very strong imperial porter bottled in American style bombers, so I did not even think of this as a Belgian beer when I first spotted it at Latems Drankhuys. Mousy, medium thick, off-white, creamy head, opening, thinning and eventually dissolving under influence of the alcohol; blackish robe but not entirely so, a ruby red glow is visible throughout when held under bright light. Strong aroma of caramel sauce, Ersatz chocolate ('koetjesreep'), glazed beetroot, ripe blackberries, ruby port, calvados, fusel alcohol, walnut oil, old brown bread, cloves, gingerbread, bayleaf, old dry liquorice candy, dry clay, rain falling on hot rocks. Sweet onset, cooked elderberries, fresh figs and candied cherries, soft carb, very toffeeish and Ersatz chocolate-like malt core with a brown-bready edge; aspects of candied cherry, liquorice and clove accompany a boozy, warming, calvados-like alcohol glow. The caramelly backbone of the beer holds its own under this alcohol heat, but some fusel-like and even slightly medicinal effects are present as well; hop bitterness remains limited to a light herbal bitter note (the alcohol provides more bitterness than the hops here). Intense, very strong porter even if considered an 'imperial' one as is apparently the intention, but a bit weird and rough around the edges, with still some typically Belgian, quad-like aspects. Still modern, sleek and indeed porter-like enough to also remind me of e.g. De Molen's Tsarina Ezra, one of the prominent examples of imperial porter at least in Western Europe; an unusual one, took a while to get used to, but certainly worth a try.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

@Bles Bierhappening Dark brown to black, small head. Nose is dark malts, candi sugar, spices. Taste is dark malts, bit of roast, candi sugar, spices, a tad to sweet.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle, many thanks to JefVerstraete for this. Pours a deep amber, medium frothy off-white head. Nutty caramel malt on the nose. Taste is pillowy smooth, with gentle rich malt, caramel, ripened fruity yeast. Decent, drinks well for the strength.

5

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

3.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

2 February 2019. At Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to tderoeck, 77ships, Jerre, Kevin & Anke! Hazy yellow with a lasting, small, unstable, frothy, white head; lots of lacing. Aroma of wet grain, rotten banana, old apricot & apple (as cut & exposed to air), yeast, old white bread. Taste is light fruity sweet, old apple & green banana with a soapy character; then light to medium grassy bitter, quite 'basic' grainy, vague sourish wheat in the back. Dry, shortish, grainy finish, lingering grass, straw, old fruit. Light to medium body, slick texture, flat carbonation. Weird, messy, not good.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

15cl glass on 3rd Feb 2019; Brugge Bier Festival. Slight haze to the deep golden body, white crown. The nose and taste both held a mixture of semi-sweet maltiness and light citrus fruits, mild herbal action in the finish. Didn't stand out from the crowd at all.

5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

2 February 2019. At Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to tderoeck, 77ships, Jerre, Kevin & Anke! Clear pale golden with a lasting, thin, foamy, white head; lots of lacing. Aroma of old jenever, mouldy lime, lemon peel, old bread, soap, grain, straw, iron. Taste is light fruity sweet, notes of apircot & yellow apple, a bit estery, backed by a medium grainy bitterness, on top of a white bready malty base, a bit yeasty, stale & old though. Dryish, grainy ifnish, lingering fruitiness & yeast. Medium body, slick texture, soft to flat carbonation. Refreshing but weird beer.

4.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Sater Schierse Hippo (by Brouwerij De Sater):
Aroma: 4/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 8/20, MyTotalScore: 2.1/5

2/II/19 - sample
@ Brugs Bierfestival, BB: n/a - (2019-195) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing todays' beers!
Clear pale blond beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: wow, very bad, malts up front, but then pretty sourish impression, reminding of puke, metallic impression, unpleasant, don't like this at all! MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty start, dirty, lots of sweet malts, grains, highly unpleasant. Aftertaste: sugary, sweet, soft bitterness, pretty bad, don't like it!