Serendipity Ginja Barrel Aged
Menno Olivier Brewing in Súria, Catalonia, Spain 🇪🇸
Brewed at/by: Cerveses La PirataStrong Ale Regular
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Score
7.83
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Rating #10,000: 0.33 l bottle from 'Hetbiermoment.nl', bottled in May 2025. Slightly hazy, very dark ruby with a thin, frothy, quickly diminishing, beige head. Intensely sweetish-malty, gently fruity aroma of molasses, caramel, chocolate, raisins, cherry, prunes, some vanilla and a touch of alcohol. Rather sweet, malty, moderately bitter, gently fruity and a little vinous taste of molasses, caramel, chocolate, cherry, raisins, prunes and vanilla, followed by a long, moderately bitter, warming finish. Almost full-bodied, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Delicious brew, quite complex, could be a little more viscous. Not the masterpiece I hoped for but still a solid sipper.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 13/12/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a thin beige head that dissipates to a swirl.
Nose is stewed fruits, figs, herb, spice, vinous, oak, caramel.
Taste comprises fruit cake mix, herb, booze tunes, spice, dark malts, figs, dates, toffee.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to Stuu666.
Appearance - deep brown but translucent.
Nose - dried fruit, maybe raisins or sultanas, then dried orange peel. Some cherry.
Taste - toffee, cherry and figs. Some desiccated coconut from the barrel at the very back end.
Palate - medium bodied, great acidity from the cherries, lightly boozy and persistent finish.
Overall - assume base is a strong ale. Great beer!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
bottle at ashs ...deep red brown ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel crystal toffee malts nose ...dark sweet caramel toffee ..big sweet barley wine crystal ..bit a tiny amount of the Gijna in the linger
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to Stuu666. Pours clear reddish brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of cherry, wood and booze. Taste is sweet, rich, toffee and cherry. Interesting.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Bottle 0,33 ltr: Hazy dark amber colored with an sweet bitter taste and an subtle burn of alcohol. Hints of caramel, cherries, chocolate, spices, wood and the start was the cherry liquor present and gently fades away.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
25th October 2025
Just a light haze on this dark amber - brown beer, a small bubbly tan head retreats to the rim of the glass in short order. Pretty light palate given the hefty abv, it's mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth malts, fairly light bodied for this massive brew. A little caramel and cream, whisper of chocolate. A spicy boozy mid with some alcohol warmth. The back end brings smooth rich boozy cherry, both sweetish and fairly juicy. A smooth slightly viscous finish leaves a cherry spicy linger and a touch of candy cherry. Different. I don't think I have ever had a brew like this and, that has to be down to the highly unusual barrell. It's also bloody drinkable for the abv. I think I could have drunk a 750 of this without incident, well until I tried to stand up. Memorable beer from Menno the master.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Aus der Flasche (bottled 01.05.2025/bbe 01.05.2050) im 2025-07 getrunken. Dieses rotbraune Ale mit beiger Schaumkrone zeige sehr deutlich dank des sehr mächtigen Körpers Aromen Kirschen, Karamell, Eichenfassnoten von BA, Trockenfrüchte und kein Hopfeneinfluss. Durch den hohe Alkohol und die Süsse erinnert dieses Ale wie schweren Süsswein. Großartige Braukunst!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Menno - Serendipity
Sampled @ Van Moll Fest 2025. Reddish color, beige head. Raisins, sweetish, barrel, sticky hop, sticky resinous stuff. I love it! 8-9-9-9-9