Thuis uit een flesje. Troebele lichtbruine kleur, beige schuim. De smaak is zoetig. Prima, maar niet heel verrassend.

Flesje thuis gedeeld met familie. Amberkleurig troebel bier met weinig geur. Smaak is caramelachtig en zoet. Nasmaak is iets bitter.

300ml bottle [as ’Winterbier’]. Murky, dark amber colour with small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Fruity aroma has notes of dried fruit, especially raisin, a touch of alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet malty, minimally sugary, hints of caramel, fruity notes of raisin, dried fruit in general, a touch of alcohol.

Bottle at home, picked up at Van Alsem. Clear dark amber, off-white head. Sweet roasted malts, caramel, sugarcane, chestnut, some spices, fruity notes, gumball. Over moderate sweet with fruity (light)bitterness. Body is medium, mouthfeel is good, with nice carbonation. A lot of bock-like characteristics but without the typical dry finish and leaflike bitterness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Texels Noorderwiend on 21 Nov 2017 at 13:46 - Score: 6. Original review text: 3.2

Bottle. Pours dark, rather clear brown. Small white head. Smell is sweet, not really intense. Taste is bit bitter, thin, some malty base that is a bit metallic. Mild aromatic side, my guess is hops, but its really hidden. very blank. Not convinced

Thanks to Rian for sharing. Malty dark nose. The beer starts sugary sweetish. Not too deep. Easy to drink but even no bitterness in the end. Malty-sweetish. Sticky with hints of dark candy sugar.

I vividly remember a school-related trip to the island of Texel 23 years ago, when me and the other pupils were forced to travel from the hostel to the harbour by bicycle - a distance of 7-odd miles in a severe storm. I managed to reach the harbour safe and sound, so I hope this beer, an elaboration of Texels Winterbier, will make me remember that stormy, gloomy day once again. Cloudy (a good start considering my assocations with it), somewhat orangey bronze colour, in between light and dark, under a creamy, moussy, pale beige head. Aroma a bit dominated by the curaçao at first, estery and malty as well; impressions of dried orange peel, very strong marzipan and nougat, aniseed, hazelnut oil, candied dates, raisins, butterscotch, iron again (don’t like it), weeds, wet newspapers, baked banana, candi syrup, lots of wheat, freshly cut grass, old toasted bread, subtle touches of cloves, gingerbread, biscuit as well as - unfortunately - some faint cooked red cabbage and even a weak hint of H2S (rotten egg) sadly becoming stronger and stronger as the beer warms up. Soft and fruity onset, very Belgian and estery, bubblegum, banana, raisins and candied dates, medium carbonation, hint of brown sugar, but then some sourish ’wheatiness’ comes along for balance. Caramelly and even honeyishly sweet, fluffy malts take over, under a fairly strong, again ’Belgian’ yeastiness, a little bit starchy and powdery, leading to a bittersweet finish of toasted maltiness (appearing relatively late in the flavour profile), lingering cara malts, deep and subtle earthy hop bitterishness and a hint of warming alcohol, which in all stays very subtle. Very Belgian if you ask me, a kind of ’dark tarwetripel’ but nowhere close to an Anglo-Saxon wheat ale. Not bad, but the aroma did show a few flaws including that horrible suggestion of H2S, fighting with the equally strong spiciness. Decent, but far from great - as usual with this brewery, I hesitate to add. And certainly not a "wheat ale": this is Belgian style all the way through!

Almost clear dark orange amber colour, good frothy beige head, receding slowly. Sweet malty nose, aroma orange peel, roasted, wood, brown sugar, dark fruit, cloves. Taste medium sweet and bitter, bit fruity. Full body, oily texture, bittersweet finish, spicy notes.