7

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

Bottled. Deep ambery brown colour with a small off-white foamy head. Aroma is sweet bready tones with caramel, honey, alcohol, mild spiciness and some slight sweet Madeira/Port tones. Flavour is alcohol, raisins, some plum, caramel, honey and mild spiciness as well as some toffee and fudge.

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @ NBFD. Amber color. Malt, cellar notes and dried fruit in the aroma. Malty sweet, dried fruit, vanilla in the alcoholic flavor.

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

33 cl. bottle @ home, bought online @ Mr. Hop. Clear brown with a small off-white head. Caramel aroma with dates. Sweet taste with a long bittersweet finish. Fantastic RyeWine.

7

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

Bottled 330ml (from Bierkoning, Amsterdam)
Dark brown colour, small off-white head. Aroma is bready with caramel and hints of honey, touch of alcohol too. Medium-bodied. Soft palate. Rye bready flavour, some raisins, caramel and honey. Probably a bit aged bottle, alcohol in the flavour is down. A bit madeira-like. Short watery finish. Nice dessert beer.

7.2

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

Barley wine with rye and honey, first presented at a winter beer festival in January 2017 apparently, but this bottle comes from the Bierproeverij Nieuw-Namen some six weeks ago, where I bought it straight from the brewer. Moussy, medium thick, irregularly lacing, pale greyish beige-white head, quickly thinning and partially opening in the middle; initially near-clear, later hazy warm copper-hued burgundy bronze robe with minute yeast particles divided throughout. Aroma of pear syrup, toffee, thick brown honey indeed, stewed plums, candied figs, raisin bread, chestnuts, hints of soggy rye bread (sourish) or rye bread dough, turnip juice, melting caramel candy, ruby port, some wet dog. Sweet onset, brown sugariness, plum compote, candied fig, raisin, outspoken pear syrup flavour - the honey blending with the esters I suppose, with a light sourish undertone providing some balance against the sweetness; carbonation is a bit minerally, mouthfeel is full and rather cloying due to the honeyish sweetness, which quite thickly lies on top of a very caramelly malt sweet core with slight chestnutty and thinly toasty edges. Ends with a certain metallic 'zing' on its edges, lots of residual sweetness still but the rye is vaguely noticeable as a spicy background factor, accentuated by spicy phenols in the finish. Hops provide a late, 'deep', earthy, herbal bitter aspect while everything is tied together by an afterglow of warming, bit port- or madera-ish alcohol. Bittersweetness, consisting of malts, residual sugar, hops and alcohol, lingers on for a while after swallowing, with more sweetness than bitterness. I get about the same feeling with this one that I had with other beers from this brewer: though some of his beers were rather poor, the best ones seem to land every arrow exactly in the bull's eye, at least to his own insights; if he is determined to make a barleywine in which both the rye and the honey can be tasted, then that is exactly what he does. That by itself is notable from a technical viewpoint, but like his other creations that do the same thing, this beer does not exceed that exact goal and in that sense lacks a bit of artistry and excitement. Clean I guess is the right word, but certainly enjoyable, it's just that I have the feeling this brewery is capable of more. As for style: closer to a quadrupel (La Trappe style) than to true sweet English barleywine, but in this case I'll consider that a detail of little importance.

7.2

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

Glas gedronken tijdens bier festival in Oirschot. Bruin helder bier. Weinig aroma. Smaak is fruitig en kruidig. Nasmaak is kruidig en iets bitter.

7.5

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

Geprobeerd met Inoven en Roelzie1986 op het Brabants Bierfestival te Oirschot. Het is een helder amandelkleurig bier met een rogge geur. De smaak is rogge en gebrande mout.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Dark brown with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some dark sweet grains. Full bodied and full flavoured. Sweet caramel and honey in the finish.

8

Already rated in on Ratebeer but still bought it. Ticking it on Untapp’d so I’m not drinking it for nothing.