WinterVrund (2008-)
Gulpener Bierbrouwerij in Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.43
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
30 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Lidl Culemborg. Clear dark brown with an off-white head. Malty caramel aroma with licorice and juniper berries. Creamy and warming mouthfeel. At first I thought this to be an alias of the Gulpener Wintervrund: same brewer, same ABV, also with licorice and juniper berries; but after tasting them side to side I prefer the Gerardus Wittems. More licorice and juniper and overall a stronger flavour. Quickly became one of my favorite winterbeers.
Earlier Rating: 11/24/2012 Total Score: 3.4
30 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Mitra. Ruby red with a thick off-white head. Roasted malts in the aroma with some spicy notes. Upon tasting the roasted malts are in the forefront, with some wheat hints also. Reminds me heavily of a spiced doppelbock. Good long bitter aftertaste. Nice one.
Benzai (24515) reviewed WinterVrund (2008-) from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle @ THT. Clear reddish color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, sweetish, lightly yeast, a hint of leather, a slight hint of tart. Average body, a bit fizzy carbonation. Earlier Rating: 12/5/2011 Total Score: 3.433cl Bottle @ home, bought at our local Mitra. Nice clear ruby red color, thick lightly creamy beige head leaving a fair lacing. Smell malts, some caramel, some sweetness, raisin, lightly roasty. Taste malts, some sweetness with a lightly bitter finish, raisin and caramel. Low to medium carbonation, medium body.
Kermis (23416) reviewed WinterVrund (2008-) from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared thanks to Deanso. Pours clear brown with a small tan head. Aroma of overripe dark fruit, prunes, juniper, raisin, toffee, caramel and malt. Flavour is over moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.Earlier Rating: 12/22/2013 Total Score: 3.6Draft. Pours dark clear brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, fudge, malt. Flavour is over moderate sweet and bitter. Raisins, overripe dark fruits and spice coming out in the palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Maakun (16597) reviewed WinterVrund (2008-) from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at THT thanks to deanso. Reddish brown with bubble off white head. Caramel, brown sugar, quite some spices, juniper berries, green vegetables, brown sugar. Quite sweet with light spicy bitter finish. Over medium bodied. Earlier Rating: 12/6/2013 Total Score: 3.2Dark brown with reddish hue and creamy beige head. Lots of spices, fruitcake, burned malts, almost ashy after a while. Later more fruity. Taste is sweet, but not too much and has nice slightly sour balance. Medium thin bodied with lively carbonation. Strangely thin bodied, bit good beer overall.
Deanso (15673) reviewed WinterVrund (2008-) from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
33cl bottle from ABCBeers courtesy of me. Thin white head. Clear amber pour. Herbal aftertaste.Earlier Rating: 2/26/2011 Total Score: 2.933cl bottle from the Mitra. Amber colour. Decent head. A nice beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, edition 2014. Clear brown-red color. Off white head. Aroma’s: red fruit, brown sugar (retronasal more like caramel/toffee). Flavor is moderate sweet, fruity. Medium bodied. Finishes herbal, moderate bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light yeasty and nice toffee notes. MOderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Strange but nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Wintervrund. A completely ludicrous name. This beer is a real Wintervrund. Wintervrund. Vrund. Vrund.
Bottle from local AH. Copper coloured, off-white head. Nose is caramel, light spicy, fairly sweet. Flavour is caramel malts, sweet, light toasted, spicy. Rather sweet. Pretty ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
*Old rating, best before MRT’ 11. The beer is nice malty, fresh. Hints of alcohol. Very smooth with lots of dried fruit. Nice sweetish malt with burned sugar. Nice.