Brouwerij Vagebond Zwarte Marjan

Zwarte Marjan

 

Brouwerij Vagebond in Merksplas, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Fruit Beer Regular
Score
6.49
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 6
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7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Gushing to fluffy pink head over darker rosé beer, clear. Fruity nose, red fruit/berries, rather perfumey if natural. Sourish, fruity, with a faint bitterish extra - leafy. Finish is a tad empty, however. Light body, very spritzy carbonation, refreshing. Good fruitbeer, and a nice surprise! Txs to Stef!
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2023 at 07:51

5/10
33cl bottle. A clear orange red beer with a white lacing. Aroma of red berries, yeast. Taste of red berries, mild sourness, easy.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2022 at 15:49

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Fruchtiger Beginn bei erhöhter Karbonisierung. Würzig-fruchtig, milde Herbe, beerig. Süffig, moderat getreidig, mittellanger Abgang. 10/9/11/8/7/8
Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2022 at 15:48

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Blackberry fruit beer by Vagebond in Merksplas, thanks tderoeck for sharing. Apparently a limited one - because made with self-harvested blackberries if I am correctly informed... Frothy, fluffy, pale pinkish-white, regularly shaped head on a lightly hazed, fuchsia coloured beer with quite intense ruby red glow. Aroma of strong stewed blackberry and blackberry jam, raisin bread, rhubarb pie, white bread, dried orange peel, touch of clove. Fruity, juicy onset, blackberry sweet-and-sourness, more sweet than sour in this case but nonetheless feeling genuine and not artificial, yet still kept clean and streamlined; medium carbonation, smooth cereally and bready malt body, thinnish, soaked in blackberry juiciness of which the sour part seems to develop a bit more in the end, with a refreshing citric impression as a result. Hop bitterness remains of a very light leafy nature, playing only a supportive role. Typical Belgian fruit beer the 21st-century way, with less emphasis on sugary sweetness and artificial colouring and flavouring than was the case before - clearly a positive evolution, even if this type of beers will never be my cup of tea. This one turned out better than expected, however, with a blackberry character that remains as credible as it is streamlined and clean, not such an easy feat to achieve.
Tried on 11 Jun 2019 at 19:11

7.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Vagebond Zwarte Marjan (by Brouwerij Vagebond):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

7/VI/19 - 33cl bottle, shared @ Belgian Ticks Tasting, home, BB: 7/VII/20, bottled: 7/VII/18 - (2019-820) Thanks to Marleen A. for picking up the bottles!
Clear bright ruby red beer, small creamy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty fruity, berries, little metallic, funky, soapy touch, some yeast esters. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty acidic, metallic notes, sourish, fruity, lots of blackberries shining through. Aftertaste: acidic, soft bitterness, some tannins, very fruity, nice acidity, slightly oxidized.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2019 at 22:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
11/04/2019 - 33cl bottle from a trade with tderoeck. Copper red colour, small white head; Nose is thin malts, fruits, bit yeast. Taste is malts, light sour, fruits, dry. OK
Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2019 at 12:57