Winter (prev. Kerst)
Brouwerij Smisje in Mater, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.73
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Convair880 (6926) ticked Winter (prev. Kerst) from Brouwerij Smisje 2 years ago
bier4der (3351) ticked Winter (prev. Kerst) from Brouwerij Smisje 5 years ago
Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Winter (prev. Kerst) from Brouwerij Smisje 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Dark amber color. No head at all. Candi sugar and maple syrup in the aroma. Massively sweet and alcoholic. Fizzy. Maple syrup. Flat and onedimensional. Sticky mouthfeel, but a short aftertaste. Still a bit more drinkable as my description suggests.
ShivanDragon (10851) ticked Winter (prev. Kerst) from Brouwerij Smisje 7 years ago
nathanvc (6963) reviewed Winter (prev. Kerst) from Brouwerij Smisje 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
At Café Botteltje, Ostend. Pours hazy brown with a small, tan head. The aroma contains caramel, (dark) fruits, spices, vinegar and port. It tastes medium to heavy sweet, light bitter and light sour. The finish is slightly dry, wry and tart, with prominent alcohol. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Good touch of sourness, but all in all not very refined.
Franclh (7477) reviewed Winter (prev. Kerst) from Brouwerij Smisje 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Fles 33cl thuis. Caramel, pruim, rood fruit, zoet, zuren. Wat in onbalans. (9-2017).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Alkoholischer, leicht oxidierter Antrunk. Malzig herbe Noten, etwas Honig, dann reife Früchte, erhöhte Karbonisierung. Alkoholischer Nachhall. Erstaunlich süffig. 10/9/9/10/7/9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
11.2oz bottle. Cap is stamped with Lot 087, not sure what, if anything, that means. I must admit that I am biased when rating this beer. I am a big fan of Regenboog, which I guess is now Smisje. I think I’ve only had one of their beers since the change but if this is any indication not much has changed. This beer, as is norm for Regenboog/Smisje, pours with a muddy, dirty ruby hued brown. No clarity and full of yeast byproduct. At first a foamy and bubbly head that fades rather quickly and loudly. Aroma is full with plummy, raisiny, fruit-rum cake-y mix of alcohol, yeast, and malt. Strong and sweet but not sugary or too much alcohol. The dominant house yeast is present and lots of fruitiness but well balanced by the strength. Flavor has the same characteristics but a slight addition of hoppiness. We aren’t talking about American level of hoppiness but more than one sees in a traditional Belgian Strong. Non-astringent cherry fruitiness and a light paperiness finishes the flavor. The "paper" aspect, I am hesitant to call it cardboard, is interesting. I don;t know if this is an old bottle, I’ve never seen Smiske in the USA before nowadays who knows. Or this brewery always seems have that character, which may be a byproduct of a bit too much oxygen exposure during brewing. But I think it actually accentuates the beer and helps balance the strong and sweet characters. Either way, I’ve been drinking a lot of bad beer recently, I am happy to finally sit down with a beer that makes me happy. I hope to see more Smiske beers in the US.
iphonephan (11575) reviewed Winter (prev. Kerst) from Brouwerij Smisje 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
From a bottle at Cafe Genevieve in Jackson WY. Pours a murky brown with an ecru head. Caramel aroma. Flavors of fruitcake and tart cherries. Musty finish.
yespr (55501) reviewed Winter (prev. Kerst) from Brouwerij Smisje 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33 cl bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small off white head. Aroma is mild fruity, phenolic, caramelish and light spiced. Sweet, fruity. Lingering overripe fruity and caramelish into the finish.