Winterbol
Brouwerij Loterbol (prev. Duysters) in Diest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.46
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Kerstbierfestival, Essen tap: Dark brown coloured ale brewed for the wintertime. Its gots some fin spicy and hoppy taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle sampled at Essen Winterbeer Festival 2014. Pours hazy brown with an off white head. Aroma of overripe dark fruit, chocolate, raisin, herbal notes and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at the OBER Kerstbier festival, Essen 2014. Poured a hazy dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is nutty malt, yeast. The flavour is moderate bitter with a strong malty bitter yeast palate. Moderate bodied with average carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled @ O.B.E.R. Kerstbierfestival 2014, Essen. Trübes dunkel bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit geringer beiger Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, sehr fruchtig, Gewürze. Geschmack sehr würzig malzig, Karamell, Zucker.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Sampled draft @ O.B.E.R. Kestbierfestival 2014. (Thx!) Dark hazy brown, beige head. Nose is werid, candy, spice, malt, cold coffee. Taste is not entirely right, herbal, malt, bitter leaves, grainy, odd bitterness,… Cold coffee body. Disappointing, especially coming from this brewery.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Duysters’ winter beer, with an irregular, off-white, quickly dissolving head and very dark brown colour, near to black. Strongly hopped aroma (as in: leafy European hops), bitter chocolate, roastedness, graininess, sourish and even a bit wry in the end, low carbo. A bit weird and unbalanced.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival Essen 2011. Hazy red-brown color, small off-white head. Don’t smell much, just some malts. Taste malts, slightly sweet, earth. Decent carbonation, decent body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft. Murky, muddy brown, bright white edge head. Aroma of spiced butterscotch, sour citrus. Taste is sweet and sour caramel. Decent.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
15cl draft sample @ Kerstbierfestival ’11, Essen. Cuivrée, col fin beige. Arôme de fruits noirs, levure belge typique, pomme caramel. En bouche, fruits noirs, malt caramel, carbonnation moyenne faible. Profile malt est présent mais léger pour une bière à 9% tout en restant bien belge sans vraiment apporter qcq chose de nouveau.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Duysters Winterbol (by Brouwerij Loterbol (was Duysters)):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
17/12/2011 on tap @ Kerstbierfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2011-714)
Bells are very slowly coming up in the glass, like a nitro draught stout. Pretty cloudy purple brown beer, small white head, more like just a couple of bubbles. Unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: dusty, wood, bit of raisins. MF: very little carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity, strawberries, some sour citrus notes, bitter hops. Aftertaste: very dry, bitter ending. Very English feel to it.