Hibernatus

Very thick-set cream-coloured head over dark & opaque red-brown beer. Very discreet nose, some dry hops. Dark-roasted malts, burnt, dry impression but contradicted by a lot of restsugars in the background. Dark green leaves. Warming up, gets hoppy threats, but the roasted notes remain dominant. Medium to well-bodied, gristslickness. Lightly sticky. Well-integrated flavours, but unfortunately the overall result isn’t really exciting.

On tap @ Setka Pub Poznan, Poland. Pours slightly hazy dark copper brown with small light tan head. Clear aroma of malt with a touch of cinnamon. Intense, malty and fruity taste with soubtle touches of cinnamon. Warming presence of alcohol. Sweetish aftertaste. Nice.

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Draft sample @ 18th Christmasbeer festival in Essen. Dark brownish with a small tanned head. Smell is smoky meaty malts in a burst yeast & not good kind of way, lactic & vinous. Taste is same meatiness, dark malts, bitter herbs, vinous, metallic, earth, leaves. Medium to light body, lower carb. Granted going by the ingredients this doesn’t really seem like my thing but this is definitely not how it was meant to be. Things went wrong & this sort of sucks. I can drink but I am not particularly digging this.

Bottle sample @ 18de Kerstbierfestival, Essen 2012. Brune présentant un léger trouble, col beige. Arôme est faible tirant sur une faible note de fruité noir et qcq malts carapils. Ce dernier laisse un bouquet léger grillé, carapils typique pour un nez qui est très dans une signature on ne peut plus belge. Houblons sont aussi bien présents avec une amertume certaine au nez surtout dans un fleuri citronné bien en avant et pouvant dominer la base maltée. Le tout au final à ce profil typique belge. Ici je penche pour la Lupulus revisitée avec un ajout malté et un houblonnage possible entre Sladek et Premiant pour un profil de bière restant axé sur l’amertume. Pointe minime d’épice qui ajoutent peu au développement du caractère de la bière. Malt présente un léger côté grillé, et fini pils. Même à 9%, le tout reste faible.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lupulus Hibernatus (by Lupulus):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

Original rating:

15/XII/12 - bottle @ Kerstbierenfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2012-1361) Thanks to the Belgian/Dutch ratebeer crew for sharing our beers!

Ar: 6, Ap: 3, T: 7, P: 3, O: 13, Total: 3.2 Clear red brown beer, creamy yellow to beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: mocha, earthy, caramel, some dried fruits, some overripe fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: yeasty, bitter, mocha, chocolate, overripe fruits, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: banana peel, some alcohol, bitter chocolate, alcohol.

22/II/14 - 75cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: VIII/2016 (2014-xxx)
Ar: 8, Ap: 4, T: 8, P: 4, O: 17, total: 4.1

Note: guess it wasn't a new beer after all. Should stop trusting my memory and look it up online instead. :p Anyway, glad I got to retry it, because I enjoyed it a lot more from bottle than from tap.

Clear dark brown beer, big creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, dark chocolate, mocha, bit sweet. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of chocolate, little bitter, dried fruits, bit spicy, mocha, little sour twist, pretty nice! Aftertaste: dark chocolate, some mocha, bit of caramel, dried fruits, little spicy. Very nice brew.