IJndejaars
(has 3 batches)
Brouwerij 't IJ in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter|
Score
6.94
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A splendid, maroon-coloured beer with fine aromas of spiced fruit, orange peel and well-roasted malt to delight the nose. The flavour is a spicy balance of caramel, citrus and slightly bitter hops to restore that warm feeling during the dark days of winter. If stored in a cool, dark place, IJndejaars will keep for years.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Unclear, golden body with a huge, off-white head leaving nice lacings. Fruits, spices and medicine aroma. Medium mouthfeel with medicine, spices, some sourness and sugar, and it finishes with medicine and spices. (061222)
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2007
at 04:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Fully hazy amber-brown, no head left. Nutcake, walnuts, British X-mas cake with yellow butter sauce. In style, it is. And a bit of solvent. Sweet taste with typical Christmas cake flavours, full of spices, preserved fruit, maraschino cherry, sucade and caramel. MF is its Achilles heel, way too aggressive, burning MF. But it IS a very good beer. Tasted as Ijndejaarsbok ’00, so it had some aging.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2006
at 00:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
This is weird and delicious. Expecting a bock, it made me cough as what must be brett hit my throat. Hard to cram into any style, I guessed saison as I was drinking it. This just seems too weird to call a Belgian Strong Ale. A little sour from the brett, but also some sweet malt and significant barnyard flavor. Fairly thick. A hidden gem.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2006
at 22:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
IJnde Jaars. Best before 09 2004. Pours deep amber into a tulip. Off-white conglomerate head leaves consistent lace as it recedes. Biscuit and slight lemon joy aromas. Creamy caramel throughout. Dry caramel finish.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2006
at 15:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Notes from bottle at HDG. poured into a Leffe glass. Color is very very murky brown, cannot see through it at all. Aroma is all malt, malty sweetness. Smell is reminiscent of an English barleywine (i.e. Lees Harvest). Taste is pretty much like a Lees as well, a bit less intense. Medium carbonation. Everything I have tried from this brewer so far is well crafted and definitly outside the regular framework.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2006
at 18:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught. Weak smokey, quite sour aroma. Cloudy amber colour, small white head. The sourness balances the maltiness very well. Very vinous flavour. Actually easily drinkable in spite of ABV. I wonder if it was intended to end up like this. 5 3 7 3 15
Bottle, 9% as Ijnde Jaars. 18 months past BB date. The aroma is creamy and fruity with a little sourness to it. Hazy red, brown colour, tiny floaties. Big off-white head, quite stable. The flavour is peppery and creamy, a little alcoholic with a good, slightly sweet, malt base. There is also an underlying sourness which might or might not not be intended, but in any case it does not hurt the flavour. The sourness gets a little citric, with citrus fruits and dried sweet fruits, raisin. Creamy mouthfeel. 6 4 7 4 17
Bottle, 9% as Ijnde Jaars. 18 months past BB date. The aroma is creamy and fruity with a little sourness to it. Hazy red, brown colour, tiny floaties. Big off-white head, quite stable. The flavour is peppery and creamy, a little alcoholic with a good, slightly sweet, malt base. There is also an underlying sourness which might or might not not be intended, but in any case it does not hurt the flavour. The sourness gets a little citric, with citrus fruits and dried sweet fruits, raisin. Creamy mouthfeel. 6 4 7 4 17
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2006
at 08:10