6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle 0,33ltr: Very dark brown colored brew with an dry bitter taste with some slightly sourness. Hints of herbs and spices, quite nice beer from the "moving brewers".

5.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from a gift.
A: hazy dark brown, quickly thinning, tan head.
A: used coffee filter, milk, raisin, old chocolate.
T: sweetish raisin, sourish blackcurrant, brown bread, milk.
F: vague earthy hops, bitter coffee pad, sourish berry, soft vodka-like alcohol.
P: medium body, watery texture, fizzy carbonation.
Seemed interesting, but completely lacks structure. Bad batch perhaps, or aimed too high?

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Very dark brown with thin head. Aroma and flavour have plenty of dark malts. Hints of coffee and chocolate. Really full bodied. Surprisingly good.

6

Donker smaakvol

3.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4

33cl bottle shared with kermis. Gusher! Infected too. Thin off white head. Clear deep amber pour. Drain pour.

2.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2

Bottle shared, bad gusher. Brown with a big cream head. Aroma is badly infected, funky with some caramel and malt behind. Flavour is moderate sweet and above light sour. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Drain pour.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Beer with guarana, apparently named after an ancient form of ’Hemiksem’, a small town near Antwerp. Very sober blue label. Medium thick, lightly lacing, pale greyish beige, moussy, well-retaining head over an initially lightly hazy burgundy coloured beer, dark but translucent with ruby hue. Aroma is quite refreshing and free of off-flavours; the ethereal ’sweet-and-spicy’, at times almost liquorish-like guarana aroma is clear but feels ’pure’ and natural without dominating other impressions of candied fig, mocha ice cream, caramel, banana, cinnamon, toffee, brown rum, candied cherry, melting brown sugar, chestnuts, apricot, damp forest floor, some vague FFF and pear drops. Notably sweetish onset, candied fruits and brown sugar, cloying just a little bit in the beginning, with cherry, pear and elderberry flavours, the expected ’dull’ sourishness underneath and a softish carbonation ensuing. Sweet caramelly maltiness with honeyish edges in the middle quickly turning bitteringly toasted and very ’toastedly nutty’, while the fruity esters continue; the guarana flavour, volatile as it may be, becomes increasinly apparent towards the end and adds a retronasal fragrance you’ll either love or hate (I’m still in doubt at this point). The toasted malt bitterishness strengthens in the end, supported by an earthy, herbal, slightly peppery hop bitterishness but, more importantly, a great deal of warming ’jenever’-like alcohol, perhaps unsurprisingly for a beer of this ABV, but still too brutal and astringent to my taste, bringing the rest out of balance. The bitterness that remains is strongly reinforced by the lingering, almost wry alcohol effect. The premises are good here, but this beer lacks refinement and class: the guarana factor is more or less acceptable as far as I’m concerned (though I sincerely hate it in soft drinks), but is not well integrated into the whole, and the alcohol is way too obvious. What starts off fine and promising, ends wry and hard to swallow. I had Fantôme brews with the same ingredient at a higher level. Still, quite an interesting beer since this spice is not often used, and I’m glad I finally tasted it after having seen these bottles at Hopduvel every time I went there... Bought this one at Frui Vita though, a beer shop in Hemiksem, after which this beer is named.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Dunkel und trockener Malzantrunk mit würzig kräuterartigen Noten. Rund, süffig. Gelungen. 10/9/10/9//9

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Klares dunkel orange braunes Bier mit einer ordentlichen beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, getreidig, Gewürze. Geschmack mild röstmalzig, rote Früchte, Karamell, leicht hohe Karbonisation.

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle@Taphouse, Copenhagen - Amber pour with beige head. Aroma and taste comprises malty and dark fruity notes, some weird vej notes, some weird taste, not keen. ---Sent via Beer Buddy for iPhone