Vario 2016
Brouwerij Smisje in Mater, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.74
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Beer brewed with four types of grain: Barley, wheat, rye and oats.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle. A clear dark amber beer with a beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, wood, vanilla, rye. Taste of strong dark malt, dried fruits, caramel, vanilla, plums, slighty boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2022
at 20:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle in 't Brugs Beertje on 2nd Feb 2020. Mini haze to the brown/amber body, tanned head. Malts rule the nose and initial taste, semi-sweet molasses give a caramel like flavour which is calmed down by some slightly sour fruitiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2020
at 20:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Plaisante cette Vario 2016 qui est plutôt bien construite autour d'arômes de fruits mûrs (raisins, prunes notamment), de malts grillés, légèrement épicé avec un alcool assez présent conférant une bonne puissance. Je regrette tout de même un sucre un peu trop présent donnant une certaine lourdeur en bouche. La corpulence est plutôt bonne et la longueur excellente. Plaisant et sur une bonne complexité.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2018
at 13:05
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
20 July 2018. At 't Brugs Beertje. Cheers to Maarten!
Pours hazy dark amber with a huge, frothy, tan head; lots of lacing. Aroma of licorice, cough syrup, spoiled raisin, caramel, candi sugar, pancake with molasses, some band aid - weird overall. It tastes medium to heavy syrupy sweet, hints of caramel & brown sugar, and light spicy bitter, some dough, spicy licorice, bit plastic & phenolic. Dryish, spicy finish, more licorice & aniseed, lingering syrup & band aid, big dash of jenever alcohol. Medium body, oily texture (the oats?), lively carbonation. This is a bit overdone...
Pours hazy dark amber with a huge, frothy, tan head; lots of lacing. Aroma of licorice, cough syrup, spoiled raisin, caramel, candi sugar, pancake with molasses, some band aid - weird overall. It tastes medium to heavy syrupy sweet, hints of caramel & brown sugar, and light spicy bitter, some dough, spicy licorice, bit plastic & phenolic. Dryish, spicy finish, more licorice & aniseed, lingering syrup & band aid, big dash of jenever alcohol. Medium body, oily texture (the oats?), lively carbonation. This is a bit overdone...
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2018
at 09:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, many thanks 77ships! Hazy amber color with white head. Aroma is caramel, toffee, raisins, estery. Taste is caramel, toffee, some rye spice. Oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2018
at 21:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Fles 33cl thuis. Caramel, wat kruidig, rood fruit, hazelnoot. (8-2017).---.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2017
at 19:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
sampled at Vilvordia 2017. Thnx for sharing, eugene and co ! Pours dark amberbrown. Small white head. Smell is weak. Taste is sharp, bitter, rotten. Dark malts. Yeasty. very overcarbonated.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2017
at 13:18
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
330 ml. bottle sampled @ VBF 2017. THX! for sharing Kraddel. Dark brown amber, little tanned head. Nose is old malt, stale, leaves, stale rotting cherry, licorice, lightly watery,... Taste is watery stale oak, metallic, iron, rotting cherry, malt, old leaves, sugar, old wood, herbal,... Body is metallic, thin watery, fizzy, iron,... Feels, odd, old, bit stale,... Not what I hoped that it would be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2017
at 15:45
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2017
at 17:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
21/08/2016 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with jerre. Thick purple brown colour with sticky, creamy tanned head. Nose is dark malts and caramel. Taste is dark malts, caramel, licorice, bit roast, lots of spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2016
at 10:09