Noblesse Very Special Old Pale (VSOP)
De Dochter van de Korenaar in Baarle-Hertog, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.01
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Accessible spicy blonde beer of only 5.5 vol% matured in gin barrels
This beer has matured in eight months ‘Villiers’ gin barrels and 8 months in bottle. Noblesse VSOP is thus a clear beer, and has a very fine, light bitterness of hops and juniper. The beer is refreshing, smooth and has sufficiently long aftertaste. A perfect thirst-quenching beer.
This beer has matured in eight months ‘Villiers’ gin barrels and 8 months in bottle. Noblesse VSOP is thus a clear beer, and has a very fine, light bitterness of hops and juniper. The beer is refreshing, smooth and has sufficiently long aftertaste. A perfect thirst-quenching beer.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to Rian for sharing! Nose is very floral, the gin is there! The beer starts with lots of Gin, hints of wood. The mainpart is very smooth, the Gin-spirit-note is omnipresent, quite dominating, but it fits in very well.
Quite nice and interesting combination. 12/12/13/13
Quite nice and interesting combination. 12/12/13/13
Tried
on 16 Jul 2014
at 13:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Nice blond beer, which a spicy taste of juniper and with a slight glow of the aging. Decent, it’s a bit too simple.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2014
at 08:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
A golden beer with an almost medium, dense and white head. Complex mix of the fruits in the aroma, citrusfruits and mandarin, spices, dry barrel. Taste of (overdone) fruits and mandarin, barrel, hint of fruit liquor. Some alcoholic notes in the end even the low alcohol %. Medium bodied, low carbonation, surprisingly, sticky to drink. A barrel is dominating too much and that’s not a very good thing. Not so fresh as the original Noblesse and there are even some alcohol in the taste. Quite OK despites of the some criticism, barrelled fruits.
Tried
on 30 May 2014
at 09:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Leicht trübes goldgelbes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht fruchtig, säuerlich. Geschmack malzig, leicht trocken fruchtig, leicht hefig, bitter.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2014
at 10:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ home. Clear golden yellow colour with a small to medium sized white head. Smells hops, sweet, floral, hops, slightly soapy, fresh. Tastes sweet, herbs, slightly floral, grassy, slightly hoppy. Lovely body and carbo, smooth, highly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2013
at 13:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22nd June 2013
Hazy gold beer with a good fluffy white head. Light palate, semi dry with fine carbonation. Despite it’s 8 months on Jenever barrels, this is a fresh tasting beer! Light bretty orange and tangerine. Nice Jenever sweet and spicy tang. Comes together very well before the semi dry finish. What a pleasant surprise, a tasty BA beer which does not have an abv off the scale!
Hazy gold beer with a good fluffy white head. Light palate, semi dry with fine carbonation. Despite it’s 8 months on Jenever barrels, this is a fresh tasting beer! Light bretty orange and tangerine. Nice Jenever sweet and spicy tang. Comes together very well before the semi dry finish. What a pleasant surprise, a tasty BA beer which does not have an abv off the scale!
Tried
on 29 Oct 2013
at 04:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled, BB april 2015, large sample. Clear golden color, medium frothy white head. Aroma of earthy and grassy hop, spicy yeast, hint of lemon, bit spicy, slight peppery, some juniper. Bit sweet in taste, quite bitter as well. Bit dry in the finish. There is some genever note to the beer, which makes it dry, but also fresh. Combines very well with the original beer. Barrel seems to give some high alcohols, which most likely wont be from the base beer. Bit too dry in the finish perhaps, which leaves a tart but not sour note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2013
at 12:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ WWT III. Hazy golden colour, white head. Nose is light malte,d bit of citric and yeast. Flavour is light malty, citric and fruity. Finish is slightly bitter and with some citric in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2013
at 10:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
66cl Bottle at WWT III. Slightly hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of pale malts, juniper, floral, some grapes. Flavour is light woody, floral, dry, hint of juniper berries, floral bitter finish. Light-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2013
at 11:46
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at WWT3. Poured a hazy light amber with a very thin white head. The aroma is dry and yeasty. The flavour is medium to weak bitter with some dry yeast and alcohol bitterness on the palate. A lovely bottle that promised so much that didn’t really live up to the hype.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2013
at 13:03