66cl bottle sampled at wwt3. Thin white head. Clear golden blond pour. Nice brew.

Bottle shared with Joes. Hazy yellow color, small white off-white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, lightly hops, mandarin, a touch of grapefruit and bitter. Nice easy drinkable beer with a refreshing flavor.

Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Fruity and malty aroma with herbal notes. Slightly sweet, fruity flavour with herbal notes and a bitter finish. A touch of the spirit coming through in the aftertaste

Clear golden colour, dense white head. Aroma of malts, hop, light caramel, hay and apple. Light bitter flavour, malts, hint of juniper. Very smooth. Malty finish, bitter notes, hint of genever.
Very nice and smooth beer.
(Taster glass from 66cL bottle @ ZBF, Leuven 2013)

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Bottle sample @ ZBF’13 shared with the RB Belgian crew. Dorée claire, col blanc crémeux. Arôme présente un léger houblonnage fruité tirant sur un fruité citronné. Le bouquet est subtile avec du genièvre qui est bien placé pour ce type de bière. Note grains et malts en retrait. Palais présente aussi une belle rondeur de bouche, alcool est subtile et le murissage en genévrier reste en accord avec la bière, ne venant en rien dominer la dégustation. Amertume est là avec des notes de citronné et un léger fleuri, le malt arrive juste en fin de bouche pour rajouter une fin de bouche grains, note légère de cara. L’ajout de la barrique confirme une fin note de boisé et genévrier qui contribue à la complexité de la bière.

Draft? @ ZBF 2013. Pale golden with little white head. Nose is some sweet Jenever – only a small hint and only because I am looking, quite a dash of spices, sweet malts, quite sweet, white sugar, light dry hay, barn,… Zero Jenever in the taste, sweet malts, white sugar, light dry wood, dash of spices, caramel, touch herbs, sweet hay, light dry wood, barn and some green apples,… Creamy and quite dry body. Not bad but I am used to more from this brewery. Bit surprised by the lack of Jenever here but as I was old, standard old Jenever is not particularly appetizing so they used a far mellower one… After 8 months it was still far too boozy etc. they let it rest for half a year or so – now I am not really getting anything in here. Jenever is quite common here and thus there are a lot of barrels floating around much like with bourbon in the USA. Unfortunately I still don’t feel like Jenever really lends itself for aging unlike bourbon which is perfect with its charred oak vanilla notes but my feelings towards Jenever aging might stem from the fact that I am not a big fan of it.

Draught? Small head with textbook lace, golden beer. Sticky, caramelly nose, brandyaroma, bit of ureum. Sweet -incense, herbal, caramel, cornflakes - but all flavours beautifully blended. Cognac returning in the aftertaste. Slick, heating. Very nice surprise! Very Special Old Product...

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Dochter van de Korenaar Noblesse Very Special Old Pale (VSOP) (by De Dochter van de Korenaar):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

27/IV/13 - on tap @ Zythos Bierfestival (2013-386) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing our beers today!

Clear blond beer, creamy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet and malty, hay, very spicy, bit sweet, green banana, sugary, some citrus. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, dry, woody, apples, some citrus, sourish touch. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, dry, wood, medicinal bitterness, bit boozy, herbal notes.