Xenophon's Wine
(has 2 batches)
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Pipeworks Brewing CompanyBarley Wine - Barley Regular
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Score
7.25
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
16th January 2010
Cloudy brown beer, frothy biscuit coloured head. Dry palate, semi soft. Low carbonation. Soft caramel malt well buried under bitter fruity hops. Aniseed alcohol. Okay but not the greatest beer from this brewer.
Cloudy brown beer, frothy biscuit coloured head. Dry palate, semi soft. Low carbonation. Soft caramel malt well buried under bitter fruity hops. Aniseed alcohol. Okay but not the greatest beer from this brewer.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2012
at 07:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Intensiv malzig-cremiger Beginn mit alkoholischer Unterstützung. Das Malz stürzt sich dann in in schokoladige, später auch röstige Noten. Würzig, leicht hefig, vollmundig. Dann süßer, die Alkoholigkeit ist nur hintergründig erkennbar, sie übt aber einen spürbaren Einfluss aus. Weiterhin intensiv malzig-hefig, etwas honig, erdig, Hopfennoten, die aber weit hinter dem Malz liegen. Ein von vorne bis hinten hefig-malziges und auch schweres Bier. Sehr gut! 13/11/12/12/14/12
Tried
on 12 Jan 2012
at 13:49
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy, dark amber-brown body (even going to black). Lightly brown, creamy-frothy head. Brilliant aroma of american hops and very warm chocolate (milk). Never thought a combination of caramalts and hops could work out this well. Heavily bitter, lightly sweet flavour. The sweet caramel part is strongly dominated by the strong hops without making it unbalanced. On the contrary, the balance is great! Maybe somewhat too sharp-edged and slightly powdery dry. Nonetheless, a brilliant beer!
Tried
from Can
on 17 Nov 2011
at 03:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2008 bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a muddy, mud colored body with particles. Long lasting head. Aroma of caramel, alcohol, apple, pear, butterscotch. Taste is bitter, alcohol, apples, and burnt flan. Creamy carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2010
at 09:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber color with a samll off-white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Fruity malty bitter hoppy flavor with some weak hints of grapefruit. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish with bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2010
at 16:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle in the front garden @ the farm. Clear deep amber with a medium sized beige creamy head. Loads of hops hits the nose along with pine, grapefruits and hints of toasted malt. Flavour was quite hoppy with grapefruits, caramel, pine and pepper. Finished bitter. Best belgian hoppy beer by a mile. Lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2009
at 14:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl Bottle from De Molen. Light hazy amber brown colour, dense off white head. Aroma of piney hops, grapefruit, blood oranges, brown sugar, liquorice. Flavour is bittersweet, lots of sugar but also lots of citrus fruits like grapefruit and blood oranges, caramel. Earthy liquorice in the hoppy bitter finish. Medium to fullbodied. I agree with Tbone that this is quite similar to Nogne #100, just a bit more liquorice in this one. Really good beer. Alcohol barely noticed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2009
at 14:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (vintage 2008, BB 03/2013)
Courtesy of bierkoning, ty Edo!
Dark red-brown murky color, floating yeast, steady firm beige head. Strong nose of piney hops, licorice, molasses, oak, madeira. Soft palate. Lots of licorice, hops (pine, grapefruit) and dark fruits. Warming alcohol. This is similar to aged Nogne O #100.
Courtesy of bierkoning, ty Edo!
Dark red-brown murky color, floating yeast, steady firm beige head. Strong nose of piney hops, licorice, molasses, oak, madeira. Soft palate. Lots of licorice, hops (pine, grapefruit) and dark fruits. Warming alcohol. This is similar to aged Nogne O #100.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2009
at 07:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber color. It may be a Strong American Ale, with the classic strong fruity hop aroma and sweetish caramel flavor, but it has a Belgian yeast character too (some in the aroma but more evident in the flavor). Good but I didn’t need this one.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Sep 2009
at 16:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Thanks a lot Carlo and Urbain for this bottle that I got for my 40th birthday. A deep red beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has strong notes of fruits and sweet malt as well as medium notes of alcohol and hops. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of hops, and elderflowers, as well as medium notes of alcoholl, malt, caramel, and fruit, leading to a dry, alcoholic and fruity finish. The alcohol leaves a slight burn in the mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2009
at 16:25