Calva Reserva
Brouwerij Smisje in Mater, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.11
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tderoeck (22711) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as t Smisje Calva Reserva (by Brouwerij Smisje):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
23/XII/12 - 33cl bottle @ 1st Official Ledebronckx Barrel Aged Academie Grand Elite Tasting (OLBAAGET) - BB: n/a (2012-1393) Thanks to Johan for the bottle!!
Pretty clear deep red beer, huge aery beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sourish, grapes, red wine, alcohol, apple skin, bit woody. MF: lots of carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of dried fruits, honey, orange peel, caramel, raisins, apple skin, little bitter. Aftertaste: bitter, caramel, honey, sugar.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 330ml.Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dusty, oxidide notes, old malt, calvados, licorice - candy sweet, light wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, malty, light alcohol. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120316]
chrisv10 (24596) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ FOneFan. Amber/orange with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, fruit, phenols and sugar. Flavour is malt, medium sweet, fruit, yeast, oak, calvados and warming.
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Ulfborg Scooper Smagning 2012. Golden with a disappearing, bubbly white head. Aroma of caramel, apple and laquer/calvados. Sweet caramel and dark sugar flavour with apple and calva and notable alcohol.
77ships (14506) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33 cl. bottle sampled @ Kerstbierfestival 2011: never even heard of this one, didn’t know it existed – A: clear red amber with an off-white head – S: smells very sweet as well as somewhat thin, sweet liquorish, caramel, something fruity – T: sweet liquorish, liquorish candy, sweet grains, general candy, brown sugar & calvados – B: slick and oily, certainly not bad but definetly cannot play in the big boys league as far as BA beers are concerned
Benzai (24515) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival Essen 2011. Hazy murky reddish color, small off-white head. Smell and taste a little infected and chemical. Some kind of sourness I don’t like anyway. Ok carbo, low to medium body.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Licorice notes. Very aged. Almost like a "fine wine" only not a "wine" and not all that fine (if that makes sense). Molasses pour. No head. Rated 4/12/10
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle (much different label). Huge, tan head over a hazy amber orange body. Aroma of brown sugar, pineapple upside-down cake, apple brandy (calvados), pitted fruit. Taste is tangy, browns sugar, toffee, canned pineapple, pitted fruit, figs. Interesting, alcohol, light spiciness. Something I cannot put my finger on. Some brandy burn. A bit of harsh bitterness. Creamy carbonation with a light cotton candy sweetness and some dry wood tannins.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Max’s. Murky red with a giant white head. Aroma of plums and oak. Port wine flavor with an acidic edge. Decent.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Calva Reserva from Brouwerij Smisje 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
19th October 2008. Cloudy amber brown beer. Sherryish toffee nose. A fruity sherryish start, a little aniseed and licorice. Some red fruit before a brandy/porty robust semi dry fand warming finish. Plummy aftertaste. Complex. Delicious!