Van der Linden Champagne Cognac BW, alias van Berging BW17-20 of hoeveel ‘versies’ er ook van mogen zijn. Enniewee, diep amberbruine kleur, beige kraag. Aroma is erg zoet, suiker, rozijnen, dadels. Smaak van alcohol, vleugje cognac, bruine suiker, te zoet, geen topper.

Bottle. BW20. Color: Dark copper, creamy light brown head. Aroma: Dark malt, caramel, Cognac. Taste: Medium sweet dark malt, malty, caramel, dark dried fruit, oak and bit boozy Cognac. Hints of nuts' Light bitterness, going to over moderate bitter palate at long lasting finish. Bit sticky mouthfeel. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Nice complexity and good balance in between all flavours. A bit on the sweet side in the beginnng, but the upcoming bitterness makes a very nice finish. Good. Earlier Rating: 1/23/2019 Total Score: 4.2 Bottle. BW18. Color: Copper, dense and creamy light brown head. Aroma: Dark malt, caramel, vanilla, Cognac. Taste: Medium sweet dark malt, notes of nuts, vanilla, caramel, dark dried fruit, oak and bit boozy Cognac. Light bitterness, going to medium bitter palate at long lasting finish. Sticky mouthfeel. Full body, below average carbonation. Nice complexity and great balance in between all flavours. Very good.

Wat een rare mix. Net iets te veel cognac en die dan weer niet van een al te best kaliber. Of gewoon niet passend bij dit bier.

Flesje gedeeld door Niels. Bruin troebel bier met mooie stevige schuimkraag. Aroma van vanille en donker fruit. Smaak is rokerig en fruitig en in de nasmaak komt de cognac naar boven.
Earlier Rating: 12/14/2019 Total Score: 3.9
Flesje gedeeld met Benzai, Tomhendriksen en keukenboer. Roodbruin helder bier. Aroma is houtig rokerig. Smaak is zoet, hout, rook en hop. Nasmaak is rokerig maar ebt snel weg.

Bottle shared at tasting. Nice reddish color, average sized off-white head. Smell and taste malts, liquor, some vanilla and some oak notes. Decent to medium body and carbonation. Quite well done.

Fles gedeelt door Inoven, geprobeerd met Benzai en Keukeman. Het is een helder donkerbruin bier met weinig schuim. Het heeft een gebrande cognac achtige geur. De smaak is vol, gebrand, cognac en hout.

Bottled 330ml (Smaakhuis)
Nice clear copper colour, small off-white head. Apple, fruits, some malts in the nose. Light-bodied, a bit fizzy carbonation, Champagne like! Raisins, apple/grapes, Champagne, some caramalts in the flavour. Very thin for this ABV. Not much Barley Wine character here - like ESB mixed with Champagne. Not too bad anyhow.
Earlier Rating: 9/5/2019 Total Score: 3.5
Bottled 330ml (Smaakhuis)
Dark amber colour, medium-sized brownish head. Aroma has toffee, cognac, apple. Full-bodied. Elegant flavour: malty, rye, hops, toffee, cognac and some alcohol. Good flavour, aroma is not as exicited. Well-brewed.

Bottle. Dark amber color. Malt, toffee, vanilla and earthy notes. Cognac in the aroma and flavor. Additional licorice in the flavor. Sweet, carbonation is soft. Not bad, but could be much better.

Bottle. Brown color. Malt, soft vegetable notes in the aroma. Malty sweet, soft herbal flavor with dried fruit and hints of cognac, Orange. Decent.

9th June 2019
Clear amber beer, small and incomplete bubbly cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft and fairly dry malts, some caramel and cream. Soft dried fruits. If this has spent any length of time in a champagne cognac barrel, I would be surprised. Sure these is a light cognac tone but I've had plenty stronger from loads of BWs that produced this flavour naturally and were not barrel aged. Compared to BW18, this is a flaccid let down.
Earlier Rating: 4/20/2019 Total Score: 3.9
20th April 2019
Almost clear amber - brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Smooth an airy palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Fluffy malts bring a bitterish and slightly singed toffee - caramel. Ripe ans slightly dank fruits. Touch of barrel vanilla. The champagne cognac is fairly clear but there is some bitterness coming in that you would never get in the appellation product. Nontheless this is a good stab at doing this and I liked it. But Champagne Cognac and Barleywine are two of my favourite things to drink so can this be bettered? Absafuckenloutely!