Lewis Dark
Volders Bieren in Kontich, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: BeerSelectBelgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular
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Score
6.19
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Since summer 2019 this beer is brewed at brewery BeerSelect according to recipe from client brewer Volders Bieren.
Before it was brewed at Varenbroek.
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Benzai (24515) reviewed Lewis Dark from Volders Bieren 1 year ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 2
Bottle at home. Gusher!! Brown color with floaties in it. Tan head. Aroma and flavor are malts, sourish. Infection in there without a doubt. Not good at all. In the end it's drinkable but this cannot be what was intended. Didn't finish. Could have, but didn't want to. Fizzy carbonation, infection sourish lightly, not good at all. Drainpour.
bier4der (3351) ticked Lewis Dark from Volders Bieren 4 years ago
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Lewis Dark from Volders Bieren 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
Gushing to a huge greyish - pale beige head, irregular, over deep brown beer. Nutty, bready nose as from opening, brown candi sugar, but also a fresher, green leaves-like aroma. Rather bitter, mildly roasted flavour, bit leafy, undergrowth - but generally speaking very monotone. Finish has a bit sour-sweet streak, but again without any depth. Well carbonated to spritzy, medium bodied, bit thinnish. Ow. Not a success in any way.
blackisle (5698) reviewed Lewis Dark from Volders Bieren 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Almost opaque amber brown colour, good and stable mousy beige head. Aroma toasted malt, caramel, light treacle. taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, caramel, faint chocolate, bit flat. Medium body, oily texture, active carbonation, smooth sweetbitter aftertaste, roasty and herbal accents, caramel still rules, boring label, well-balanced and good strong ale.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Lewis Dark from Volders Bieren 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
The newest of these ‘home brews’ by Patrick Volders commercialized (on a small scale) by Marc Knops’ Varenbroek brewery, and the third one now, after Joske and Sibyl. Slow gusher, but manageable. Thick and foamy, yellowish pale beige, mousy head, cloudy chestnut brown robe with ruddy-burgundy hue. Aroma of sweet caramel candy, Ersatz chocolate, treacle, Liège pear syrup, candied dates, crumbled dry cookies, soap, tea, hint of glue. Sweet onset with a slightly sourish edge, hints of fried pears and dried banana, fizzy carbonation, slick and smooth mouthfeel; sweet-caramelly and cookie-like maltiness, a tad powdery in the end (crumble-ish) with dark sugar on top but also with a more bitter, toasty edge. Mildly leafy and herbal hop bitter accent in the finish too, but the caramelly sweetness remains dominant. Simplistic ‘massieve ale’ (a strong dubbel or a light quad, depends on how you look at it), sweet and malty and certainly suitable for a larger Belgian audience, technically well executed, nothing wrong here.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Lewis Dark from Volders Bieren 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
11/I/20 - 33cl bottle @ home, BB: 8/IV/20 (2020-25) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!
Pretty clear rusty red brown beer, creamy bit irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: very malty, caramel, ripe banana, chocolate milk, little spicy, some paint thinner. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, caramel, malty, bit dusty, chemical touch, sugary, soft acidity. Aftertaste: lots of caramel, overripe banana, berries, bit chemical, unpleasant bitterness.