Onbekende Soldaat
Brouwerij De Vlier in Holsbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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gist: Hoge gist en hergisting in de fles
hop: Lublinhop
mout: Bevat pilsmout (gerst), tarwemout en havervlokken
temp 4-6°C: 8
Vol. % alc.: 8
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Onbekende Soldaat from Brouwerij De Vlier 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
One of those beers commemorating the first World War, this time by De Vlier in the Leuven region; 75 cl bottle with crown cap, from De Hopduvel in Ghent, shared with Goedele. Thick and mousy, papery lacing, pale yellow-beige, slowly dissipating head; initially clear, very dark caramel brown robe with ruby red glow, misty and a bit more 'dirty' brown with sediment. Aroma of old walnut shells, hard caramel, forest floor, tea bags, toasted bread, coffee grounds even, nutmeg, blackberries, treacle, dried figs, damp earth, 'sirop de Liège', dried thyme. Sweetish onset with hints of apricot and plum, but also with a rather pronounced blackberry- and elderberry-like tart aspect, as well as a very slight 'dirtiness' so likely mildly infected; medium carb, full and slick, notably resinous body. Dry old hazelnut- and hard caramel-like maltiness with bitter toasty tail, but some stewed dark fruit sweetness lingers at the back to, along with (especially in the end) quite some earthiness, phenolic spicy impressions and warming, ruby port-coloured alcohol. Seems a tad infected as said, but otherwise a streamlined, smooth 'massieve ale', with the toasted bitter aspect reminiscent of Scotch ale, which is probably what this was implicitly intended like (the echo of this old and once popular style still clearly resounds in the dark ales of present-day Belgium).
EvNa (6056) reviewed Onbekende Soldaat from Brouwerij De Vlier 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Color: Very dark ruby, almost black. Dense stable mocha head. Aroma: Dark malt, dark fruit. Malty. Taste: Dark fruit, blueberries. Moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter. Light sour. Subtle notes of chocolate. Malty, smooth mouthfeel (wheat) and dense mouthfeel (oatmeal). Nice one.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Onbekende Soldaat from Brouwerij De Vlier 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours very dark brown, instable , beige head. Smell is bit cheezy, metallic. Taste is rather bitter, dark malts, somewhat earhty. Sweet back. Ok mf and carbo. Pretty AVG overall.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Onbekende Soldaat from Brouwerij De Vlier 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Vlier Onbekende Soldaat (by Brouwerij De Vlier):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
31/XII/15 - 75cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk) @ home - BB: 24/IX/18 (2015-1833) Thanks to Beerlover_Ben for picking this one up for me!
Clear dark brown beer, creamy solid beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, plums, some molasses, bit sourish, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, dried fruits, sweet, raisins, bit oxidized, some caramel, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: more oxidation, sweet, mocha, lots of caramel, some milk chocolate.