Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal BA Project (Blonde Ale) : Sherry

BA Project (Blonde Ale) : Sherry

 

Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal in Tildonk, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.33
ABV: 12.0% IBU: - Ticks: 28
These blond beer ripe during several months in original used Sherry barrels. We try to make sure the barrels we buy are in the most fresh condition as possible. We guaranty all the flavours in the beers only come from the barrels.
 

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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Corked bottle, courtesy of Jesper
Cloudy light amber color with frothy short lived head. To the flaws that are generic to this series, the N. 5 adds rubber and plastic aroma. Highly carbonated, with almost no residual sweetness, boozy character, some flavor of vegetables again.
A mess.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2012 at 15:17

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Sampled from bottle thanks to Joes. Clear at first, murky after pouring in the yeast. Smell and taste lightly malts, lightly alcohol, not that much sherry imo... A bit dull actually, especially compared to other versions.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2012 at 14:15

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample @ local tasting @ brouwerij Oirschots bier. Golden orange colour with a small white head. Smells malts, alcohol, sweetish, green twigs, barnyard. Tastes malts, sweet, slightly fruity, slightly wine, some wood and some red fruits. Full body but not that heavy alcoholic, soft carbo.
Tried on 24 Nov 2012 at 13:53

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Bottle. Clear golden color, small white head. Aroma of vanilla and lemon. Taste is boozy straw and citrus.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2012 at 15:37

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Hazy orange golden beer, small white head. Aroma of malts, somewhat sickly, notes of sewerage. honey and caramel. Quite sweet flavour, malts, light tart/ sickly, over-ripe fruits. Bit sugary finish.
The other ones I’ve tasted so far of this series were actually really nice, and I like sherry, especially sherry-aged whisky. This brew however was a bit of a disappointment to me. Maybe it was a bad bottle that was served?
(Sample from 75cL bottle @ Modeste Bier Festival ’12)
Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2012 at 08:31

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Draft @ Modeste 2012 - draft samples - I do not know whether this was because this was draft or for some other reason by whilst I enjoyed the others I have tried so far - this was frankly rather disgusting - darker orange, light amber, some white fungus looking head - smell is a bit like dish-washing liquid with honey, caramel and dark sugar - tastes of cleaning agents, booze, oranges, candy, sugar, some sherry I suppose - lower carb, sticky - think I had sherry once and didn’t really like it all that much - a secret aversion of sherry or perhaps a dislike of sherry might be playing me parts
Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2012 at 13:29

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Draught Small white head over orange, hazed beer. Sweet, oranges. Difficult to pinpoint sherry, but its fruitiness might well point into that direction. Sweet, meaty, liqueurish. Feels/tastes as if some syrup was used. Finish has a bit of walnut(syrup) in it. Very viscous, well-bodied, slick-syrupy feel. Walnutflavour keeps hanging around; warming. Interesting, but I’m not sure whether the fact that I cannot mark the sherry is a good, than well a lesser thing.
Tried from Can on 07 Oct 2012 at 05:04

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75cl bottle from Geers shared with Tomaz. Orangé trouble, col beige fin. Arôme de raisins, vin rouge chaud rappelant le Porto, léger sucre caramélisé. Palais, malté presque biscuité, sherry présent et discret. Profile reste très belge, levure et houblonné laissant un léger citronné qui accompagne chaque gorgée. Garde cet aspect fruits noirs/vin cuit, sucré avec ce boisé moyen.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2012 at 10:53

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sour/sweet. scents more on the sour side. very mediocer beer that they aged i guess.. totaly not worth the price it goes for
Tried on 27 Sep 2012 at 01:54

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Bottle @ FOneFan. Hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, caramel, rip-fruit and dusty. Flavour is malt, medium sweet, dusty, caramel, harsh, yeast, hop and phenols.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2012 at 14:57