Lost Bunker
Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal in Tildonk, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special|
Score
6.74
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minutemat (16469) reviewed Lost Bunker from Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal 3 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle @ Tim's place, Gent. Pours unclear golden amber, sparse head. Sweet malt, syrup with a strong barrel influence.. long bitter linger.. woody.. sweet alcohol.. interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Süßer Beginn ohne Karbonisierung. Weich, moderat würzig, holzig, die Süße bleibt sehr stark. Alkoholisch, hellmalzig, mittellanger Abgang. Naja.. 10/8/8/8//8
Rubin77 (10243) reviewed Lost Bunker from Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
33cl bottle (BBF: 11/2023) from MALZ KIOSK beer store in Leuven.
F: no.
C: coppery, light hazy with yeasty debris.
A: rich malty, caramel, toffee, berries, dried fruits, honey, herbal.
T: full malty base, caramel, candied citrus, honey, dried fruits, bit herbal, woody, pears, decent bitterness, low carbonation, still not bad for the style, enjoyed for sure.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
@ BXL Beerfest. Murky amber brown colour, beige foam. Syrupy mouthfeel, sweet, warming, notes of honey, liquor, some fruitiness.
nathanvc (7053) reviewed Lost Bunker from Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal 2 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
20 May 2023. At Leuven Innovation Beer Festival. Shared with the lovely Anke!
A: hazy amber, no head.
A: overripe green apple, wet wood, candied plum, honey, brandy.
T: very sweet green apple, pear, plum, biscuit, caramel & jam.
F: vague herbal hops, bit phenolic, sweet ripe apple, wet wood and warming brandy-like alcohol.
P: medium body, oily texture, flat carbonation.
The remnants of an 'Amber' are certainly there whilst being slightly too flat and sweet. Enjoyable nonetheless and 12% is hardly recognised.
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Lost Bunker from Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal 2 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Wood-aged ‘strong amber beer’, so in effect a Belgian style barleywine of sorts, by Hof ten Dormaal; sampled at LIBF, organized in part by this brewery. Apparently this beer has spent years in barrels and those barrels were set up in a bunker of some kind (a remainder of the Second World War, I presume – but I have no idea how much of this story is true)… Off-white, loose, thin and breaking, open to dissolving head, hazy brownish-tinged dark peach blonde robe, perhaps not a true reddish amber, but close. Aroma of honey and honey liqueur, oxidized sweet sherry (unsurprisingly), brioche bread, soggy biscuit, caramel, rum-soaked apricots, yellow raisins, straw, candied orange peel, apple juice, pear, brandy, dandelion, old wood, cooked carrot. Sweet onset, mandarin and candied orange aspects, honeydew, pear and ripe peach, soft carb but full, somewhat vinous, rounded mouthfeel; biscuity, sweet-bready and lightly caramel-edged maltiness under ongoing honeyish sweetness and some spicy phenols, moving towards a warming, yeasty and still very sweet finish where residual sugars completely overrule a slight dash of herbal hops as well as soft woody tannins, though the latter are certainly present. Somewhat ‘dirty’ in the end too, especially from another tasting glass that had quite large flakes of protein swirling around. Could have been less sweet, even if I am full aware that much of the hop bitterness (if any) has disappeared by now, and more complex; weirdly feels a lot younger than it is. Odd, but not bad.