Kapsuul - Winteruur
Craywinckelhof in Lubbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Winter|
Score
6.85
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Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Kapsuul - Winteruur from Craywinckelhof 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle clearly states the beer being brewed at Dok's , Essene Gushing to thick cream to tan head over cola-coloured beer. Chocolate, mocha, and dry wood; melanoidins, plywood, café noir cookies. Sweet, chocolate, mocha, sweet coffee with coffeecream. Well-bodied, chewy, good carbonation, long lasting flavours. Nothing amiss, absolutely, but also nothing new, nothing special. And gushing. Txs to Stef!
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Kapsuul - Winteruur from Craywinckelhof 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Winter ale from a client brewery in the Aalst region, erected in 2023 and apparently having its - so far only two - beers executed at Craywinckelhof. Longneck bottle from Geuze Leuze. Slow gusher, but slow enough to remain perfectly manageable. Thickly moussey, foamy, crackling, greyish pale beige, pillowy head resting on an initially clear, dark maroon brown robe with copper red glow, only lightly misty with sediment. Aroma of brown bread crust, dry caramel, a faint whiff of iron, dried prunes, touch of roasted chicory, clove, subtler notes of toffee, raisin, nutmeg, toast, white pepper, dry tree leaves, earth. Spritzy carbonation, too sharp in fact for this style, numbing the tongue a bit and distracting from the flavours, which include restrained fruity notes of dried fig, prune and light banana, sweetish and connecting seamlessly with a brown-bready, caramelly, slightly cookie-like maltiness, smooth and slick (including indeed wheat slickness) with a mildly toasty edge at the end, adding a very soft bitterness which is subtly enhanced by floral hops and warming, brandy-like alcohol. Gentle spicy notes (clove, cinnamon) pop up retronasally but everything remains very sleek and clean, without any 'peaks' of esters or phenols, lending this beer an 'English' kind of feel; together with the toasty aspect, this makes it fit the Scotch category perfectly, as we all know 'wee heavy' had significant influence on strong dark ales in Belgium in the 20th century, particularly so in winter beers (or Christmas ales, as we used to call them...). Regarded as an oldschool Belgian Scotch, which it technically is, this does its job just fine, with a smooth, sleek, perfectly aligned and balanced character, very little yeastiness and therefore little estery or phenolic effects, though these are certainly present to add some complexity. Not the most surprising Belgian winter ale, but technically very well done, as usual at Craywinckelhof - I cannot judge what Kapsuul's part in that technical mastery is, but this is in any case a very decent beer and one I may revisit next winter. Maybe I should have opted for their Zomeruur instead, considering we are in July already...
mike_77 (15880) reviewed Kapsuul - Winteruur from Craywinckelhof 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Very dark brown with thin lacy head. Dark malts. Touch of brown sugar and dried fruits. Not too sweet though.
beerhunter111 (50837) reviewed Kapsuul - Winteruur from Craywinckelhof 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Kerstbier Festival. Almost black beer with a beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, dark malt, coffee. Taste of dried dark fruits, caramel, bread, raisins.
Bierridder (4353) ticked Kapsuul - Winteruur from Craywinckelhof 2 years ago