Don Quichot
Brouwerij Kees in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Collab with: Poch's Cervesa Artesana / Menno Olivier BrewingBarley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production
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Score
7.70
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Deze Barley Wine hebben we gebrouwen samen met Menno Olivier Brewing en Poch’s Cervesa Artesana uit Spanje. Menno Olivier was de oprichter van Brouwerij de Molen en brouwt tegenwoordig zijn bieren in Spanje. Het opstarten van een nieuwe brouwerij is daar niet bepaald eenvoudig. Hij voelt zichzelf dan ook wel eens een soort Don Quichot, moedig strijdend tegen de Spaanse regelgeving.
Don Quichot is een complexe Barley Wine met een fraaie donkerkopere kleur en een enthousiast alcoholpercentage van wel 14%. Het bier heeft een volle, moutige smaak met tonen van karamel, gedroogd fruit, mout en toffee. Met een stevige hoppigheid is het ook een ideaal bier om lang te laten rijpen, waardoor de smaken nog dieper en complexer worden.
Don Quichot is een complexe Barley Wine met een fraaie donkerkopere kleur en een enthousiast alcoholpercentage van wel 14%. Het bier heeft een volle, moutige smaak met tonen van karamel, gedroogd fruit, mout en toffee. Met een stevige hoppigheid is het ook een ideaal bier om lang te laten rijpen, waardoor de smaken nog dieper en complexer worden.
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8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared thanks to Thijs. Deep copper to mahogany, barely any head. Marzipan, booze, caramel, toffee, strawberry jam. Mergpijpen, vanilla, fennel seeds. Very sweet, medium bitter. Full bodied, low carbonation. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2026
at 18:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
330 ml can. Pours a very dark ruby/brown with quickly dissipating head. Aromas of syrupy caramel, dark fruit, golden raisins and sweet toasty malts. Flavors follow same though not as intense. Warm sweet finish. A very sweet but very enjoyable Barleywine
Tried
from Can
from
Melger’s Wijn en Dranken
on 14 Sep 2025
at 23:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Deep brown. Caramel, dark fruit, fig, light spice, booze. Full, slick body. Finish has booze but not hot, sweet but not cloying malts, and dark fruits. This is Sublime.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2025
at 21:33
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Mr. Hop. Hazy dark brown, small, foamy, tan head. Aroma of molasses, nail varnish, bubblegum, candied date, fig, prune, burnt caramel, 'sirop de Liège', carré confiture, herbal liqueur. Taste has very condensedly sweet dried fruits: date, fig & prune, some pear, in a thick malt body of molasses & syrup, bit herbal, spicy-phenolic. Herbal hoppy finish, lingering syrupy profile, dried fruits and boozy liqueur-like alcohol (reminiscent, to me, of 'Schwarzwaldteufel'). Medium to full body, syrupy texture, average carbonation. A malt bomb if there ever was one. Delicious!
Tried
on 02 May 2025
at 09:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
on 06 Feb 2025
at 22:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Beerdome. Slick Barley Wine with a little booze and nice reddish dried fruits. Robust sugary malt, caramel and a touch of marzipan. Kees x Menno Olivier, takes me back to the days when Emelisse and De Molen brewed great big beers.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2025
at 14:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 15th January 25. Pours thick and yellow brown, cloudy. Aroma is intense, caramel and dark fruits, taste is sweet, sticky, tasty, intense, caramel. Massive
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2025
at 08:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
8th January 2025
Can. Kees and Menno back collabing? Brings a warm feeling to this old soaks heart! Right then! This is an almost clear deep amber beer, with a small and short lived bubbly pale tan head. Smooth palate, slightly soft, decent fine carbonation suits this barleywine just fine. Rich and smooth malts, toffee that isn't too sweet and a lightly caramel streaked malt cream. Plenty of ripe fruits that taste like they have had a month long bath in decent Cognac. Touch of esters on the smooth finish. The 14% abv sails on by, unnoticed. A very English barleywine from these 2 Dutch titans of brewing. Nice one!
Can. Kees and Menno back collabing? Brings a warm feeling to this old soaks heart! Right then! This is an almost clear deep amber beer, with a small and short lived bubbly pale tan head. Smooth palate, slightly soft, decent fine carbonation suits this barleywine just fine. Rich and smooth malts, toffee that isn't too sweet and a lightly caramel streaked malt cream. Plenty of ripe fruits that taste like they have had a month long bath in decent Cognac. Touch of esters on the smooth finish. The 14% abv sails on by, unnoticed. A very English barleywine from these 2 Dutch titans of brewing. Nice one!
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2025
at 23:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sweet and toasted malty with notes of dried fruit shred, spices, caramel and toffee, brown sugar, medium plus body, warming spiced malty lingering finish. Very nice BW.
Tried
from Can
from Beerdome
on 04 Jan 2025
at 12:43
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
0.33 l can from the brewery's web shop, best before December 2035. Clear, very dark ruby with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, gently fruity aroma of molasses, vanilla, raisins and prunes. Extremely sweet, malty, gently bitter, moderately fruity and quite boozy taste of molasses, caramel, raisins, prunes, vanilla and alcohol, followed by a long, gently bitter, fairly warming finish. Full body, smooth and oily mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Lovely malt bomb, right up my alley. I hope they put something away for barrel-aging.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2024
at 20:16