7.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bijna een jaar geleden ingeblikt (26-11-2024) dus de hoogste tijd. Schenkt net niet helemaal zwart, wel donker uiteraard, en een lichtbruine kraag met een flinterdun laagje retentie. Geur is kruidig, kardemom springt er wat mij betreft wel uit, maar ook wat kaneel, en het lijkt inderdaad wel wat op spekkoek - maar daarvoor dus iets teveel kardemom. In de mond is het kruidige er ook, wat zoetheid, beetje drop ook, en wat fruit. Smaak is zoetig, gebrand, droppig, bitterig. Zachte koolzuurprikkeling. Medium body. Gebrand bittere afdronk met wat kruiden en drop.

7.9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

33cl Blik van Vinoci. Zwarte kleur, beige kraag. Gebrande mout, gebrande pinda's, op het kruidenvlak vooral cardamon, hint van kaneel, chocolade, gelukkig niet te zoet aangezien spekkoek dat vaak wel is, gebrand-bittere finish. Medium body. Drinkt veel te makkelijk. Lekker.

7.1

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @ De Kromme Haring, Utrecht. Black with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and heavy cinnamon. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. Soft. 160425

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can 33cl. @home poured into a pint glass. Pitch black, small creamy tan head, slowly dissipating, thin layer remains. Aroma roasted and sweet malts, vanilla, spices (cloves, cinnamon, aniseed), cocoa powder, coffee, aniseed, spekkoek. Taste above medium sweet and below medium bitter, malty, roast, dark chocolate, coffee groundings, vanilla, spices (cloves, cinnamon, aniseed), faint smoky notes. Full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation, lasting malty sweetbitter aftertaste, chocolate, roasty and ashy notes, Indonesian spices for sure but I don't taste the spekkoek, well-balanced and rich brew, very nice.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml can. Jet black colour with average to huge, thick, dense, creamy, moderately to mostly lasting, moderately lacing, tan head. Chocolately and slightly roasty, dark malty as well as herbal-spicy aroma, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee, notes of ginger, allspice, aniseed, a touch of liquorice, herbs. Taste is slightly bitter, roasty and slightly chocolately, minimally smoky, dark malty with subtle residual sweetness, additionally slightly spicy and minimally herbal, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee, hints of allspice, ginger, aniseed, a minimally herbal touch, smoky interludes, almost ashy overtones in the last third.
Creamy-oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, dense, creamy carbonation.
Well crafted, good mouthfeel, not too flattering flavours, well controlled sweetness - pretty decent.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Color: Black, brown head. Aroma: A lot of spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove), some roasted malt. Taste: Malty with strong spicy notes. Cloves, cinnamon and nutmag. Some roasted malt and hints of black coffee. Moderate sweet, moderate to over moderate bitterness. Just over medium body, below average carbonation. Indonesian spices at the finish. I believe the Kromme Haring Ikan-Ikan tasted more like Spekkoek than this new Ikan Besar. Ok Christmas time beer though.

7

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