Brouwerij Het Anker Mechels Reuzenbier

Mechels Reuzenbier

 

Brouwerij Het Anker in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
7.58
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 9
The giants of Mechelen appear in public once every 25 years during the Ommegang. To honour all these giants and to keep the tradition the Brewery "Het Anker", brewers of the real beers of Mechelen, produced a special strong beer; a "Reuzenbier" ("Giant Beer"). Its gold-yellow colour, its high alcoholic percentage, its full and well-balanced taste make this beer a source of vitality and strength and will please the most requiring beer-expert.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 75cl. [ Vintage 2000 ]. Clear medium orange color, many small body particles, a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, fruity, honey. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Refreshing. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090226]

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2009 at 15:09


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

200 vintage tasted at the Kulmintor in September 2008. Murky orange with light tan head, surprisingly lively for its age. Aroma of caramel and honey. Full-bodied. Taste of raisins and banana bread. Licorice finish. No bitterness. Mellow.

Tried on 10 Dec 2008 at 01:18


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

(0.75 l bottle at Kulminator on 2008-05-17) Pale amber colour. A bit cloudy. White big head. A bit spicy and clearly fruity nose. Medium bodied palate with some fizziness. Taste is fruity and there are caramell, malts, raisin and liquorice flavours. Really nice.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2008 at 00:45


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

[i](75 cl bottle at Bishops Arms, V Hamng, Göteborg)[/i]Shared with rigk and a non-ratebeer friend2001 vintage, labeled "Mechelse Reuzen"Orange, shady, particle filled look, very small white head. Dry oak, wood, alcohol, sweet and spicy scent. Spicy sweet and dry, but VERY mellow, taste.WOW, the scent and taste really differ from each other.A bit sweet licorice aftertaste. Spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Alcohol aftertaste. Taste is also grainy and malty.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2008 at 05:05


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottled (2002 vintage). Golden colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, a lot of nuts, some spices, caramel malts, fudge, alcohol, herbs, grass and lots more. Flavour is alcohol, fruits, honey, spices and mild notes of yeast. A complex beer, that has aged really well. Wellbalanced and superb.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2007 at 12:44


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

RBSG07. From 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is malty, slight corn. Flavour is sweet, alcohol presence, corn and slight malty, slight wineous. Finish is malty dry. I don’t like the tobacco flavour though.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2007 at 16:59


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle 75cl, vintage 2002, label says "Mechelse Reuzen - Consequente compensatie".
Good beer to celebrate Finnish independence and also my most expensive beer bottle ever.
Hazy orange color, good creamy white head. Fruity and yeasty nose, also some kind of woody notes. Someway similar ot some DDB beers. Bitter, honey sweet with alcoholic kick. Full-bodied malty background, also oaky notes in the flavor. After four years mouthfeel is very round. Beer to sip slowly.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2006 at 07:23


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

(Bottle 75 cl) Name on label reads "Mechelse Reuzenbier". Pilsener golden, slightly hazy with a huge and stable head, that never really collapses. Extremely potent, solid and full-bodied beer with lots of malt, sweetness and (well hidden) alcohol. Fruity and yeasty nose. Very complex flavours that almost "explode" in your mouth leaving you with all sorts of wonderful impressions. 290602

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2005 at 16:07


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

(rather aged sample) Clear gold, end more hazy; slim white head. Alcoholic, sweet, but great - typical ’t Anker - raisins-like aroma. Drier nose than most GC beers, some portwine. A bit cheesy taste, quite alcoholic and very sweet. VERY full mouthfeel, alcohol more than obvious, dry. Very well-aged beer, sweetish alcoholic, but balanced with infinitesimal flavours and aromas. Great beer found at ’t Brugs Beertje.

Tried on 21 Sep 2004 at 02:01