Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Medium to thick yellow head, dense, over faintly hazy copper-amber beer under lacerings. Fruity New World hops, with pineapple, grapefruit, herbs. Bitter, fruity, rosewater, resin, citrus. Not much wheat as I can detect. Finish has something strangely earthy/fungal, very present. Rather well-carbonated, slick, decent body. For a hopped Weizen, far from bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Deep golden to light amber coloured, big and stable and creamy off-white head; mild to moderate herbal-piney nose, a mild dash of caramel underneath; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, quite light bodied, but pretty soft; lingering dryish grapefruity-hoppy finish with a slightly increasing bitterness in the aftertaste. Good…
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle courtesy of Deanso. Poured a hazy straw colour with a frothy white head. The aroma is yeast, jammy citrus, some pine needle. The flavour is moderate bitter with a rich grapefruit citrus, yeast, light alcohol palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33cl bottle. Pours a hazy orange, with a tall, fine-grained, white head with good retention. Smells of green hops, yeast, bitter hops. Bitter-sweet taste, with notes of green hops, honey and spices on top of a malty backbone. A bit spicy on the aftertaste due to the alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33cl bottle, labeled as Christoffer Blond. Clear pale golden, with a tall, fine-grained white head with good retention. Smells like pilsner hops, honey, malt sugars and some generic hops. Bitter-sweet and as far away from a pilsener as I ever had, crisp and refreshing, with notes of bitter hops, honey, green hops and sugar. A bit spicy in the aftertaste. Very nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The new embodiment of this Dutch, bottom-fermented and therefore more or less German-inspired Doppelbock, with different bottle, different label and even slightly different name (spelled Bock instead of Bok now). Thick, ’papery’ lacing, pale greyish beige head, densely structured and stable, over a clear deep burgundy coloured beer with wine red hue. Aroma of caramelized brown sugar, butterscotch, coffee powder, roasted hazelnuts, dried banana, strong ’haemoglobin’ iron, hints of nutmeg, parsley, toasted vegetables, dried porcini, chestnut, cherry candy, old cloth and some dusty dry earth, black pepper. Candied brown sugar sweetness in the onset as well as raisin, banana and fig accents, rounded but well-dosed and not cloying, as it is being balanced by underlying sourishness and a slight mushroom-like umami flavor; softish carbonation, thick but smooth, slick body. Full caramelly and heavily toasted maltiness in the middle, more toastedly bitter than sweet and even a bit coffeeish and roasted in the end, mouth-filling, leading to a full-fledged malty, roasted and toasted bittersweet finish with some earthy, spicy hops made subordinate to the toasted malts; the caramelized or ’burnt’ sugar sweetness persists too (almost a touch candy-ish even) and matches well with this malt bitterness, and a strong, but fortunately not too astringent presence of brown rum-like alcohol is undeniable. Warming Dutch Doppelbock, pleasant enough and definitely one for the malt heads; the toasted bitterness is however much stronger in this one than in your average German style, bottom-fermented Doppelbock, but that makes this beer all the more interesting. Enjoyed it.
caesar (10841) reviewed W-IPA from Speciaalbierbrouwerij St. Christoffel 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Mitra Bunnik, BB 04/11/17, large sample. Hazy orange color, medium rocky head. Aroma is bit spicy, quite some grainy wheat, bit cereal, whole grain biscuit, bit banana and clove. Big sweet banana and vanilla milkshake in taste, together with whole grain biscuits. I dont get a lot of the hops they used, but I do like the combination of flavors. Dont like what has happened to the original owners, but theres nothing wrong with this beer. I like it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
0,33l bottle at home as part of Euro Local Swap courtesy of bierkoning, big thanks. BB 04/11/17. amber cloudy color, small off-white / yellowish head. smells belgian yeasty, citric, spices, light peach, light sweetness. nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes malty sweet, some belgian yeast, spices, lightly citric, light tobacco, peppery, light candy notes. finishes sweet with notes of belgian yeast and spices. overall decent, but rather on the (malt) heavy side, some hops would be an improvement here.
Zlotta (10012) reviewed Blond from Speciaalbierbrouwerij St. Christoffel 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
0.33 l bottle from ’Van Bieren’ as ’St Christoffel Blond’ at 5.4% abv, best before October 2017 (so five months old I guess). Minimally hazy, straw yellow with a medium large, foamy, stable, white head. Fruity-grassy, slightly floral aroma of lemon peel, fresh cut grass and some grapefruit. Sweetish, already slightly bitter, fruity-floral, moderately grassy taste of lemon peel, grapefruit, some honey and straw, followed by medium long, dry-bitter and grassy finish. Thin to medium body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Very fruity and refreshing, reveals again how nice unfiltered Lagers can be.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Slightly hazy medium amber colour, tall frothy off-white head, slowly diminishing, heavy lacing. Aroma pale malts, wheat, tangerine, orange peel, light vegetables, lemon grass, some ginger. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, fruity, herbal notes, long duration, retronasal citrus and ginger, mild bittersweet finish, citrus and herbal notes. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, refreshing, drinkable and very pleasant, altogether quite good.