6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy brown beer, fluffy beige head. Weizen aroma, little vanilla, caramel, raisins, dark fruit, not too pronounced on the banana. Flavour rather sweet, weizen, quite fruity. Nice beer for the winter months.
(From 33cL fliptop bottle @ home)
(From 33cL fliptop bottle @ home)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2012
at 02:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy amber-brown body with an off-white head. Aroma of caramalts, wine, grapes, elderberry, bit alcohol - quite ok. Moderately sweet flavour. Nice, warming, quite well balanced, tad alcoholic.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2012
at 23:15
6/10
Tried
on 21 Jan 2012
at 15:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cL flip-top bottle poured into St. Feuillien tasting glass. Best before A 03 2011. Bottle popped with a rush of head up the bottleneck but not fast enough to gush. It poured with a fast fading head that left no signs of foam. Color is a beautiful reddish brown, darkish but allows for clarity. Aroma was, well, I only had one functioning nostril so nothing much came through. It was well lagered and clean. Flavor is very clean, rounded and lightly felt on the cheeks. No flaws, an earthy lagering flavor. It is easy drinking and well executed. Purchased at Bierkoning on my Amsterdam trip and drank it at my hotel room.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2012
at 13:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Unclear dark yellow with and off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, alcohol. and moderate hoppy - herbal and earthy. Flavor is medium sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 200112
Tried
on 20 Jan 2012
at 10:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Unclear dark yellow with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, hops, fruit, apricot and notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, hops, fruit, yeast, apricot, medium sweet, grass, earthy and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2012
at 10:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Giant 2 litre “bidon” sampled @ RBWG 2012 – thx to tderoeck – slightly scared about getting into the discussion whether that thing is ugly or a work of art but I think that it is clumsy & the colour makes it look like it is made from plastic – pours a Bordeaux slight purple, an odd colour that seems to be screaming barley wine at me, brief small off-white head (aggressive pour), smells like sweet caramel & dried dark fruits with some bitter spices, taste is sweet caramel, touch syrup, dark fruit, bitter spices, slight vinous, bit rubbery candy quality, some syrup sugar, booze, slick & soft carb, easy going barley wine
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2012
at 12:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2L growler @ RBBWG 2012, Antwerpen courtesy of Tderoeck. Really nice looking Oranje growler. Couleur acajou, presque pas de col, seules qcq bulles beige percent la surface. Arôme est faible pour un barley, note de malt caramel, un léger houblon s’en ressort mais ne contribue pas vraiment à développer la bière. En bouche, je note plus de fruits noirs allant vers la prune. Côté caramélisé/toffee sur un sucre léger Petite pointe de malt chocolaté sur la fin Le tout est agréable mais sans révolutionner le style
Tried
on 15 Jan 2012
at 02:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
No head, faintly veiled red-brown beer. Vinous, old wine casks, fruity (red fruit on alcohol mainly), "foxy" aroma. Again very vinous, lots of ethanol and fusels; again typical sweet preserved fruit on alcohol. Perfumed, but nice and complex, worthy of Christoffel. Quite slick and well bodied; alcoholwarming. Nice, hefty and challenging beer. Looks like Leo Brand can rest in peace, the brewery is doing fine. EXCEPT FOR THE PRESENTATION. This eyesore belongs on an Ajax soccerfield, Limburgers ought to be ashamed of themselves!
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jan 2012
at 00:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Christoffel XXV (by Sint Christoffel Bier):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
14/I/2012 2L bottle (the one on the RB picture) @ RBBWG 2012 - BB: n/a (2012-34) Thanks to Mattie for getting me the bottle!
Clear ruby red to brown purple beer, no head. Aroma: alcohol, unripe banana, caramel (dark), some dried fruits, raisins, some chocolate. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: little sour, sweet chocolaty touch, dried fruits, more chocolate, red wine. Aftertaste: chocolate, sour cherries, little bitter ending.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
14/I/2012 2L bottle (the one on the RB picture) @ RBBWG 2012 - BB: n/a (2012-34) Thanks to Mattie for getting me the bottle!
Clear ruby red to brown purple beer, no head. Aroma: alcohol, unripe banana, caramel (dark), some dried fruits, raisins, some chocolate. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: little sour, sweet chocolaty touch, dried fruits, more chocolate, red wine. Aftertaste: chocolate, sour cherries, little bitter ending.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2012
at 09:06