Jybi (2414) reviewed Lienne from Brasserie de la Lienne 5 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Que cette Lienne fait du bien ! Alors que ces dernières semaines j'ai été beaucoup sur des bières vieillies en fût où l'on se perd parfois entre barrique et bière et qui se veulent toute plus impressionnante les unes que les autres, qu'il est bon de retrouver les bases de ce qui font le savoir-faire belge avec sur cette Lienne un très bel équilibre où s'expriment à la fois malt, houblon, levure et alcool. Pas besoin d'apparat pour une bière qui se veut dans la justesse. Le visuel déjà est très attrayant avec un joli blond doré limpide, une fine effervescence marquée et une fine mousse blanche nappant la surface. Joli nez élégant et frais sur la pomme, la poire, la banane, les céréales et une touche de citron. On reprend cette alliance agréable sur l'attaque qui est légèrement acidulée avec en plus de légères épices et du miel en sous-jacent. A partir de là, l'alcool va aller crescendo pour donner tempérament, corps et chaleur à cette Lienne. Il y a des bières qui ont l'obligation de se maquiller et d'autres qui ont une beauté naturelle.
bier4der (3358) ticked 10 Years After from Brasserie de la Lienne 5 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cette Grandouisier est comme une douce caresse sur votre palais, sur des arômes peux complexes mais agréables. Personnellement, j'aurais préféré un peu plus de nervosité avec une amertume un peu plus enlevée (et pourtant il y a présence d'un houblonnage à cru sur Mosaic). Mais c'est avant tout sur l'intensité que j'attendais davantage, et ce, d'autant plus que le nez était réellement enthousiasmant à la fois d'une belle intensité et complexité avec agrumes, ananas, pomme, pointe de citron et légèrement floral. A la dégustation intensité et complexité ne sont plus aussi intéressantes avec une attaque qui est même quelque peu aqueuse. Cela s'arrange en deuxième bouche avec de légères épices qui apparaissent. Arrière bouche et final n'apporte pas davantage mais sur des corpulences et longueurs qui sont appréciables au regard des 5 % d'alcool, d'une bonne efficacité. Joli visuel également avec un blond paille limpide, une fine effervescence marquée et une mousse blanche de 3 mm d'épaisseur. Un peu de douceur dans un monde de brutes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from a Durbuy bottle shop - many thanks, Anke! Pours clear pale golden with a lasting, thin, white head. Aroma & taste cover notes of apple, unripe pear, citrus, wheat, bread & yeast. Some spicy accents here and there, yeasty fruitiness throughout. Dry, spicy, bready finish, soft peppery hops. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Just okay in what it aims to be, I suppose.
nathanvc (7053) reviewed Woody from Brasserie de la Lienne 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from bottle shop in Durbuy - thanks, Anke! Pours hazy brown with a thin, frothy, off-white head. Aroma of sherry, red apple, wood, vinegar, redcurrant, wet hay, shoe polish. Taste has sour redcurrant & plum mixed with vinegar, solid bitter undercurrent of wood & hay, vague hint of polish in the back. Dry, herbal hoppy finish, tart & vinegar-like, soft alcoholic effect of sherry, slightly oxidized perhaps. Medium body, oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Decent enough Sour with barrel accents.
Alengrin (11675) reviewed L'Îlienne Triple from Brasserie de la Lienne 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Lienne in Lierneux, close to Vielsalm in the Belgian province of Liège, taking on the tripel style, one of their newest ones to date. Egg-white, membrane-lacing, mousy, medium sized, slowly breaking head on a cloudy ochre-tinged golden blonde beer, shifting to a somewhat 'dirty' beige with sediment. Aroma of sweet ripe Honeydew melon, banana bread, canned pineapple, powder sugar melting on a hot pancake, candy apple, stewed pear, bread pulp, hints of straw, camomile, cake dough, young 'genièvre'. Fruity, sweet onset, ripe pear, melon, banana, candied pineapple and fried apple, fizzy carbonation, full and rather 'fluffy' mouthfeel. Soft white-bready maltiness with ongoing banana and pineapple esters as well as a coating of honeyish unfermented sugars; floral hops add a light spiciness in the end, eventually turning out longer than expected and even a bit rooty in the very end, while a dash of 'jenever'-like alcohol establishes a gentle warmth. Some clove-like phenols and bready-yeasty elements linger amidst this warmth, but the fruity sweetness remains the dominant factor, though it does not impair drinkability anywhere. Sweet tripel alright, so almost by definition intended for larger audiences, but remarkably elegant in being a sweet tripel, with a surprisingly hop bitter tail and elegant 'yellow' fruitiness. Refined for a style that is usually produced in a much less thoughtful manner - somehow I knew this Lienne interpretation would not disappoint...
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Woody from Brasserie de la Lienne 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Barrel aged sour ale by this underrated craft brewery in the Liège province. Gusher, but slow enough to remain manageable with enough time and patience. Initially audibly crackling, eventually creamy, pale yellowish beige, small-bubbled, thickly membrane-lacing, medium thick, very stable head; misty, deep and warm orange-amber robe with even a slight copper-bronze glow, some dead yeast bits at the bottom. Rich, very estery bouquet of cherry plum, unripe nectarine, sour white grapes, maracuja, medlar, ripe purple gooseberries, red apple, strong vanilla from the oak and also actual wet wood, unsugared yoghurt, pineapple, roses, fresh figs, quite some Bretty 'horseblanket', wood sorrel leaves, dry sherry, stale orange juice, rosemary, brown honey, sourdough, caramel - and then some very vague 'band aid' in the background, fortunately fading again quickly so I will not take this into account too much in rating this beer. Evidently tart onset, lots of colourful estery fruitiness varying between sour apples, passionfruit, grapes and plums, with a sweetish core softening the sourness; crisp, fizzy carbonation but not too much for the style. Rounded, full, smooth body, caramelly malt sweetness with a biscuity edge, dried by this juicy, very fruity, lactic sourness; this play of sourness and sweetness remains entertaining till the end, when the woody factor sets in and the sourness wins the battle, because it gets the aid of a quite strongly drying tannic wood effect, pushing up a lot of that 'old vanilla'-like scent typical for oak wood as well. Still some apple- and even caramel-like sweetness keeps lingering in the background, even when - unexpectedly - a brief, but notably leafy, earthy hop bitter note appears. And so sour, sweet and bitter are all tied together in the end, with that 'sedate', drying and mildly acidic lactic sourness and fruitiness prevailing, in a juicy, colourful way. I had very positive experiences with this brewery before (right from when they started, really) and this one does not disappoint, this is a beautiful American style blonde sour with strong 'oud bruin' tendencies, streamlined, rich and full, without too many unpleasant effects (apart from the inclination towards gushing and that volatile accent of band aid). A difficult endeavour relatively well executed, in the vein of e.g. De Leite, with even a vague Alvinne echo, though that is perhaps stretching things a bit...
nathanvc (7053) reviewed Lienne from Brasserie de la Lienne 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from bottle shop in Durbuy. Pours hazy golen with a lasting, small, foamy, white head. Aroma of yeast, malt, wort, cheese, banana, ripe apricot & apple, honey. Taste is a yeasty (almost wort-like) & plain malty profile, balancing ripe fruits (banana, apple) with a soft spicy bitterness. Sweet, malty & yeasty finish, slightly grassy hoppy, but also 'grainy' bitter. Soft glow of 'plain' alcohol. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. I tend not to be prejudiced but I didn't expect much from this umpteenth 'Belgian Ale'.
Sebletitje (15913) reviewed Millésime from Brasserie de la Lienne 6 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille 33cl de Malt Attacks, BB 06/2020.
Couleur cuivre, col beige. Très trouble sur la fin avec pas mal de sédiments de levure.
Arôme plaisant sur les malts - rétro un peu biologique rappelant le miel. Fruité noir en rétro, finement chocolaté. Esters de levure sur le rétro - très belge.
Palais est de suite axé sur un côté belge au niveau des malts - dont un côté caramel, grillé léger, crystal, fruité noir - date, pruneau et cerise.
Amertume fine noble, cela semble rehaussé par une amertume de fève de cacao.