Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
Huge thanks to Erzengel for that one! Bottle looks simple but good. Beer in the glass with a nice head. Starts mild, malty, sweetish. Hints of some herbs, some spices. Sugar. Finish well balanced, not too grasy-bready, shy hoppy background. Interesting!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
33 cl. bottle @ home, gift from Luc.
Clear dark brown with a beige head. Dark caramel aroma with whisky notes and red fruit. Sweet taste with a sweet boozy finish. Bit flat and underwhelming, not up to the usual Gulpener standard.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Unfiltered and somehow slightly less strong special edition of Gulpener's classic Dort, a very Dutch interpretation of German Dortmunder (Export) which was particularly popular in the Low Countries from the fifties to the eighties, but was usually executed as a sweeter, darker and stronger version of pils, see e.g. Haacht's Adler for a Belgian equivalent. Thanks to Hinke for sharing! Thick and frothy, off-white, shred-lacing, stable head over a misty 'dark blonde' beer, a deep golden with amber hue (and even a somewhat pale brownish tinge in the end). Aroma of lightly toasted bread, breakfast cereals, drying grass, a touch of honey, ferrous spring water, dried tree leaves, vague tea, iron and apple. Clean, rounded onset, moderately carbonated, with very slick mouthfeel, indeed notably fuller than standard pils; cereally core with a thin yet persistent, faintly honeyish sweetness on top as well as a light iron-like but not completely unnatural metallic aspect at the sides. Mild herbal hoppiness in the finish, a tad teabag-ish, providing very little bitterness (but the style does not require this anyway, of course). Indeed a very oldskool Belgo-Dutch style Dort, so not at all a German one, which is nearly identical to Helles - in fact, if judged by purely German standards, this one is strong, dark and malty enough to be called a Märzen rather than a Dortmunder, albeit in an overly sweet way; as said, however, in a twentieth-century Limburgian context, this should meet the expectations of those who remember the old-timey Dortmunders that were brewed in this part of the world. And in Limburg, many of those original consumers seem to have been miners... Historically interesting beer, in all, glad I tasted it.
gave a cheers!
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
Can from random supermarket, Netherlands. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity malt and light marzipan. Flavor is very sweet. Sweet finish with lots of alcohol. 290725
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed IJsbock from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Dark brown colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
potjebier (6609) reviewed 0.3% IPA from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Flesje van Appie. Is dit ongefilterd? In elk geval een troebele gouden body en een fijn witte kraag die mooi blijft hangen. Geur van mout/wordt/graan en fruit. In de mond komt daar iets bitter bij. Smaak is wortzoetig met een bittertje. Lichte body. Iets bittere afdronk. Best plezierig.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
300ml bottle. Cloudy, orange golden colour with small to average, dense, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Cautious, minimally grainy, wheaty malty and yeasty fruity aroma, some banana; a late, spicy touch of coriander. Taste is sweet-ish, minimally grainy, wheaty and pale malty, slightly yeasty fruity, minimally bitter, grassy hoppy, hints of banana, a touch of baked banana, honey; some lemongrass and a touch of coriander in the finish.
Creamy texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft carbonation.
Rather cautious, almost a tad insipid - not really convincing.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
330mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma has a nice, lightly smoky, whiskey barrel character, Belgian yeast, and light esters. Flavour is rather muted: there’s some whiskey barrels, light esters, earthiness, and soft bready notes. The flavours just don’t gel well, and there’s just not much nice here flavour-wise. Rather disappointing.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330mL bottle. Pours brown with a beige head. Dark berries, chewy toffee malts, and a bit of whiskey on the nose. Flavour has a fairly muted yeast expression, chewy dried berries, boozy whiskey finish. Pretty clumsy, not a huge fan.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Color: Lightly hazy amber, brown-ish off-white head. Aroma: Malty, caramdl. Taste: Malty, caramel malt, some candy sugar, lightly citrus hop. Hints of nuts. Moderate sweet, light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Ok but a bit too sweetish.