Alengrin (11609) reviewed Sanderijn from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Another one in this rapidly expanding Enigma series, at ZBF. Apparently intended as a strong-ish saison ’pimped’ with a very attractive quartet of fruity new hop varieties. Off-white, loosely structured, thin head quickly reduced to some loose bubbles, clear golden hue with deep amberish, warm glow to it. Aroma of baked sweet apples, gooseberries, honey, nectarine juice and passion fruit lemonade (the Galaxy?), camomile tea, pineapple and some faint DMS (cooked cabbage). Sweet, very apple-ish onset, peach and melon with a gooseberry sourish touch, grainy and very lightly caramelly malt middle with ongoing, honeyish sweetness of residual sugars on top of it, way too much so for a saison; this sweetness lasts till the end, insufficiently ’dried’ by the hops, which do release some retronasal fruit and (tropical) flower notes, but rather subtly so. I do not see what this beer has to do with saison: this is a classic Belgian strong blonde made modern with New World hops, which do not get the credit they deserve and remain understated. Like a thinner, softer, lighter, far less expressive and technically less accomplished relative of Musketeers’ Troubadour Magma or something in that neighborhood... I can see potential in this, but it will need finetuning - and most of all, get rid of the saison connotation, which will bring nothing but confusion to the more educated consumer.
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Black Fuel from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Very dark brown with no head. Aroma and flavour have some floral and sweet notes. It’s like the soft drink Dandelion & Burdock
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Ragnaröck from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear golden colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have a lot of sweet malts but enough bitterness to keep it in balance.
77ships (14506) reviewed Tamera from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Thank you for sharing German speaking RB Crew! Sampled bottled @ ZBF 2017. Nice clear golden, creamy white head. Nose is weird sweet vegetable, candy, oil, low butter, soap, grain. Taste is soap, candy, sweet, sugar, butter,.. Body is rubbish soap, candy, vegetable oil,... Rather poor.
77ships (14506) reviewed Sanderijn from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Thank you for sharing German speaking RB Crew! Sampled bottled @ ZBF 2017. Clear golden orange with no head, odd. Nose is vegetable, weak, oily, corn, sugar, soap. Taste is vegetable oil, corn, sugar, too vegetable, oily,... Body is fizzy vegetable oil & soap,... Poor.
77ships (14506) reviewed Black Fuel from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thank you for sharing German speaking RB Crew! Sampled bottled @ ZBF 2017. Dark brown, ruby hue amber. Smell is very oily, overly big bay leaf & too much licorice. Taste is licorice, far too much licorice, bay leaf, herbal spice, excessive licorice kills much of this,... Body is oily bark, massively licorice, def. too much & overly simple so for me.
77ships (14506) reviewed Dragora from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Thank you for sharing German speaking RB Crew! Sampled bottled @ ZBF 2017. Clear golden, little white. Nose is oily garlic hop oil, neat. Taste is mellow yeast, strangely oily, basic fizzy beer, okay but bit fizzy, lacking pop in the taste but pretty okay USA hoppy brew. Far better than usual for these guys, pleasant surprise.
yespr (55501) reviewed Sanderijn from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is sweet, slight fruity. Sweet, fruity, light phenolic. Toasted and lingering fruity finish.
yespr (55501) reviewed Ragnaröck from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, crisp hoppy. Crisp hoppy, smooth fruity. Mellow fruity and crisp hoppy. Smooth fruity far finish.
yespr (55501) reviewed Black Fuel from Enigma Belgian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is phenolic and slight herbal. Spiced, phenolic and dense dark malty. Lingering dense malty finish.