Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
(Draught) yellow-gold; dense, white head, lacey. Malty nose, but with an extra of smoked malt as from an Islay malt. Taste is again preponderant sweet-malty, but with a sturdy bitter edge. OK balance, but nothing refined. Light to medium filled, bit sticky aftertaste, the refreshing has to come from pouring it at glacial temperatures. As said, don't search for refinement here. Very average pilsener. And on draught, the yuppy image of the flip-top isn't even there...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
(Fairly aged sample)Very dark brown, rather surprisingly white foam, fast dissipated. Faint aroma's of raisins and rum ("rumbonen", rum filled chocolates). After some time, more fruitlike aromas as plums or other dark fruit, always faint. Even fainter impressions of toilet soap and dark bread. If it weren't for the mouthfeel, I'd praise this beer for nice vanilla, strawberry, woody and spicey gingerbread notes, and some less pleasing buttermilk ones. But... very thin mouthfeel. THE weak spot of Grolsch. Yes, this beer is a bit aged, and it has suffered - however not oxydised. But "Wintervorst" is definitely one of Grolsch' really good beers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Well-aged sample). Dark brown with reddish shine; dirty brown head, not stable. First impression: ink and gingerbread. Some hazelnut-butter notes in the nose as well. Sweet - and d*mmit, I get ink again! In the flavour! Both something chemical and woody. Overall taste - minus the ink - is like liquid 'studentenhaver'(=mixture of various nuts and raisins). Not very well-bodied, strange enough. Aftertaste uniformely sweet. I read that Skortila hit upon a chemical taste too - probably what I call ink. It's this which makes it lose lots of points - might be worth more.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled, 2001 vintage. Very dark ruby, brief head. Fruity with notes of plums. Spicy and malty with bold, filling mouthfeel. Balanced sweetness. Surprisingly good to be a Grolsch.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Amber from Grolsche Bierbrouwerij Nederland 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Dark amber/caramel in colour with a dense off-white head-looks like a coca-cola with a head! Aroma of caramel, malt and a sweet freshness-not offensive at all! Medium to Light-bodied; Strong malty taste with a metallic twang-not too pleasant. Aftertaste shows the metal and a bit of sweetness. Overall, not really worth trying unless you want to try all available imports! I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Total Wine in Manassas, Virginia and sampled it on 27-November-2003.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Bazuin from Grolsche Bierbrouwerij Nederland 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sample is a bit aged (BBd: 5/00). Orange-amber coloured. Firm yellowish head, slowly disappearing. Nose is very spicey: ginger, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and, a bit less, cinnamon and mace. Taste is sweet and spicey. In the taste, the liquorice is dominant, even over all the other spices. Those are more retronasal; ginger, allspice, cinnamon, cloves. The sweetness is very outspoken and doesn't rhyme with the total absence of dryness. A bit flat. The spices have kept, the beer less. Of all the big spice try-outs from Grolsch, one will remember Het Kanon and Vandaag. Bazuin (Posaune) is much less convincing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Clear yellow/orange color, small but lasting head. Aroma of hops. Extremely sweet, which was pretty good in the herfstbok, but pretty please not in this lentebok! It's more of a pilsener, with a lot of honey/toffee sweetness. Not good.
caesar (10848) reviewed Oud Bruin from Grolsche Bierbrouwerij Nederland 22 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Clear brown color, small head of large bubbles. Sweet and slightly malty aroma. Tastes like liquid sirupy caramel. Typical commercial Dutch oud bruin, which is more a granny-beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
A little skunky. Nice bottle. It has the predictable lager taste but does it well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottled(300ml). -dark amber colored, nice and pleasant hoppy aroma, smooth finish, very good and drinkable beer