Vliegende Paard Brouwers

Client Brewer in Oedelem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Vliegende Paard Brouwerij

Established in 2011

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Beverhoutsveldstraat 33, Oedelem, 8730, Belgium
Description
For years we brewed beers in our basement when we read an article in October 2010 about the Brouwland beer competition.We decided to risk our chances and sent our version of a Trappist beer, a dark beer, full malt, of 10%.In March 2011 we were informed that we were selected for the final. Beginning in April 2011 was ultimately the final.The seven finalist beers were tasted by beer connoisseurs, Zythologists Rijckers Anne and Yannick De Cocteau and some Belgian brew masters like Paul Arnott (Dubuisson), and Jean-Marie De Rock (Orval). The first beers were tasted and judged one for one, much was noted. Mutually there was not much talk together ,until they started our beer (the final seven beers were tasted in order of alcohol). All jurors began to talk to each other and two of them even gave us a thumbs up. Then, we knew it was good. After fifteen minutes of deliberations they announced the winner … Vliegend Paard Brouwers from Oedelem with their Préaris Quadrupel.

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5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 3.5
2nd August 2014
Opaque dark brown beer, good pale tan - cream head. Nose has a fair bit of TCP. Palate is smooth and airy, semi dry. Fine carbonation. Taste follows the nose, lots of peaty TCP with an odd minty cooling tone. Little malt cream sweetness and dried fruits. Finishes light and dry with more TCP. Way too much TCP for me.
Tried on 03 Aug 2014 at 08:59

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
29th July 2014
Light haze on this pale gold beer, small white head. Light smooth palate, semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. A nice floral lemon - lime. Trace of yeast in the dry finish. Mild bitter linger. Pretty drinkable.
Tried on 03 Aug 2014 at 08:29

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Malty and sweet beer, with a taste of candisugar, malt, cacao and some mild coffee, not as much as I hopped for though.
Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2014 at 14:21

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
19th July 2014
Almost opaque dark brown beer, good cream - tan head. Palate is airy and softish and semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Airy malt, touch of dry cream. Pinch of spice. Unsweet dark toffee and molasses. Pruney dark fruits, spot of cherry. Finishes light and spicy. Pretty drinkable for the abv and pretty tasty.
Tried on 20 Jul 2014 at 10:47

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 330 ml at ’t Brugs Beertje, Brugge. Pours reddish brown with an off-white head. Caramel, fruits, sweetish. Yeasty.
Tried from Bottle at 't Brugs Beertje on 11 Jul 2014 at 13:04

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus and Ansjelaah. A bit hazy reddish color, full sized dense beige to light brown head. Smell and taste are a bit dull and flat, I don’t get a lot of aroma or flavor. Some malts, some fruityness, slightly alcohol. That’s it, I don’t get anything else. Body is medium, carbonation is decent.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2014 at 15:26

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ benzai. Ruby colour with a medium to large sized off-white to beige head. Smells herbs, malts, sweet. Tastes slightly roasty, malts, sweet, herbs. Medium to full body, soft carbo.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2014 at 15:20

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
375 ml. bottle @ home. Thanks to tderoeck for picking this up for me! Bottle nr. 1253. Pours a dark wood red with a collapsing big bubbled head. Nose is full of iodine, sea salt, peat, some smoke in the back, burning plastic and light sweet apple syrup. Taste is full of burning plastic, iodine, sea salt, peated smoke, the base beer is only vaguely there with some faint overripe fruits, apple & sugar sweetness, there are also red berries & black liquorish here. The whole feels a bit thin. I think that there are only 2 ways to make peated whiskey BA beers work in my opinion either 1) have lots of sweetness balance the severe peat character or 2) keep the barrel only vaguely complimentary. Few breweries pull these barrels off in my opinion. This isn’t bad but the base feels thinned out & there is way too much burning plastic here plus peat etc. Yes, I am a big fan of peated whiskeys but those aren’t the same as a beer with an extreme peated whiskey BA character.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2014 at 11:46

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 330ml @ fonefan
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast and some fruitiness. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2014 at 13:57

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear yellow with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 040714
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2014 at 13:36