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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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Black, tgin beige head. Aroma: Roasted malt, mocha. Taste: Roasted malt, licorice, mocha, chocolate and light hints of vanilla.. Light to moderate sweetness, moderate bitterness. Smooth. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Bittery roasted malt finish. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2019 at 15:08

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
A golden beer, a head is quite big and blond. Aroma has malts, some smoke, mild. Taste has maltyness, some bitter notes and green herbs (or tea). Medium bodied. Weird.
Tried on 24 Dec 2019 at 18:36

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Deep dark brown color. Peat and a hint of iodine dominating the aroma. Malty sweet caramelly flavor with, again, dominating peat. Whisky. Firm, peaty but tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2019 at 15:15

8/10
Kersenschilletjes, kurk, tikkie stoffig en schwarzwalder kirch. Apart, lekker.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2019 at 21:59

7/10
Sweet and boozy
Tried from Bottle at Spéciale Belge Taproom on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
A black beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has roastinesss, some sourness of red berries. Taste has rostiness, red berries. Medium bodied. Weird.
Tried on 24 Nov 2019 at 10:59

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Another purchase made from a Belgian retailer providing a helpful service. I had Prearis Quadrupel recently, happy to be tasting Quadrocinno this evening. The glass is my ABGB snifter. The liquid arrives a dark copper-brown completed by a decent light tan head charged by a steady effervescence. I get a nice scent of ripe fruit and hard candy. A taste, hey now, quite good. Thick dark bread, stewed raisins, malt and just a hint of floral (where did that come from?). Dense and creamy, enjoyable.
Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2019 at 01:43

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Dark amber beer, small head, rye, fruit, taste is the same, bitter, dry, not bad.
Tried on 19 Nov 2019 at 20:20

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cloudy blond colour with lasting head. Aroma and flavour have some light wheaty notes. There's a certain old mustiness to it though.
Tried on 17 Nov 2019 at 19:31

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Blonde ale brewed for Foodpunks, a catering service in Gentbrugge, by Andy Dewilde of Vliegende Paard Brouwers, best known for the Préaris brand. Had this one at Bassin, also in Gentbrugge, quite an unexpected tick. Eggshell-white, mousy and dense, frothy head over a lightly hazy, ‘metallic’ old gold coloured beer with peachy tinge and lots of enthusiastic sparkling. Aroma of ripe peach and banana, apple sauce, sugarloaf, honey, sourish yellow plum here and there, soap, old bread crust, abbey cheese, pineapple but also some less flattering aspects – however subtle – of sweaty socks and overcooked broccoli (DMS). Crisp, fruity onset, some apricot, light banana and ripe pineapple, sweetish and sourish with lively carbonation, soft bready malt body with a light, soapy and even weirdly resinous edge; cereally middle, lingering fruitiness, herbal and floral hop note but remaining soft in bitterness, with the soapiness, fruitiness and maltiness lingering way beyond the hops. Fruity, accessible Belgian style blonde with some subtle off-flavours, (very) far from Vliegende Paard’s best effort to date, but drinkable still in an unassuming manner.
Tried on 13 Nov 2019 at 14:14