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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8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 9
15/04/2018 @home - 37,5cl bottle won from the brewer. Thanks Andy for bringing it to Hedonis Craft Beer Fest. Dark brown, nice creamy tanned head. Nose is dark malts, caramel, chocolate, alcohol. Taste is dark malts, low roasts, some chocolate, caramel, sweetness from alcohol. Absolutely fine.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2018 at 15:06

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13/04/2018 - 33cl bottle @Li O Lait, Bruges, Clear orange colour, big white head. Nose is sweet malty spices, hops. Taste has malts, bit sweetness, spices, nice bitter ending.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2018 at 10:34

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
2016 bottle. Dark brown, small beige head. Dried fruit, malt, wood and a little dark sugar and chocolate in the aroma. Boozy with light yeasty notes too. Caramely flavour, dried fruit and nice boozy warmth. Very light notes of sweet orange in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2018 at 19:04

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330ml bottle from Vanuxeem. Pours a misty gold, frothy white head. Aroma is fresh, floral, fruity, pineapple. Taste is similarly fresh, fruity sweet, prominent pineapple chunks, smooth, a touch creamy, light spice, low bitterness. Well rounded, fruity sweet IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2018 at 19:06

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Vintage 2015. Color: Very dark ruby, light beige head. Taste: Starting moderate sweet, notes of dark red fruit, hints of nuts and dark chocolate. The Cognac barrel aging comes in with lightly boozy notes of Cognac and notes of wood. Lightly bitter. Dry mouthfeel. Soft carbonation, Above medium body. Nice complexity and very well balanced.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2018 at 19:23

8/10
Much better than regular version;rich fresh coffee immediately after opening with earthy & woody aroma;brown bread,fresh roasted coffee
Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2018 at 21:02

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
this label could be mistaken for the quadrupel, beware. clear brown, smooth light brown creamy head. mild aroma of coffee bisquits, caramel and nuts. quite complex but also quite mild. nowhere near 10% alc. indicated in the aroma. flavor is cofee, toffee, sweet nuts (macadema for instance) sweet dark dried fruits and some alc. burn towards the end, but no alcohol taste. also brown sugar, perhaps also rye. a very complex quad and if you think beer can be more than malts, yeasts and hops, you will like this one, where the flavor also builds on chestnuts and coffee and perhaps also other stuff they added in. In some ways it reminds me of how westvleteren 12 tasted in 2009 before it started to get produced in larger quantities and (to me) get a more industrial "plain" flavor.
Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2018 at 22:44

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Orange pour. Aroma of smoke, tea, malt, yeast and bacon. Taste has smooth smoke, yeast ester, bitter tea, caramel and some orange. Tea and smoke works really well, nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2018 at 22:19

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One of Vliegende Paard's experimental fruit and vegetable beers, this one with watermelon; steini bottle at Kantien in Ghent, shared by Goedele. Moussy, snow white, irregularly lacing, slowly dissipating head over a misty pinkish-tinged golden blonde beer. Aroma of sweet watermelon indeed, unripe green melon too, lime flesh, feta, yoghurt, sourdough, cucumber, chalk, soap, fresh fig juice, gooseberries. Fruity, crisp onset, very refreshing with recognizable watermelon flavour, hints of lime and pear as well, some orange-like freshness, fizzy, sharp carbonation, slick body, tad soapy. Wheaty soapiness continues in the middle with cristalline mineral effects from the carb, lingering fruit sweet-and-sourishness but in a delicate, very refreshing way, crisp and cucumber-like; grassy hop bitterish touch, very lightly so, light chalky note in the end. Hyper-elegant, crisp, refreshing little fruit beer, bright and clean like the others Préaris has produced on a similar basis - accessible but different and original. Liked it.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2018 at 08:52