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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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Orangeish amber colour with a small off-white head. Arpma is bready, grainy, some slight toffeeish and mild grassy tones. Flavour is sweet malts, some caramel, floral and mild toasted malts to it.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2023 at 20:27


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

33cl bottle /small batches, great beer series/ from Prik&Tik Kampenhout, Belgium. F: big, tanned, good retention. C: dark, opaque. A: rich malty, chocolate malts, cocoa, dark fruits, plums, coffee touch, brown sugar, caramel. T: full malty base, rich roasted tones, chocolate, plums, cocoa, dates, caramel, banana, blackberries touch, nice balanced bitterness, medium to high carbonation, good one, enjoyed.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2023 at 19:56


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

2015 bottle sampled in Jan 2023. Poured mostly still, dark brown. Nose is super plummy, other dark alefruit. Lots of esters. Definite cognac aroma too. Totally flat in the mouth, with strong boozy notes, comes across a bit like watered down cognac, with more plummy estery notes. This sure would be nice with even just a hint of carbonation. After pouring in the dregs, I got a sherry like note, and so if the cork failed to keep the carbonation in, I'm sure it failed to keep the oxygen out. For the record, the artificial cork was in there pretty tight, I'm just thinking 8 years is too much for this one. But I also think that a natural cork under a traditional crown might have done the job.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2023 at 23:24


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

33cl bottle (8%) from Prik&Tik Kampenhout, Belgium. F: medium, white, good retention. C: pale gold, light hazy. A: citrus, banana, orange, bit floral, yellow kiwi, bit herbal, spicy, dough touch. T: full malty base, orange, bit banana, yellow kiwi, citrus peels, peach, herbal touch, nice fresh hoppy for wheat ale, nice balanced bitterness, soft to medium carbonation, very good, fully enjoyed.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2023 at 19:46


7.5

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Tried on 16 Nov 2022 at 13:50




8

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Tried on 16 Nov 2022 at 13:38