Ramses Bier
Microbrewery in Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Established in 2007
Closed in 2025
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Description
Op zijn zeventiende vertrok Ramses Snoeij naar zijn vader in Amerika. Rond 1990 werd daar het eerste Ramses Bier gebrouwen in Oregon, aan de westkust van de Verenigde Staten. Na zijn terugkeer in Nederland koos hij in 2007 ervoor zijn brouwhobby commercieel aan te pakken. Zijn eerste commerciële brouwsel was Willem Bever dat in 2007 werd geïntroduceerd. De bieren van Ramses Bier werden aanvankelijk gebrouwen met behulp van de brouwfaciliteiten van Bierbrouwerij De 3 Horne in Kaatsheuvel. Hier werden brouwsels gebrouwen van 700-800 liter. De proefbrouwsels werden in Wagenberg gebrouwen en hadden een volume van 50-60 liter. In februari 2013 werd een eigen bedrijfsruimte opgeleverd met een nieuwe brouwinstallatie die een brouwcapaciteit van 1.500 liter heeft.
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
It was a really enjoyable stout, the perfect pint of what it should be a stout, roasted malt, coffee, hop, dry finish, few vanilla, 18.09.17, at the pibar, Lausanne.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2026
at 21:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Backlog August 2013. Cloudy orange golden body under a light white head. Mild fruity and spicy aroma with some malt. Quite straight forward in taste, some malt, slightly fruity and moderate bitterness. Medium body, moderate aftertaste. Decent.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2026
at 06:51
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
It is a classical and nice porter, a bit watery for the style but it is ok with roasted malt, coffee, hop, mineral and watery, 27.10.17, at the Pibar with Raoul
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2026
at 15:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Backlog November 2013. Deep reddish brown, almost black body under dense beige head. Aroma of dark malt, chocolate, wood and red berries. Taste is sweet, dark malt, some fruity acidity, cherry, wood and dry fruit. Fine body with long lasting finish. Some vinous alcohol.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2026
at 19:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Backlog May 2014. Dark amber, almost black body under a big, lacing beige head. Aroma of roasted, dark malt with a hint of whisky. Taste is sweet, dark, roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, mild wood and alcohol. Balanced bitterness. Fine body and pleasant aftertaste. Rather similar to the un-barrelled version, but some impact from the whisky barrel. Still I prefer the original version a tad better in taste.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2026
at 19:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Backlog May 2014. Dark amber, almost black body under a medium sized, dense beige head. Aroma of roasted, dark malt with a hint of dark chocolate. Taste is sweet, dark, roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla and some coffee. Balanced bitterness. Fine body and pleasant aftertaste. Quite straight forward, but tasty and well made.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2026
at 19:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Personally, I had a good experience with this beer, interesting ale with notes of cherry, oak barrel, dry and bitter with a side of malt, 27.01.19, buying it in promotion from the pibar, Lausanne, tasting it at Epalinges.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2025
at 18:03
6/10
Strong alcoholic palate, at the same time quite thin. A bit sour. OK for slow sipping, not completely my thing. Happy to finally get my hands on a Mumme.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2025
at 19:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Backlog October 2013. Black body under a fine, dense beige head. Pleasant aroma of dark, roasted malt and mocha. Taste is sweet, dark malt, mild coffee and hint of chocolate. Body feels a bit light. Decent but the aroma is more promising than the actual taste.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2025
at 20:00
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml can at Pardoen, Rotterdam. Poured big hazy yellow golden colour with a lasting huge, frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, floral. The flavour is over moderate bitter, with a crisp, big herbal, dry woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. I’m not sure the hop combination was the best here. Way too bitter and the flavours were not great.
Tried
from Can
at
Pardoen
on 07 Jun 2025
at 22:55