Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Thick, irregular & dense cream head, quite stable over hazy dark reddish brown beer. Sweet nose: melanoidins & speculaasherbs, but also arachide, rancid peanuts, fatty acids, vegetable. More of the same, but in the taste, the flavours balance out better. Dark malts with some caramel dominate, with the sweet and the vegetable/peanuts in the background; aloe vera. Warming up, I seem to get some underroasted coffeebeans. Despite the contents not really oily; feels well-carbonated, medium bodied. I could live with the overall flavour, but there is some mangling in the brew. I'd wish a bit more of the inventiveness used for the names would go into the fermenters... 5/4/6/3/12
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Five A Day... from Brouwerij De Feniks 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Feniks Five A Day... (by Brouwerij De Feniks):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
28/IV/18 - shared @ Zythos Bierfestival 2018 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-518) Thanks to the ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear amber to red orange beer, practically no head. Aroma: raspberry jam, lots of candy-like aromas, bit artificial. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: bit acidic, sourish, lots of acidity, lemony, more raspberry jam. Aftertaste: more acidic, lemon juice, more raspberry jam without the sweetness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Feniks Jazz' Black Oatmeal Delight (by Brouwerij De Feniks):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
28/IV/18 - shared @ Zythos Bierfestival 2018 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-517) Thanks to the ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, creamy beige head, unstable, dissipates quickly. Aroma: very roasted, camp fire, ashes, bit malty, grains, grains, coffee. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: bit sweet, very roasted, alcohol, some coffee, dried fruits, bitter touch. Aftertaste: hoppy, more roast, ashes, little sweet, decent one!Earlier Rating: 8/18/2017 Total Score: 3.917/VIII/17 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ Help-Me-Get-to-10K-In-Time-Tasting 3 (home) - BB: 1/II/19 (2017-1254)
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy to aery beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very roasted, lots of dark chocolate, some caramel, hint of banana. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, very roasted, lots of overripe banana, sweet and sugary touch, citrus. Aftertaste: alcohol, nice roast, pretty sweet, sourish touch, some banana, chocolate, soft roast, pretty bitter, some caramel. Decent brew.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Altruistic Tart from Brouwerij De Feniks 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Feniks Altruistic Tart (by Brouwerij De Feniks):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2/5
28/IV/18 - shared @ Zythos Bierfestival 2018 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-516) Thanks to the ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear golden blond beer, small creamy white head, unstable, little adhesive. Aroma: bit fruity, apples, acidic impression. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, dead yeast, rotting apples, pretty dirty, bit sourish. Aftertaste: dirty, dead yeast, very bad...
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Mac InMemries from Brouwerij De Feniks 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Feniks Mac InMemries (by Brouwerij De Feniks):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
28/IV/18 - shared @ Zythos Bierfestival 2018 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-510) Thanks to the ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, sweet, caramel, alcohol, bit sugary, soft roast, some chocolate. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet, sugary, malty, caramel, alcohol, little bitter, some chocolate. Aftertaste: sweet, hoppy, grains, malty, caramel, sugary, dried fruits.Earlier Rating: 5/15/2017 Total Score: 423/IV/17 - on tap @ Zythos Bier Festival 2017 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2017-531) Thanks to kraddel for sharing today's beers!
Clear purple brown beer, small creamy beige head, dissipates immediately. Aroma: sweet, caramel, vanilla, dried fruits, bit roasted, lots of alcohol. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very sweet start, sugary, alcohol, soft roast, caramel, some banana. Aftertaste: more ripe banana, little bitter, caramel, milk chocolate. Very decent quad! Love the soft roast touch in it. Breaks up the sweetness.
Fin (18365) reviewed Jazz' Black Oatmeal Delight from Brouwerij De Feniks 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Café de Woeken, Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium Friday 27th April 2018 Pours black with a slim off white head, a clean nose, I was expecting something meaty or substantial but it's really quite clean, light dark fruit it's good, drinks far easier than it should for the abv. A little chocolate cookie, a touch of hedgerow fruit. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Selfish Session from Brouwerij De Feniks 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Towering, dense, whipped eggwhite head over clear golden beer with "Grünstich" ; at first well-carbonated but rapidly falling a bit flat. Creamy nose, bit dairy, faintly perfumey. Not much to smell - seen the decimeters of head predictable - but even after a long wait... Bit wild herbs. Be hopbitter, softened by sweet pale malts. Again green herbs. Finish has some wry hops and unripe banana, as well as ultra-watered-down honingbollen. Feels decently carbonated; slick, bit hopoily, light body. Quite OK, just don't expect refinement, nor fireworks. 6/4/7/3/14
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Small to medium, irregular, yellowish cream head over pitch-black beer. Sweetish, roasted & herbal nose, and once more a lot of liquorice, as well as speculaasherbs. Sweet-roasted. Finish is nearly burnt, but hardly any bitter. Again herbs, dark green leaves. Bit of mocha and chocolate. Liquorice, but less spicy than the nose. Well-bodied, slick & creamy, faint alcoholwarming. Would be better than average, given a little less sweetness. 6/4/7/4/13
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Hérétique from Brouwerij De Feniks 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Short-lived off-white head over red-brown opaque beer. Marzipan, sweet, almonds, bitter almonds. Watered-down and melted marzipan, faraway spanish pepper flavour. Slick, viscous, sticky. Disappointing. And that is stating it mildly. And BTW, what is wrong with "ketters"? 6/4/5/3/11
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Ceci N'IPA from Brouwerij De Feniks 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thick-set, whipped eggwhite-like head over hazy ochre-orange beer. Mild hops, not overly citrussy, dough. Nice hops, non-New World, but bit raw. The balance, OTOH is quite right. I certainly couldn't get the elderflower. Quite creamy feel, good carbonation. Typical Belgian interpretatation of an IPA - but in a good way. 6/4/7/3/14