Glas gedronken tijdens bier festival in Oirschot. Bleek gelig troebel bier. Geur van citroen. Smaak is zacht citroen-achtig / grapefruit. Nasmaak is zurig.

Geprobeerd met Inoven, Roelzie1986 en Benzai op het Brabants Bierfestival te Oirschot. Het is een troebel geel bier met een volle witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een thee achtige stoffige geur. De smaak is moutig en thee achtig.

Geprobeerd met Inoven, Roelzie1986 en Benzai op het Brabants Bierfestival te Oirschot. Het is een diep donkerbruin bier met een beige schuim. Het heeft een gebrande geur. De smaak is vol gebrand koffie en mout.

Geprobeerd met Roelzie. Het is een bruinig bier met een medium schuimkraag. Het aroma is moutig en caramelachtig. De smaak is gebrande mout, caramelachtig en wat zoet.

Geprobeerd met Roelzie @Oirschots Bierfestival 2016. Het is een troebel geel/oranjeachtig bier met een medium schuimkraag. Het heeft een fruitig aroma. De smaak is moutig, hoppig en fruitig.

Geprobeerd @Oirschots speciaalbierfestival 2016. Het is een donkerbruin bier met een dun cremelaagje. Het aroma is moutig en fruitig. De smaak is gebrande mout, koffie en framboos.

Geprobeerd @Oirschots Bierfestival 2016. Het is een troebel bruing bier met weinig schuim. De geur en smaak zijn kruidig, kruidnagel, peperkoekachtig.

Dutch undefined ‘Weizen’ spiced with lemongrass and flavoured with grapefruit, sampled at Bierproeverij Nieuw-Namen, thanks Hilde for sharing. Snow white, loose, unstable, bubbly head over a misty straw blonde-golden beer with light greenish tinge. Aroma of soapy wheat and a lot of it, lemon zest or indeed vague lemon grass, apple, cloves, chalk, baking soda, some vague cooked white cabbage (DMS whiff); grapefruit remains very much in the background. Sweetish and lightly sourish onset, green banana and unripe melon, pear, lime-like accent probably representing the lemongrass, but in a subtle way; medium carb, soft soapy mouthfeel. White bread and soapy wheat flavours dominate in a very witbier-like way, soft sourishness makes it quenching but the lemongrass remains very thin; light grassy hop bitterishness and ongoing soapiness which reminds of coriander much more than lemongrass even if the brewer claimed no coriander was used here. Grapefruit, as in the nose, remains a vague background note, hardly providing any bitterness or aromatics. Simple and refreshing, not entirely flawless (DMS) and in that sense a bit below par compared with his other beers; I was looking forward to a spritzy, aromatic and exotic lemongrass effect in a crisp sour Berliner Weisse (which by itself sounds like a good idea), but found something very akin to Belgian style witbier including coriander and curacao.

Raspberry stout by this beer company, tasted at Bierproeverij Nieuw-Namen. Lacing, yellowish beige, creamy, stable head on a very dark, hazy chestnut bronze beer, bordering on black. Aroma of indeed raspberry juice and raspberry jam (frozen raspberries were used – which may explain the absence of that typical tomato-like scent I always get in raspberry beers), caramel, dry tree leaves, tea bags, coffee cream, walnut, pear. Soft onset mixing raspberry sweetness with raspberry sourness, blackcurrant- and brambleberry-like notes too, but in a somewhat superficial manner, lacking a in fruit acidity ‘punch’, yet well-balanced and clean; soft carbo, velvety, full mouthfeel. Caramelly, toffeeish maltiness, bit chocolatey and lightly toasted bitter, with the raspberry flavour diminishing as a coffee cream taste increases; the fruit sweet-and-sourness does linger till the end, though, meeting with an earthy, lightly spicy hop bitterish touch and some warming, rum-like alcohol; the coffee flavour lingers, but not in harshly roasted bitter way, more in a soft aromatic way. Interesting construction – I’m a bit suspicious about fruit stouts and fruit porters generally because in most cases, the flavours seem to clash a bit; that is the case here as well, but it remains a tasty and well-executed beer.

Wood aged barleywine by Lux near Eindhoven, tasted at Bierproeverij Nieuw-Namen. This brewery seems to be in existence for four years now but I never heard of it, marketing is apparently very limited. Lacing, egg-white, creamy, moussy head, misty warm amber colour with ochre tinge. Aroma of dried apricots soaked in whisky, dried orange, caramel, hay, honey, biscuit, green tea, wet oak but in a fairly subtle way, mandarin liqueur, cognac. Sweet onset, peach, pear, ripe apricot, light banana, vague sourishness, soft carbo, rounded, smooth and somewhat vinous mouthfeel; thick caramelly malt sweetness with softly bitterish peanutty edges, long finish with mellow herbal hop bitterness, subtle but noticeable wood tannins and oak flavour and peppery, brandy-like alcohol in the end, but the caramelly malt sweetness persists. Classic English style barleywine, full, clean and to the point, well done.