7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Rum barrel aged version in this series, consisting of exclusively barrel aged beers created by a former Alvinne employee; though earlier versions of Holy Beer House beers were indeed made at Alvinne, this “Woesten” series is brewed at Deca in, indeed, Woesten. Moussy, off-white, thin and open ‘ring’ for a head, misty caramel brown robe with ruddy bronze hue. Aroma of indeed rum, even old coconut flakes and white Bacardi, pecan nut pie, old brown honey, medlar, candied fig, wet oak wood, ripe pear, caramel. Sweet and fruity onset, ripe pear, peach, dates, with a sourish streak underneath maintaining balance; medium carb, rounded caramelly and bready maltiness with this sweetish note continuing, accentuated by the vanilla effect from the oak wood and, eventually, the coconut-like effect from the rum. The booziness, though unmistakable, stays relatively soft and pleasantly warming, while an earthy, gentle hop bitter note and ‘Belgian’ phenolic spiciness (clove) appear. Ends malty, yeasty and a bit earthy, all warmed up by sweet rum. Could have been a bit cleaner and ‘fuller’, but certainly not the worst in this series – I liked it a lot more than the ‘jenever’ versions, in any case.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2022
at 15:16