Imported from my RateBeer account as 't Paenhuys Winter Zjef (by 't Paenhuys):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

Double rating, number entered being the average of both ratings.

15/XII/12 - 33cl bottle @ Kerstbierenfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2012-1376) Thanks to the Belgian/Dutch ratebeer crew for sharing our beers!
Ar: 4, Ap: 3, T: 5, P: 3, O: 10, Total: 2.5

Bit cloudy mud brown beer, creamy light beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. aroma: pretty spicy, overripe to rotten fruits, bit sweet, definitely something off. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: cough syrup, sugary, little bitter, caramel, overripe fruits. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, dried fruits, something nasty. Can't put my finger on it, but something is terribly wrong with it.

23/III/14 - 75cl bottle form Kerstbierenfestival 2013 (Essen) @ home - BB: n/a (2014-xxx)
Ar: 8, Ap: 4, T: 8, P: 4, O: 16, Total: 4

Clear purple brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: dried fruits, mocha, liquorish, overripe banana, some chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of overripe fruits, banana, liquorish, some aniseed, caramel, bitter touch. Aftertaste: chocolate, caramel, some coffee, spicy, liquorish, sweet.

33 cl. bottle - sampled @ Modest 2012 - supposed to be the more bitter / hoppier beer of their gamma it appears - neat label as with the others - darker shade of amber, lightly tanned head - heavier on the caramel malts nose, belgian in style but bit overpowered by the latter, some spices, herbs, mellower thinner, bit dominated by duller yeast - sweeter caramel, fruits, bit weaker, belgian side, yeast, spics, brown sugar, sweet herbal, hops are rather light, some buttermilk - medium bodied- passable, standard fare, some attempts, light results to be found

33 cl. bottle - sampled - Modeste 2012 - dark brown, little mocha head - dark fruits, belgian yeast and style, chocolate, coffee leading into a sour berry, light vinous finish - between a light stout and fuller Belgian body - brewed to be a lighter stout beer according to brewer - approachable, good stuff

Small white head; coppery-orange beer. Alcoholic nose; caramel, sweet-smelling. IPA, or bitter even??? Bitterish-sweet, maybe a hint to Belgian endives witloof. But - where are the hops?? Insipid! Low carbonation (small wonder, seen the way it was poured), slick, medium bodied. OH dear; if you want to make a bitter, go UK, want an IPA, go to the States. And before that, learn to pour a pint, bl***y hell. From a glass, covered with a beermat into another glass, for shame!!

Medium yellowish-cream ehad over brownish-red beer. Nutty, bready, sweetish. Molasses, candisyrup, overripe banana. Diacetyl, sweetish-buttery. Finish has some roastiness finally. Thick, buttery oily MF. 1° There’s quite some work to do here... 2° Whatever they may call it, this is not a stout in my book.

Small yellowish head over fully hazy straw-yellow beer. Meaty-yeasty noe with (lightly smoked) ham, but also banana and clove. Overall aroma as some German Sauerkraut dish. Sourish-wheaty taste, again banana/clove/orange, as a German Hefeweizen. Finish is citrussy. Quite carbonated. Beer feels as if it is still in full fermentation, lagertank fashion, if for the carbonation. Too young by half, unsatisfying as such.

Imported from my RateBeer account as 't Paenhuys Zotte Bloare (by 't Paenhuys):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

18/VIII/2012 - 33cl bottle from the brewer @ home - BB: n/a (2012-621) Thanks to Paul for the bottle!

Pretty cloudy red brown beer, nice creamy light beige head, very stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: citrus, bit grassy, caramel, yeast, bit of dried orange peel, dusty, sugar bread. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: some chocolate, overripe fruits, carbon sour, orange peel, some citrus. Aftertaste: overripe fruits, sour berries, somewhat chocolaty, little bitter. Very a-typical for a Belgian brown.

14/VI/2012 - 33cl bottle as "Zotte Bloare" @ home - BB: no markings on side of bottle to indicate the BB-date (2012-621)

Note: probably an error has occurred during labeling, because this was not a brown beer at all. Trying to figure out with someone from the brewery now, which beer it could have been.
Little cloudy blond beer, very big aery to creamy white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty yeasty, lots of spices, coriander, grassy. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sweet start, citrus, lots of spices, grassy bitterness, malts (wheat?), little fruity. Aftertaste: wheat again? Little sweet, spices, coriander, dry finish.
Ar: 6, Ap: 4, T: 6, P: 3, O: 12, Total: 3.2

Imported from my RateBeer account as 't Paenhuys Kloefkapper (by 't Paenhuys):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

14/VIII/2012 - 33cl bottle from the brewer @ home - BB: n/a - (2012-821)

Note: poured with the yeast, as it is a witbier.
Very cloudy beige beer, towering solid off-white to yellowish head, very stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: bit metallic, spicy, coriander, bit grassy, oranges, little chemical. MF: ok carbon, medium body, soft creamy texture. Taste: pretty spicy, coriander, bit dusty and dry, chemical bitterness, somewhat lemony, little sweet. Aftertaste: more chemical bitterness, coriander, spicy, dry feeling in the mouth after drinking, as if cotton in your mouth.

33cl bottle bought at Vilvordia’12. Dorée, col blanc. Bouquet de grains et de levure sur un houblon fruité, le tout sur une arôme typique du style. Palais grains, pointe épice, levure avec une fin de bouche un peu chimique venant probablement de la levure. Note houblon en légère amertume laissant un côté épice et un alcool réchauffant sur un fond léger de fruité et ce profile grains qui reste présent avec une fine douceur sucrée.

ambrata schiuma media discreta persistenza caffe malto leggermente tostato un po astringente poco luppolata