Black beer, thin head. Malty, liquorice aroma. Flavour has a good hit of liquorice too which isn't to my taste. Some coffee and lactose in there with some nuts too. Not my cup of tea and not as rich as I'd like but it's by no means bad, just not really my thing.

19/I/20 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), brewed at ‘t Paenhuys, shared @ Julia’s 3rd birthday party, BB: 24/VI/21, LOT 137 (2020-64)

Little cloudy orange blonde beer, big solid creamy off-white head, very stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: quite some banana, yeasty, bit floral, elder flowers, grains, malty, some almonds. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of marzipan, bit fruity, almonds, little sweet, amaretto, nice bitterness. Aftertaste: more almonds and amaretto, soft bitterness, nice one!

Golden, small, aroma is fruity, malt, taste is the same, dough, sweetish ok

Artisanal pale lager by Paenhuys - their first - intended as a Bohemian Pilsener, but (rather weirdly) brewed with wheat, rice (!) and oats. Bottle from Fontana in Sint-Niklaas, in Paenhuys' home region. Eggshell-white, very thick and foamy, large- and even-bubbled head, (a bit too) enthusiastically forming on a lightly hazy, pale yellow golden beer with fierce strings of sparkling here and there. Aroma of dough, dried field flowers, cold cooked rice, white bread slices, baking soda, pumice, freshly cut grass, dandelion, gypsum, withered leek, damp kitchen cloth hint. Soft onset with very restrained fruity hints of green pear and unripe banana, fit for a lager, with crisp, minerally but not overly harsh carbonation; soft, even fluffy middle, pale malt sweetishness with a notably white-bready edge from the wheat and indeed a noticeable (and unnecessary) rice flavour and slickness, leading to a somewhat powdery, floral, gently but adequately bittering finish, exhibiting not just flowery hops and lingering bready yeast effects, but crisp, gypsum-like minerality as well. Remains altogether clean, with an almost Kellerbier-like profile, hadn't it been for the somewhat annoying soapy wheatiness and slick 'riciness' - why not all barley malt was used in trying to create a classic Pilsener, is completely beyond me. Still, this beer proves that Paenhuys is still trying to expand its limits, which I - originating from the region - can only welcome. I do maintain, however, that the rice, wheat and oats should have been left out completely, they do nothing to achieve classic Pilsener ambitions.

28 April 2019. At Zythos Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, 77ships & tderoeck! Hazy black, quickly thinning, tan head. Aroma of licorice, prune, raisin, milk chocolate, burnt caramel, toast, salted peanut, molasses, gravy. Taste is medium malty sweet, notes of caramel, molasses & licorice, fruity touches of raisin & ripe plum, roasted bitter hints of fondant & mocha, slightly nutty & toasty too with the faintest umami edge. Dryish, herbal hoppy finish, lingering licorice, mocha & chocolate, warming coffee liqueur-like alcohol. Medium body, slick-oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Hard to compare to the regular Zwarte Zjef, I feel like this needed a firmer bitterness to qualify as ‘Deluxe’. Good though.

hazy brown colour, medium sized creamy beige-ish-yellowish head; aroma of herbal, licorice, anise, dried plum, some dark chocolate and roasted nutty notes; taste is basically the same with some Sweet coffee; well, not really an Imperial stout…but otherwise, it's quite good

Imported from my RateBeer account as 't Paenhuys Zwarte Zjef Deluxe (by 't Paenhuys):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5

28/IV/19 - sample @ Zythos Bierfestival 2019 (Leuven), BB: n/a - (2019-607) Thanks to nathanvc, 77ships & Anke for sharing today's beers!
Pretty cloudy dark purple brown beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: banana, caramel, yeasty, pleasant aroma. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: soft roast, very bitter, malty, some banana, bit metallic. Aftertaste: very bitter, yeasty, fruity, sweet touch, more alcohol, some caramel, bitter finish.