daniele (14510) reviewed Zeven Zonden Luxuria from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 2015 Mogano buona schiuma discreta persistenza mandorla marzapane zucchero candito spezia cola poco luppolata
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Zeven Zonden Superbia from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Blond with lasting thin head. Aroma and flavour have sweet caramelised tropical fruits. Fairly bitter.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Zeven Zonden Superbia from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The fourth beer in this series made by an avid zythologist and hobby brewer, a series which should encompass seven beers in total, with one single beer released per year, each one dedicated to the seven deadly sins. This is the one dedicated to the sin of pride - but in a Belgian context, it cannot be proud enough as far as I’m concerned. Bottle from a supermarket in the southern Netherlands (ironically perhaps). Medium thick, regular, quite dense and stable, egg-white head with a fair amount of cobweb-like lacing, over an immediately hazy, peach blonde beer with salmon pinkish tinge. Aroma of mouldy old orange peel, soggy white bread, moist ginger powder, old potatoes, peach, old cloves, caramel, dried apricots, banana, wormwood leaves, old dried tarragon, moist clay, baking powder, dandelions, red apple, young ’jenever’. Fruity onset, hinting at peach and banana (as is usually the case with Belgian tripels), with a vague sourishness around it; carbonation is quite edgy, minerally, accentuating the sourishness. ’Full’, more or less smooth mouthfeel, bready and lightly caramelly malt body with ongoing fruity esters and upcoming spicy, clove-like phenols, yet no medicinal or otherwise disturbing effects, just classically Belgian. Ends earthy and bittering, with an enjoyable yeasty breadiness releasing spicy phenolic effects retronasally and blending with a relatively firm, yet very earthy, bit spicy and floral, even lightly grapefruity hop bitterness, followed by a glow of ’jenever’-like alcohol. Your classic, traditional Belgian tripel - but admittedly a bottle that has been standing on a supermarket shelf for weeks (or longer, who knows) is probably not the best way to rate this, I can imagine this beer showing more elegant and expressive hop character when it was young. Still, a very stereotypical Belgian in all respects, in spite of the ’modern’ hopping - the guy that makes this, should have been a bit more adventurous, especially considering the fact that he has given himself a whole year to develop a new beer each time. Compare this with craft breweries that belch out new beers all the time... But still, decent enough and technically more than correct, that much is clear.
Bierridder (4318) reviewed Zeven Zonden Superbia from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
05/07/2017 @home - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte. Clear orange with big creamy head. Nose is tropical fruits, hopsbitter, caramel. Taste is sweet malts, tropical fruits, caramel, hopsbitter
thanatosti (4472) reviewed Zeven Zonden Superbia from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ van Rooij Culemborg. Light amber with a white head. Fruity hoppy aroma. Yeasty creamy bittersweet taste. Nice fruity beer.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Zeven Zonden Invidia from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Dark brown color brown head. Dark chocolate and licorice aroma. Taste is espresso and cocoa. tasty.
thanatosti (4472) reviewed Zeven Zonden Invidia from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ van Rooij Culemborg. Dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma of roasted malts,dark fruits, sweet chocolate and some hops. Taste is on the sweet side which is fitting for this kind of Belgian strong ale. Mouthfeel is creamy and finish is really long and soft. Very nice beer.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Zeven Zonden Invidia from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
F: medium to big, tanned, average retention. C: dark, opaque. A: dark malt, chocolate, liquorish, cocoa, dark dried fruity, coffee ground, chocolate cookies, toffee. T: smooth dark malty, chocolate, cocoa, cecemel, caramel, dark dried fruity, mocha, liquorish, vanilla, light earthy, hint of tobacco in aftertaste, full body, medium carbonation, very good and interesting brew, fully enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Spar supermarket in Oostende.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Zeven Zonden Superbia from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
F: huge, dense, very slowly diminishing with nice Belgian lace C: orange amber, hazy. A: malt, tropical fruits, grapefruit, tangerine, caramel. T: tangerine, grapefruits, tropical fruits, mango, hint of caramel, medium body, low to medium carbonation, very nice Belgian ale with IPA style hue, good balanced, tasty and enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Spar supermarket in Oostende.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Zeven Zonden Gula from Hugel 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
F: big, tanned, good retention. C: dark, opaque. A: malt, spicy, mellow fruits, liquorish, hint of chocolate, molasses. T: malty, liquorice, spicy, cardamom, hint of mint, chocolate, herbal, molasses, I understand some people don’t like this but ok for me, full body, lower carbonation, good one, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Spar supermarket in Oostende.