kajser27 (3009) reviewed Zeven Zonden Invidia from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Almost black colored, small+ tan creamy head, nice lacing. Aroma is toffee, dark fruits, licorice, coffee and chocolate notes. Taste is medium to very sweet malt, burnt sugar, chocolate and coffee with dark fruits and licorice, some rather light alcohol with alcoholic warmth, medium coffee liqueur bittersweet finish and lasting aftertaste. Full bodied, soft carbonation, sticky-creamy.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Zeven Zonden Luxuria from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle 330ml. @ [ PBF X ] Petalax Beer Festival 2015 by oh6gdx, Petalax, Finland. [ As Zeven Zonden Luxuria ].Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, roasted, sweet malt, sweet bread, pumpernickel bread, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, bread, roasted, pumpernickel bread, yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150725]
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Zeven Zonden Invidia from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
One of the seven ’indiscretions’ this beer company intends to make over a seven year period - frankly, one of the weirdest beer projects going on in Belgium at the moment, if you ask me. Brewed at Gulden Spoor, bottle from Wijnegemse Drankenhal. This is apparently the ’invidia’ (envy) version... Enthusiastic foam formation upon opening the bottle, almost gushing; thick and frothy, creamy, dense, rocky, pale yellowish beige head, retaining very well considering the ABV; colour is a hazy dark bronze bordering on black. Aroma of freshly cut nettles, baker’s chocolate, ripe walnuts, earth, Scotch whisky, bubblegum (gaining strength as it warms up), toasted bread, dry moss, old cloth, hints of coffee grounds, brown sugar, quite a lot of (artificial) iron probably hauling from the chocolate in this particular case, rye bread, old fashioned cocoa powder, old cloth and cardboard, dried banana slices. Some candied, concentrated sweetness in the onset, candied dates, raisins and dry banana, but not overly sweet or cloying; the chocolate (effectively applied here but I don’t know in which form) is apparent from an early stage. Carbonation is fairly soft but perhaps still a bit too strong for the style, somewhat distracting from the actual flavours and a bit ’rough’, but softening as the bottle progresses. Thick, oily, fatty, layered, deep malt character, caramelly, nutty and very chocolatey, the latter being reinforced with actual chocolate - which, I could swear, is palpable, as if someone melted a milk chocolate bar and added it to this beer. A light sourish touch keeps the flavours in place, and so does a deep, leafy, sedate hop bitterness in the finish; a glow of warming, kahlua-like alcohol appears in the very end, accompanying the continuing chocolate and caramelly malt sweetness with a slightly wry edge to it, but not becoming overly astringent. The aroma is a bit weird and even seems rather uninviting at first, but once I got used to this, I enjoyed it a lot, without any envy. I wonder about the period of time this ’brewery renter’ will take to develop his entire project - and I cannot help feeling a bit gloomy about it, also considering the religious intentions... This particular edition, though, is a very enjoyable, rich Belgian strong, one to sip slowly next to the open fire or something; the usage of actual chocolate, however, seems a bit ’easy’ and in my opinion, it would have been a better idea to use chocolate malts and turn this into a real imperial stout (though I would still fail to see the link with jealousy then). In this form, this is a strong Belgian Scotch- or Belgian Christmas beer-like ale, lightly burnt but mostly rich, malty and sweet, with an extra addition in the form of chocolate. I would therefore not recommend judging this as an imperial stout - it does not even claim to be one. Perhaps we can classify it as a kind of dark Belgian style barley wine? Does this even matter with strong Belgian ales?...
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Zeven Zonden Luxuria from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled@PBF X. Amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, spicy, mild raisins as well as some slight yeasty notes. Flavour is ripe fruits, sweet malts, mild syrup as well as some slight yeasty and toffeeish notes.
Hermod (17967) reviewed Zeven Zonden Luxuria from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
33cl bottle @PBF X. Dark amber brew, thin off white head. Sweet aroma, pumpkin pie mostly. Xmasy spicy, cinnamon, pumpkin and sweetness. Like it or not, I’m not sure.
TBone (30139) reviewed Zeven Zonden Luxuria from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle at PBFX. Deep ruby color, good beige head. Strong aroma of pumpkin bread. Spicey and caramelly. Medium-bodied. Sticky caramel, soya sauce, pumpkin. Sweet mess.
omhper (44752) reviewed Zeven Zonden Luxuria from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottled at Petalax Beer Festival. Hazy mahogany colour, small head. Cardamom, pumpkin and cinnamon. Sweet with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramel, pumpkin and cinnamon. Warming peppery finish. Solid.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Zeven Zonden Luxuria from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared. Pours very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is big herbal upfront, nettles, weeds, raisins, caramel and malt. Flavour is over moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Zeven Zonden Invidia from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared. Pours near black with a beige head. Aroma of roast, dark fruits, coffee, toffee, leather, marzipan, licorice and dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a big marzipan/licorice/dark chocolate palate. Light full bodied with soft carbonation. Like a very strange Belgian RIS.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Zeven Zonden Invidia from Hugel 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
33cl courtesy of and shared with Kermis. Thin creamy tan head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Lots of liquorice. Very well done