6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light breadish. Bitter, cornish and grassy, light herbal to straw dry. Bitter and grassy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2013
at 14:15
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Heated gluhbeer-version shared with 77ships and Sebletitje at OBER Kerstbierfestival 2012. Opaque pitch black color, virtually no head. Smells like warm grains and tea. Taste is horrible. Warm grainy stew. Yuk.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2012
at 09:21
1.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 4
Overall 1
75 cl. bottle heated to 65 °C sampled @ 18th Christmasbeer festival in Essen. Yeah I went for the Glühbeer version of this one, I wanted something different to break the pace, I wanted a warm kriek, I remembered having one last year & it tasted like warm cherry juice which was quite nice actually – I was very easy talked into getting this as my warm beer option. Apparently the idea came from the brewer itself & the booklet even suggests adding sugar to taste, if he thinks this is the proper way to drink his beer why not… I personally found it to be rather abysmal & a horrendous idea, hope that cold this stuff is good for something. Pours a very dark brown mahogany black with little in the way of head sticking only to the sides, this is due to the heat I assume & yeah the beer is steaming. Smell is like gravy, stew, sort of rotting, dark malts, nuts in rotting leaves. The heat releases a whiff of alcohol making it first hard to smell & unpleasant afterwards for the double combo. Taste is bitter malts, gravy, stew, rotting, burned coffee grains, grainy, herbs, juice, garbage, very overripe dark fruits & very cheap, old chocolate. Grainy body – above all the heat also makes it very hard for me to drink more than small sips & I don’t want to. Maybe ok if you are very cold but as a regular beer… it was pretty terrible, I didn’t really want to drink enough of this to review it even – I had to just tick it. You could argue that I didn’t rate it ofr what it is or that it is not as bad as my rating suggest but I cannot give point to something I cannot drink. What is the point of a beer if you cannot nor want to drink any of it?
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2012
at 12:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample @ 18de Kerstbierfestival, Essen 2012. How to even rate this beer? The festival had this as a Glühbeer served at 65° or cellared. We went with the 65°, the result can be somewhat disheartening. Certain to be a hit or miss. Brune foncée, pourpre, pas de mousse. Arôme est malté, caramel grains le tout semblant caché par la chaleur se dégageant du verre. Je retrouve des notes de fruits noirs réchauffés et baies de genévrier procurant ce bouquet unique. Palais est chaud, ici encore on ressent une base de barley wine mais où tout est gâché par la chaleur. On retrouve donc une base de malt chocolaté bcp trop en retrait. Note malt sucré léger avec des fruits noirs, épices, note biscuitée, aspect de drêche tirant sur les grains et céréales. Baies de genévrier donnent un fini spécifique de tannin propre à cette baie avec une pointe d’épice. Toute l’effervescence se retrouve annulée. Telle qu’elle se présente en glühbeer, cette bière ne présente aucun intérêt. Pas mauvaise mais grandement diminuée par ce procédé de réchauffement.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2012
at 12:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Zonderik XII (by Zonderik / Columbus Management):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
Original tasting:
15/XII/12 - 75cl bottle @ Kerstbierenfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a - warm version (2012-1370) Thanks to the Belgian/Dutch ratebeer crew for sharing our beers!
Ar: 6; Ap: 2; T: 3; P: 2; O: 7; Total: 2/5
Note: so, accoring to the brewer's facebook it's a very good idea to drink this beer warmed up to about 60 to 70°C, maybe with some extra sugar. Ok, if that's what he suggests, that's what we'll drink.
Clear dark brown to purple black beer, no noticeable head. Aroma: very spicy, cloves, caramel, mocha, beef stew, aniseed, sugary. MF: no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sweet and sugary, some dark chocolate, spices, cloves, nutmeg. Aftertaste: bitter touch, mocha, cocoa powder. Man this sucks. What an idea. I notice above that he is promoting this as an aperitif as well (probably the cold version). Another very bad idea if you ask me. Aperitif beers should be crisp and clean, nice bitter, preferably blond (although I would settle for an Orval), a bit sourish if possible. Not a heavy dark 12% alcohol bomb.Retasting.
16/II/13 - 75cl bottle @ De Bistronoom (Oostende) - BB: n/a (2013-xxx)
Clear dark brown beer, very small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, mocha, caramel, spices, cloves, some vanilla, cookie dough. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: caramel, mocha, chocolate, pretty sweet, cocoa powder, earthy, leather, alcohol. Aftertaste: dark chocolate, burnt caramel, mocha, bit spicy, some alcohol, cocoa powder, little sour. Definitely much and much better than the warm gluhbier thing they served in Essen. What an idea, brewmaster... :p
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
Original tasting:
15/XII/12 - 75cl bottle @ Kerstbierenfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a - warm version (2012-1370) Thanks to the Belgian/Dutch ratebeer crew for sharing our beers!
Ar: 6; Ap: 2; T: 3; P: 2; O: 7; Total: 2/5
Note: so, accoring to the brewer's facebook it's a very good idea to drink this beer warmed up to about 60 to 70°C, maybe with some extra sugar. Ok, if that's what he suggests, that's what we'll drink.
Clear dark brown to purple black beer, no noticeable head. Aroma: very spicy, cloves, caramel, mocha, beef stew, aniseed, sugary. MF: no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sweet and sugary, some dark chocolate, spices, cloves, nutmeg. Aftertaste: bitter touch, mocha, cocoa powder. Man this sucks. What an idea. I notice above that he is promoting this as an aperitif as well (probably the cold version). Another very bad idea if you ask me. Aperitif beers should be crisp and clean, nice bitter, preferably blond (although I would settle for an Orval), a bit sourish if possible. Not a heavy dark 12% alcohol bomb.Retasting.
16/II/13 - 75cl bottle @ De Bistronoom (Oostende) - BB: n/a (2013-xxx)
Clear dark brown beer, very small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, mocha, caramel, spices, cloves, some vanilla, cookie dough. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: caramel, mocha, chocolate, pretty sweet, cocoa powder, earthy, leather, alcohol. Aftertaste: dark chocolate, burnt caramel, mocha, bit spicy, some alcohol, cocoa powder, little sour. Definitely much and much better than the warm gluhbier thing they served in Essen. What an idea, brewmaster... :p
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2012
at 10:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Zonderik Honderd / 100 (by Zonderik / Columbus Management):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
14/XII/12 - 33cl bottle from Bitter Zoet (Zonhoven) @ home - BB: 3/VII/14 (2012-1331) Thanks to Hilaire for the bottle and to Erwin for sharing!
Little cloudy light orange beer, big frothy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: bit fruity, yeast, some citrus, bit dusty. MF: quite some carbon, medium body. Taste:citrus, malst, pretty sweet, sugary, balanced by nice bitter hops, bit grassy, hay. Aftertaste: alcohol, sweet and sugary, some citrus, yeast. Ok beer, balanced and stuff, but misses some character.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
14/XII/12 - 33cl bottle from Bitter Zoet (Zonhoven) @ home - BB: 3/VII/14 (2012-1331) Thanks to Hilaire for the bottle and to Erwin for sharing!
Little cloudy light orange beer, big frothy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: bit fruity, yeast, some citrus, bit dusty. MF: quite some carbon, medium body. Taste:citrus, malst, pretty sweet, sugary, balanced by nice bitter hops, bit grassy, hay. Aftertaste: alcohol, sweet and sugary, some citrus, yeast. Ok beer, balanced and stuff, but misses some character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2012
at 10:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Beer Planet, Brussels
Dark amber color, almost brown, with huge head. Peculiar aroma, some roasted malt, dark malts, phenol, aniseed. Too much carbonation, with a slim body, chocolate flavor, dates (that’s never a favorite element), medium to low bitterness.
Strange.
Dark amber color, almost brown, with huge head. Peculiar aroma, some roasted malt, dark malts, phenol, aniseed. Too much carbonation, with a slim body, chocolate flavor, dates (that’s never a favorite element), medium to low bitterness.
Strange.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2012
at 14:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
33 cl bottle. Pours hazy deep amber with a small white head. Aroma is sweet and citric cherry. Sweet, almondish and sweet cherry. Fruity and light citric into a sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2012
at 10:53
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottled. A red beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of almonds and cherries. The flavor is sweet with notes of cherries, almonds, and a bit of malt, leading to a dry finish with an odd note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2012
at 10:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
clear amber small white head aroma of marcipan and sugar. flavor is marcipan, mild sweet cherries, faint biterness. quite sweet.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2012
at 10:24