5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Usually not a fan of Belgian IPAs. this is a darker orange, 1 finger head beer served in a stubby bottle. Nose is sweet, yeast forward, bread-like and with a bit of caramel. Nice mouth feel...almost bottle conditioned. hops are sligtly faded, tree pine notes and leave a sweet crystal sugar taste afterward.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2014
at 14:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Basically the old Extra revisited and now incorporated in the Valeir brand. Thick, creamy, yellowish white head over a cloudy yellow blonde beer. Strong floral and grassy hoppiness in the nose, tonic water, grapefruit peel, orange, young ’jenever’, pineapple. Crisp fruity taste, citrussy freshness, tingling and minerally, nutty touch, long and dry finish of elegant, aromatic and flowery hoppiness; hoppier than before and clearly influenced by the new ’Belgian IPA’ style.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2014
at 13:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Winter tripel with a creamy, yellowish white, regular head and cloudy yellowish peach blonde colour. Malty and dried fruity aroma, apple, apricot, dry yeastiness, herbal hop bitterness in the finish. Ordinary but well-balanced tripel.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2014
at 13:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Blonde session beer with a vividly fruity aroma (peach, pineapple), floral hops, some honeyish and caramelly malts, delicate, with a refined hoppy finish. Very well balanced and well crafted, exemplary for the style of blond top-fermented Belgian session ales.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2014
at 13:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Old school ’spéciale belge’ with pure amber colour under an off-white head and dried fruity character, more caramelly than nutty, soft mouthfeel, yeasty with gentle leafy hop bitterishness in the finish. Restrained but elegant as this style requires, ’honest’ and very thirst-quenching.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2014
at 11:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap@ Belgobaren. Deep amber , thick white head. Spicy, yeasty, coriander, grainy aroma. Flavor similar, fruity hoppy but too yeasty. Last of the keg?
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2014
at 03:48
6/10
Tried
on 22 Sep 2014
at 13:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
One of the last remaining ’bières de mars’, a forgotten tradition in which Belgian and northern French brewers made a special spring beer in March due to the fact that the spring water they used, reached its best quality in that time of the year. Industrialization wiped out the dependence on nature for having good brewing water, so this tradition all but disappeared. Contreras, however, kept it in honour and produces this delightful variation on their Tonneke each year. It has a copper colour and firm, thick head, a sweetish, gentle aroma involving caramel, almond and berries and a malty, spicy, rounded palate with relatively high complexity for a beer which in the end stems from an era when complexity was not yet something brewers sought after in their beers. I hope this special little ale will not die out too, like its forefathers did.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2014
at 07:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home Pours clear amber , good , fast fading white head . Smell is sweet, fruity yeast . Taste is yeasty , some sugar . Very fruity ( yeast ) , refreshing. Some grains . Unique and quite good ! surprisingly low ABV
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2014
at 04:29
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of yeast, fruits, caramel and light malt. Flavour is over moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2014
at 09:00