Geprobeerd met Inoven, Roelzie1986 en Benzai op het Brabants Bierfestival te Oirschot. Het is een troebel oranje bruin bier met een dun schuim. Het heeft een moutige en houtige geur. De smaak is gebrande mout, zoetig en toffee.

Blackberries, blueberries, oak, some black tea, more lightly smokey wood, light apple, some licorice. Surprisingly fruity. Thanks Edo!

Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een donker bruin bier met een rode gloed. Het heeft weinig schuim. De geur is fruitig en kruidig. De smaak is zoet en warm.

Bottle at De Paas. Almost clear amber with off white head. Sweet caramel, light bready, soft grapefruit peel, peach, quite some underlying bitter herbal notes nd even some raw veggies and leaves. Quote Some spice yeast with soft cloves as well. Medium sweet, bitter and bodied with over medium carbonation.

Bottle. Color: Almost black, dense light brown head. Taste: Roasted malt, hints of licorice, smoke, coffee. Lightly hints of wood. Fairly light body for an imperial stout.Pretty short finish. Although it is a good drinkable beer, pretty low score for this beer style.

Clear blond colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some plale malts. No hop presence. Has a lightly sharp edge and some cider-like notes. Lacks body.

Allegedly oak aged (though I suspect oak chips) version of a Pimpelmeesch ’impy’ which doesn’t seem to appear on the market in its basic form... Bottle from a Mitra shop in Lelystad, Flevoland. Thick and densely moussy, heavily ’paper’ lacing, stable, pale yellowish beige head crowning a black beer with hazy chestnut brown edges, only visible under bright light. Convincing, rich aroma of cold black coffee, bitter black chocolate, cappuccino, mocha ice cream, black olive, dry liquorice candy, fresh oak including something subtly vanilla-ish, candied cherries, burnt toast, dates, raisins, dry leather, very old cloves, toffee, brandy, hints of dried moss, caramel candy, sweet pipe tobacco, Kirsch, old cake, black pepper, blueberries. Fruity, juicy onset, lots of candied banana and dito fig sweetishness but not too sweet, balanced by a subtle undercurrent of dried blackberry sourishness and a touch of black olive- or dried bladderwort-like umami, softly carbonated, bit minerally here and there; thick and full, ’heavy’ mouthfeel, though perhaps not quite as viscous and oily as I was hoping for. In any case a world of dark maltiness ensues, very nutty at first, shifting to burnt toast-like bitterness but still retaining a caramelly, ’dry sweetish’ core as it were; leathery and subtly lingering dried fruit notes hover above. Leads to a dark, rich, warming finish, where coffeeish roasted malts appear (yet not overly so) and accentuate a spicy hop bitterness along with indeed a dash of oak, albeit limitedly so - confirming my belief that chips were used here rather than barrels. They still add a nice touch of drying, tannic woodiness though, matching well with the much more pronounced nuttiness and ’black coffeeness’. Ends fairly clean and to the point, no unexpected ’yeast dirtiness’ here, with a warming, bitterish, gin-like alcohol glow to accompany the roasted black barley bitterness and hops down the throat. Warming, rich, sufficiently complex and firm but elegant, this first encounter with the Pimpelmeesch village brewery in Chaam is a pleasant one indeed. Ticks all the boxes to qualify as an imperial stout, though a bit more viscosity and depth would not hurt - though this would probably increase the price significantly. In this form, this beer functions the way it should, no undesirable yeast effects here, no misplaced earthiness, no cutting down on the roasted barley - but ’oak aged’ is to be taken as a relatively subtle hint here, search for Molen instead if heavy barrel ageing is what you are looking for in ’impies’ in the Netherlands.

Bottle at home. Very dark brown with quite big, slightly fizzy dark beige head. Chocolate, quite malty, some vanilla, quite some sweet blackberries with a bit of sour red berry jelly, brown bread, soft licorice. Over medium sweet and under medium bitter. Almost full bodied. Somewhere in between a brown ale and an imperial stout as it lacks roast, but nevertheless quite a decent beer.

33 cl. bottle shared @ Alex and Suus’ beer tasting. Hazy golden with a thin white head. Fruity yeasty aroma with indeed some cumin. Sweet taste with a chalky undertone. Very well done tripel. Also the winner of the beer tasting line-up.

Brown black colour, beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, yeast, banana. Quite dry, rather fizzy. Finish roasted malts and dry wood.
(from 33cL bottle @ home. Thanks for sharing, Ruud!)