Alengrin (11675) reviewed Clais from Domein Reynaert 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
One of five new beers centered around the historical figure of Judocus (or Joost) Vijd, the nobleman who commissioned the famous Lam Gods painting by Jan Van Eyck, the pinnacle of late Gothic painting art. Ghent, where the Lam Gods painting is kept, has declared 2020 the year of Van Eyck and Beveren sought to bask in its glory by declaring a year of Vijd - since indeed this Judocus Vijd was born in Beveren. Bier Verenigt, the guild of microbrewers of Beveren, joined in to create five beers celebrating the opportunity and this is Domein Reynaert's contribution, brewed at Stanium with grains of paradise, a spice that used to be very popular in brewing but has been waning in the past decades. Thick and frothy, pale yellowish beige, stable head on a lightly hazy, deep caramel brown beer with burgundy hue. Spicy and malty nose of hard caramel, old cocoa powder, aniseed and black peppercorn representing the grains of paradise, straw, old raisins, pear, liquorice, brown bread. Sweetish, medium fruity onset, red apple, pear and baked banana aspects, medium carbonated with supple, smooth, bit resinous mouthfeel; rounded caramelly and thinly brown-bready maltiness indeed spiced by these grains of paradise, again somewhat intermediate between black pepper, anise and liquorice, in any case quite outspoken but remaining bearable, while brown-bready and caramelly notes pass by, developing a toasty bitterish edge. Hop bitterness remains basic and a bit leafy but does not last as long as the spice effect. Spicy for sure, but not to the point where it becomes overly wry or otherwise dominant; quite cleanish and well-finished, and in that sense remarkably better than the other beers I had by this 'bierfirma' - which in itself is not a surprise, as they are brewed in different breweries...
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Reynaert Ysengrin from Domein Reynaert 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Very good, dense, whipped eggwhite-like head over fully hazy orange beer. Rather spicy nose with something alike to cinnamon, but gradually vanishes. Mushrooms, yeast features, pancake dough. Bitterish, more herbal than spicy, oranges, orangepeel; toasted and bit fiery malts. Finish has a chili-like streak which goes rather well with the underlying light fruity sweetness. Warming up, toffee flavour. Quite good carbonation, enliveling the beer. Not overly full bodied, but slick. Pretty nice. Manages to slip out of the common denominator, in some way. 6/4/7/4/14
Jybi (2414) reviewed Reynaert Ysengrin from Domein Reynaert 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Le Nelson Sauvin n’est décidément pas un houblon facile à utiliser. Et cette Ysengrin ne le dément pas. Mais si cette bière n’est pas parfaite (loin de là) je trouve la notation du site un peu (j’ai bien dit un peu) sévère car c’est une des meilleure utilisation de ce cépage qu’ai pu déguster avec des arômes qui se rapprochent en fin de dégustation à du vin blanc. Dommage, que l’équilibre soit autant imparfait avec une présence trop importante de l’acidité et que les arômes manquent de complexité. D’une robe blond dorée (EBC aux environs de 24), et parée d’un léger voile, la bière est surmontée d’une mousse abondante et crémeuse de 4 cm d’épaisseur environ. Le nez est très particulier, sur le fruit principalement : la pêche, le moût de raisin, le tout légèrement épicé. L’attaque, légèrement acide, reste sur le fruit avec toujours la pêche et le moût de raisin. La deuxième bouche est complètement linéaire avec une arrière un peu plus portée sur l’alcool et avec des notes de coriandre. La troisième bouche est cependant plus intéressante, avec un Nelson Sauvin s’exprimant davantage, sur des arômes de raisin blanc, relativement proche d’un vin blanc. Le final peu long, présente une amertume gagnant légèrement en intensité (mais restant modérée) et malheureusement une fois de plus cette acidité perturbatrice. L’alcool à 9,5 % Abv ne se sent que peu et la corpulence est très moyenne. A défaut d’être exceptionnelle, cette Ysengrin n’en est pas moins intéressante. Il ne reste plus qu’à la brasserie Reynaert de maîtriser leur brassage.
yespr (55573) reviewed Reynaert Bruun from Domein Reynaert 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear and golden deep brown with a golden a,mber glare. Small tan head. Aroma is wineous, roasted malty. Slight breadish. High cqrbonation. Fruity. Wineous. Roasted malty and sweet finish.
yespr (55573) reviewed Reynaert Ysengrin from Domein Reynaert 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity. Light sweet. Toasted malty. Light fruity. Sweet and lingering fruity far finish.
77ships (14509) reviewed Reynaert Bruun from Domein Reynaert 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Thank you for sharing German speaking RB Crew! Sampled bottled @ ZBF 2017. Dark amber, little tanned head. Nose is weird hugely sticky licorice, medicinal plants, bark, herbal, sticky, cloying, nasty,.... Taste & body are hugely fizzy, metallic, medicinal plants, cough syrup, quite rubbish, far too fizzy, metallic with unpleasant plant & cough syrup notes. Pass.
77ships (14509) reviewed Reynaert Ysengrin from Domein Reynaert 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Thank you for sharing German speaking RB Crew! Sampled bottled @ ZBF 2017. Near clear orange, little head. Nose is overly metallic, oily caramel, poor, esters, far too metallic,... Taste is far too much green apple, vegetable, bit metallic, oily,... Body is the same, some milky yeast. Poor stuff.
SinH4 (15514) reviewed Reynaert Bruun from Domein Reynaert 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Brown color with small tan ring. Aroma is oak sugar, raisins, some figs and a touch of toffee. Taste is raisins, dark fruits, some oak sugar again. Foamy carbonation. Okay, not excellent.
SinH4 (15514) reviewed Reynaert Ysengrin from Domein Reynaert 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Slightly hazy golden color with small white ring. Aroma is juicy fruits, but in a slightly off way. Taste is fruity, estery, a bit off again - like badly fermenting fruits. Medium carbonation. Just okay.
beerhunter111 (50837) reviewed Reynaert Ysengrin from Domein Reynaert 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled @ Zythos Bier Festival 2017. Fast klare goldgelbe Farbe. Geruch süß malzig, Honig. Geschmack süß malzig, Honig, Hefe.