Kraddel (15844) reviewed Mysticum Cosmic Ale from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 9
Beer paired with it’s music ! Pours unclear yellow, good white head. Smell is weak, bit sweet, some coriander. taste is sharp bitter, I still seem to taste coriander, but far less than the scent. Bit dry. Mild maltyness. Very overcarbonated, otherwise a nice beer , but not the greatest by far. At least way way better than the tripel.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Mysticum Cosmic Tripel from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pours rather unclear, warm blonde. Ok white head. Smell is doughy, bit malts. Taste is bit sweet, some funky grains. This is weird. It has an apple-like funkyness i previously only had in lambics, yet its pretty far from what a lambic is. Bit yeasty, but not a very typical yeastyness. Ok, bit dry ending . Ends a bit... ’off’ . I’d almost say plastic ,but it’s not completely what i mean. It had elements i liked, but the more the beer warmed up, the more ’off’ it became. Maybe a flaw, maybe a taste i do not know yet , but the more i drink the less i enjoy this...
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Mysticum Cosmic Tripel from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bryggja Mysticum Cosmic Tripel (by Bryggja):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
24/XII/16 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: VII/2016 (2016-1490)
Clear orange beer, creamy off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, some banana, peaches, sweet malts, caramel, pretty floral, soapy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very soapy start, bitter, floral, somewhat sweet, sugary, lavender. Aftertaste: bitter, soapy, floral, some banana, hoppy finish.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Mysticum Cosmic Ale from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bryggja Mysticum Cosmic Ale (by Bryggja):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
24/XII/16 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: VII/2016 (2016-1489)
Clear pale blond beer, big creamy solid white head, pretty stable, adhesive. Aroma: grains, very malty, fruity touch, some citrus, bit soapy. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty soapy, herbal, citrus, fruity notes, some grapefruit, bit grassy. Aftertaste: little bitter, sourish, lemony, grapefruit, bit soapy.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Mysticum Cosmic Tripel from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
One of two beers made for and named after a Norwegian black metal band - it seems every rock or metal band needs their own beer these days... This one is the tripel version. Bottle from Wijnegemse Drankenhal (the first place in Belgium which officially sells it). Firm, thick, regularly shaped and surprisingly stable, moussy, snow white head leaving some lacing and sitting atop a hazy peach blonde beer with deeper, bronze-ish orange glow, perturbed by strings of vivid sparkling; obviously turning an equal, cloudy deep and ’dirty’ orange with sediment. Aroma of dried orange peel, (way too) strong phenols reminiscent of band aid and chlorine (swimming pool even), old dry ginger, toast, apricot, green olive, chicken spices, fermenting tree leaves, tamarillo, green banana, dust, iron, old biscuit, whisky, hay, persimmon, moist cigarette tobacco, fried potatoes, white pepper. Fruity onset, sourish redcurrant mixed with sweetish banana, orange and apricot, some vague olive-like umami behind it; mouthfeel is slick and supple, with lower carbonation than expected (and even a bit lower than average for a tripel). Caramelly and bready malt sweetness in the middle, something metallic alongside, carrying the fruity esters onwards to a dry, bittering finish in which the malt sweetness is superseded by a long, resinous, tonic water- and wormwood-like, earthy hop bitterness. The band aid phenols return retronasally - unpleasantly so - and all the way at the back, a wodka-like alcohol effect comes through, establishing a wry effect and some heat on the root of the tongue, along with lingering yeast bitterness. This alcohol should be better hidden, but I have more problems with the highly phenolic character of this beer: Belgian ale styles should show a subtle degree of phenols so that a gentle spicy effect is added, but if they are too abundant as is the case here, very unpleasant chemical and medicinal effects appear. Apart from that, which in my view is this beer’s biggest issue, this is a big, malty and hoppy tripel, one on the bitter side of the spectrum, but too rough on the edges for my personal liking. Reminds me of Van Steenberge’s Piraat 10.5 and its aliases, in looks (amberish), in its metallic side effect and in its rather unsophisticated, alcoholic and phenolic flavor. Drinkable, but far from refined.
cuso (17193) reviewed Fientje from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle kindly donated by Benzai, many thanks. Golden color with medium white head. Citrus hops, light malt in aroma. Taste, perfumed malt, citrus hops. Drinkable, bit boring.
Gurthnar (14451) reviewed Fientje from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Quite balanced, easy drinking. Nothing pokes out. Good balance of slightly spicy, light light funky yeastiness, subtle honeyish maltiness, and medium-low bitterness level with light flowery grassy hops flavour. Good one, its quality mostly being its drinkability. Good nevertheless though.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Bruin from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bryggja Bruin (by Bryggja):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
3/VIII/16 - 33cl bottle from the brewers @ home - BB: no markings on the side of the label to indicate a date (2016-806)
Clear reddish brown beer, big aery beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very spicy, liquorish, aniseed, cloves?, caramel, bit oxidized. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very spicy, cloves, aniseed, liquorish, bit sweet, caramel, pretty bitter and hoppy. Aftertaste: spicy, touch of chili almost?, liquorish, caramel, bit oxidized, reminds me of a Struise yeasty brown ale. I like the bitterness in this one!
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Fientje from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Fientje (by Bryggja):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
27/VII/16 - 33cl bottle acquired from the brewers @ home - BB: XI/2017 (2016-791)
Pretty cloudy blond beer, big aery fizzy irregular white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: spicy, somewhat sour, overripe fruits, yeasty, orange peel, some bubble gum, bit of banana. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity start, bit sweet, malty, some citrus, soft bitterness, yeasty, banana peel. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, little metallic, bit sweet, fruity notes, banana, almonds, bit oxidized. Unexpectedly fairly decent! (no infection from Danny this time)
Benzai (24515) reviewed Fientje from Bryggja 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle @ home. Hazy yellow golden color, full sized foamy white head that lasts for quite a while. Aroma is malts, some yeast, lightly herbs or spices. Taste malts, more bitter than I had expected, lightly a hint of herbs or spices, perhaps a touch of fruitpeel and fruitpeel bitter and a hint of yeast. Decent body, firm and lightly fizzy carbonation. Not bad after I got used to the mouthfeel a bit.