nathanvc (7053) reviewed Dubbel Oaked from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy dark brown, stable, frothy, off-white head. Aroma of pear, plum, red apple, hard caramel, toast, wood, clove, brown bread. Taste has sweetish pear, plum & red apple in a caramelly, bready, even slightly toasty malt body with herbal, clove-like aspects. Softly herbal & earthy hoppy finish, bit dry and nutty along dried fruit notes. Medium body, slick-creamy texture, average carbonation. Not very outspoken but I appreciate the very slightly roasted aspect here.
jefverstraete (7491) reviewed Quadrupel from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Dark Brown, fruity notes, red fruit, caramel. Unbalanced, some off flavours. Not the best Quadrupel.
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Dubbel Oaked from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
The first dark beer by this relatively new client brewer, now called "Dubbel Oaked" (but seemingly still the same beer as "Dubbel" without the "Oaked", at least from what I could find up till now). Quite a gusher, so be prepared. Medium thick, irregularly membrane-lacing, very uneven-bubbled and therefore irregular, pale greyish beige head, slowly opening but otherwise well-retaining over a cloudy dark chocolate brown beer with caramel-mahogany hue, turning murky and muddy in the end. Aroma of caramel candy, Ersatz chocolate rather than real chocolate, walkcakes or 'bokkenpootjes', cloves, something woody indeed, old hazelnuts, acorn shells, nutmeg, dried prunes, old dried ginger, moist white pepper, dark green tree leaves, sugared tea, dried fig, vague background touch of coffee grounds. Fruity, sweetish onset, fig, apple peel and prunes, old raisins but not so sweet with a sourish undertone accentuated by lively and somewhat stingy carbonation; supple body, cereally, caramelly and brown-bready malts with this somewhat 'dirty', sourish undertone increasing, hinting at possible infection; phenolic (clove, nutmeg) and earthy finish with a light toasty malt bitterness, almost a bit coffee-like, aided by an earthy, herbal, leafy hoppiness. Lots of breadiness too, with again that 'dirty' undertone. May be a bit infected (which could explain the gushing as well) but only lightly so; feels unrefined, crude and amateurish, as if concocted by an aspiring hobby brewer in his kitchen, but admittedly the basic flavour profile and balance of malt and hop elements and of sweetness and bitterness feels generally right to me - a somewhat drier, more bitter dubbel than is typically the case with bigger brand dubbels. I can see some commercial potential in this, if it were to be finetuned and 'cleaned up', but in this rather sloppy execution, I cannot give a very high score here...
tderoeck (22946) reviewed Ipa from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
11/XII/21 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk), shared @ home, BB: 5/I/23, lot: 2012/P271 (2021-1546)
Pretty clear orange beer, big creamy yellowish head, stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty herbal, malty, pretty yeasty, dry. MF: livly carbon, medium body. Taste: bit malty, grains, bitter, yeasty, herbal. Aftertaste: bitter, bit oxidized, some orange peel, very yeasty, grassy, ok beer, but not in the least an IPA.
beerhunter111 (50837) reviewed Ipa from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl bottle. A clear dark golden beer with a big off-white head. Aroma of mild resinous hops and caramelized malt. Taste of resinous hops, pine, caramel, reddish malt, moderate to long bitter finish.
nathanvc (7053) reviewed Ipa from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy golden, stable, frothy, white head. Aroma of pear, apple, citrus, pineapple, straw. Taste has sweetish apple & pear, citrus freshness for a sourish edge, low bitter spices. Yeasty, grassy hoppy finish, lingering unripe yellow fruit. Medium body, slick texture, average carbonation. Okayish.
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Tripel from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tripel in this Stien series, brewed at Beerselect but conceived by a hobby brewer in Wetteren southeast of Ghent. Thick and frothy, beaten egg-like, pillowy, very stable head, initially clear, warm ‘old golden’ robe with very strong visible sparkling, misty apricot with sediment added. Aroma initially dominated by that overload of carbon dioxide but this, as usual, fades very quickly, making room for impressions of damp straw, banana peel, peach, sweet bread, dust, coriander seed, ‘herbes de Provençe’ in the background, grass, dried apple peel. Fruity onset, sweetish with banana peel, peach and some pineapple notes, lively carbonated as expected but strangely not overly coarse, soft-edged and full body. Brioche-bready maltiness with a layer of residual honeyish sweetness on top, very light and brief metallic accent and mild coriander seed spiciness; some clove- and thyme-like phenols but nowhere overdoing it, instead tying everything together quite decently with a floral hop bitter note and some warming but nowhere astringent, calvados-like alcohol. Technically a very well-executed tripel, even if the concept as such adds absolutely nothing to the style; if this hobby brewer was trying to prove that he can brew a good tripel, then mission accomplished, this is somewhat above average in comparison with the gazillions of other local and regional tripels which have been created in Belgium in the past decades (and in the last years, at an accelerating frequency).
jefverstraete (7491) reviewed Tripel from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
@ Neerhof, Moortsele. Hazy golden colour, white foam. Medium sweet, a bit herbal, light fruity notes and that typical Beerselect profile.
jefverstraete (7491) reviewed Dubbel from Stien Bier 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Dark brown colour, beige foam. Quite weird and watery. Sweetish, light bitter, some notes of caramel, unbalanced. Not very great.