Pours dark amber , small white head Bit grains , bit yeast , bit malts in the smell Taste is bit bitter , bit coffee (?) , dark grains . Rather sweet

Pours darkred / brown No real foam Low carbo Not much taste . Bit coffee , bit bitterness

Imported from my RateBeer account as Sint Canarus Pinnt (by Huisbrouwerij Sint Canarus):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5

26/X/13 - 33cl bottle @ some holiday residence with my choir - BB: n/a (2013-1000) Thanks to Yannick (and Geroen) for selling me the bottle!

Clear orange beer, big aery beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. aroma: yeasty, floral, pot pourri, sweet, big sugary, "putje" (drain hole), sulphur, some banana, overripe fruits. MF: quite some carbon, medium to light body. Taste: smoky start, bit sourish, citrus, hint of orange peel, bitter, yeasty. Aftertaste: some caramel, bitter, grassy, dry, some citrus, overripe fruits, banana peel, bit unpleasant.

15th Dec 2012 at The Essen Christmas Beer Festival. I wonder if I shared a bottle with any of the other raters, as it seems the only people to have rated it so far were at the same festival as me! Poured a dark reddy brown with a thin beige head. Sweet nose and taste: caramel to the fore with candid fruit notes as back-up. There is also a yeast feel to the whole brew: came across a little ’green’ and not quiet ready to drink, but I drank it anyway. A mild bitterness arrived towards the end of each sip and although it wasn’t one of the best beers I sampled that day I actually enjoyed it more than some others.

33cl bottle, thanks Pierre for the bottle. Ambrée, col crémeux épais beige. Arôme est caramel, malté léger, pointe d’épice oscillant vers la cannelle, et un léger ajout biscuité. Houblon ajoute un fine touche d’herbacé. Levure se fait plus présente une fois arrivé à mi-bouteille pour un bouquet qui alterne alors sr la malt. Palais est ici bien malté sans être surfait. Note de sucre candi, speculoos avec pour moi un rappel aux baies de genévrier. Garde en bouche ce profil épicé hivernal, notamment sur de la cannelle. En retrait le houblon trouve une place qui aide à développer un palais houblonné amer oscillant vers le citronné et qui démontre bien que l’on reste dans un style très belge. Levure se fait aussi présente et au final, le tout laisse une fine pellicule collante-sucrée aux lèvres. Au niveau du malt,c e dernier présente aussi une fine note chocolaté qui se mixe à ce côté houblonné feuillu-citronné amer.

75 cl. bottle sample @ 18th Christmasbeer festival in Essen. Apparently whilst they are currently still contract brewing this is one of the 4 current beers of Lochristi brewery. It is their intend to soon start a 10 HL brewery of their own using an intended but never used Piedboeuf demobrewery. Originally they apparently wanted to start a whisky distillery but some family members were into beer & the base of both beverages is not that far apart so they decided to go for both. Pours dark brown reddish with a small white head. Smell is sweet mocha, typical Belgian profile, soy sauce, spices, branches, herbs & dark fruits. Taste is Belgian yeast & overripe dark fruits, mocha, hoppy blended with soy sauce, dark fruits, bitter herbs and some caramel. m/m body. Okay – I wish the best of luck to this new brewery.

@ Kerstbierfestival, Essen. Dark brownred beer. Balanced between bitter and sweet. Malty.

Bottle sample @ 18de Kerstbierfestival, Essen 2012. Cuivrée, col beige. Arôme malté, caramel, et grillé restant léger, note de grains, fruité noirs avec une pointe d’épice et un usage possible de genièvre? Palais est malté tirant vers une pointe de café très moyen et caramel/grillé, fruits noirs, avec ce fini belge assez typique procurant une certaine note aigre-douce en fin de bouche. Belle effervescence, le tout manque de convaincre.

Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival 2012. Opaque brownish color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, sweetness, raisin, lightly caramel. Lightly some bitterness, liquorice and a touch of spices or herbs in the finish. Overall a bit weak though.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Kraaike Metteko (by Craywinckelhof):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

15/XII/12 - 75cl bottle @ Kerstbierenfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2012-1372)

Little cloudy brown beer with a red glaer, aery off-white to beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: caramel, yeast, green banana peel, dried fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, mocha, caramel, some dried fruits, pretty hoppy, dry ending.