Alengrin (11609) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bier & Karakter, the guys behind Klets, making their first attempt at the prestigious imperial stout style; 75 cl bottle with waxed cap, bought at Hopduvel. Thick and foamy, tightly lacing, stable, closed, beige-ish egg-white head, black robe with hazy burgundy edges. Aroma of old black chocolate bars, cold coffee grounds, beetroot, blackberries, damp earth, tea, bubblegum, gin, caramel candy, cloves, burnt tree branches. Sweetish onset, dried fig, dried banana, very old raisins, sourish accent, fizzy carb, full mouthfeel. Toasty, nutty and bitter-chocolatey malt body with a roasty ending, coffeeish but a bit dirty as well, with lots of phenolic yeastiness; quite boozy finish too, 'jenever'-like and somewhat astringent alcohol, herbal and earthy hop bitter note. Typically Belgian attempt at this Anglo-Saxon style, crude, boozy, heavily roasty, phenolic and too yeasty-dirty, but once you get used to this new combination of flavours in this country, this is enjoyable enough - though in this very specific segment, I prefer e.g. Nest's Dead Man's Hand series, Cabardouche's Stout Mokke or Broers' Zwarte Ruiter over this one.
77ships (14506) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ Samson en Geert bierproeverij. 2018. First commercial release. Dark brown, small head. Nice roast in the nose, more dry, faint complimentary bark. Dry, easy to drink, more dry, faint umami, roods, dry chocolate, lower but clear roast, black chocolate. Not necessarily my kind of RIS but very nice for a drinkable & dry one. 2015 unofficial batch. First one. Has held up very well, clear oxidation, some cellar in nose & taste but doesn’t really take it down and works for it, maybe touch thin but held up well, new one should age fairly.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Collaboration brew XXV from Bier & Karakter 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home ... golden amber ... big white head .. soft zezty peppery orange fruit nose ... juicy fruits ... big orange .. peppery fruit .. juicy peppery orange .. dry finish .. but big fruit
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Rex Artus from Bier & Karakter 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Very huge, bit fluffy, whipped eggwhite-like head over metallic orange-copper beer, finely carbonated. Creamy nose, white candy sugar, spicy, bit peppery and yeastfeatures. "Warm" nose. More of the same ine flavour. Pretty sweet for a"triple", bit toasted. Again very yeast-intoned, giving spicy flavours, and again this "hot" character, sweaty. Medium bodied, light alcoholwarming, well-carbonated. Toasted, sweetish tripel. Has anybody been waiting for this one? 6/4/6/3/12
Icedwarf (4896) reviewed Klets Blond from Bier & Karakter 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Troebel donkergeel bier zonder schuim. Smaak is licht zoet en licht bitter met iets van fruit, ananas en citrus. Heeft een mooie zachte smaak balans.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Klets Bruin from Bier & Karakter 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
The younger brown version of Klets, at Just Beer. Thick, moussy, 'membranously' lacing, irregular but stable head, hazy amberish-bronze chestnut brown colour. Aroma of old red apples, raw red cabbage, acorn shells, nutmeg, butterscotch, peanuts, something vaguely sweaty, wet cloth, cloves, banana, bubblegum, pineapple, dried peaches. Fruity onset, apple, apricot and banana esteriness, sourish edge, rather sharp and very minerally carbonation further accentuating that sourishness. Cereally and 'thinly' caramelly, bit nutty malt core, very lightly bitterish toasted too, herbal hop bitterish ending, bit tea-ish, leafy and earthy; spicy phenols retronasally, dried fruit- and nut shell-like notes lingering. Acceptable technically speaking, yet very stereotypical dubbel, adding absolutely nothing to the Belgian beer landscape, but since it is decent enough and nothing else, I guess good old local marketing can provide an equally local audience for it, if this isn't already the case.
Stuu (34525) ticked Klets Extra Hop from Bier & Karakter 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours murky orange, nose is floral, lemon, taste is sweet citrus, chewy toffee, juicy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
bottle at home ... golden ambe r... thin white lacing ... soft dry yeasty lemon fruit nose ... long oily fruit ... herbal fruit ... light dry fruit ... soft sweet fruit ... lime dry fruit .. herbal fruit