nathanvc (7053) reviewed Onze Casimir from Zwaan9 2 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Bier van Olier.
A: gusher! Hazy golden, huge, frothy, white head.
A: iron, soda water, starch, wheat, lemon zest.
T: sweetish apple & pear, sourish wheat, clove.
F: grassy hops, yellow fruit, spices, iron.
P: medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation.
Too fizzy, spicy, metallic too; all over the place (also literally).
nathanvc (7053) reviewed Onze Louis from Zwaan9 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Bier van Olier.
A: hazy amber, stable, small, off-white head.
A: apple peel, earth, ground chestnut, soap, rye.
T: sweetish apple & pear, sourish note, spicy spelt, earth.
F: bitter grassy hops, earth, spices, some warming alcohol.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Bit dirty, all in all forgettable.
Bierridder (4353) ticked Onze Henri from Zwaan9 3 years ago
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Onze Louis from Zwaan9 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
New tripel-ish Belgian blonde with spelt, conceived by two descendants of pre-World War II brewer families (Decock and De Swaen) and honouring the late great-grandfather of one of them; they allegedly brew this beer themselves in De Meester's kettles and have plans to continue the series with beers named after other brewing ancestors of these two guys. Steinie bottle at Café Congé in Ghent - very unexpectedly, I hasten to add. Frothy, snow white, regularly edged, dense head over a misty straw blonde beer with peachy hue. Aroma of banana peel, soggy white bread, freshly cut grass, quite outspoken DMS (overcooked broccoli), minerals, raw potato, soap, sandwich crust, pear. Restrainedly fruity onset hinting at halfripe banana and unripe peach, sharply numbing carbonation, rounded white-bready malt body, sweetish with a sharper cereally edge (likely representing the spelt); soapy coriander aspect in the finish but not over the top, soft floral hop bitterishness, lingering cereally effects and a dash of warming, 'jenever'-ish alcohol conclude this beer's flavour profile. Another one where looking back at a bygone era and the detailed story attached to it majorly overshadow the beer as such; apart from that DMS accent, not much is wrong here, but there is not much to experience either. Unnecessary.
