Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
0.44l can. Aroma of lemon, passion fruit and flowers. Pours cloudy amber color with thick creamy white head, good lacing and soft visible carbonation. Taste starts with tart lemon backed with sweet maltiness, earthy, bready and slightly salty following, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is very mild bitter. Full body, thick texture and average carbonation in palate. Vitamin C bomb…
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
21st March 2026
Clear deep amber brown beer, small bubbly darkish tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation, certainly adequate for this style. The malts are thin bodied for a barleywine but, not deficient in the flavour department. Slightly tangy caramel and a little dark toffee, modest and thin malt cream. The whiskey barrel provides abundant ripe whiskey soaked ripe fruits as well as a little alcohol spice. Mild barrel wet wood and a whisper of oak induced vanilla. Airy finish finds everything coming together rather nicely. Weird innit? I've tasted a ton of whiskey barrel barleywines and, this one provides nothing new but, there is just that inherent rightness of class brewing and, that makes it stand out from the crowd.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 17th March 2026. Pours black and thin. Aroma is chocolate and a little vegetal, taste is chocolate, then lots of chilli and quite hot - maybe a little overdone
Koelschtrinker (42759) reviewed The Gaze from Menno Olivier Brewing 1 week ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Alkoholischer, holzig würziger Beginn. Cremig, intensiv, erhöhte Viskosität, kaum karbonisiert. Vollmundig, ölig, langer würziger Abgang. Gut! 10/11/11/11/10/11
madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Red Raven from Menno Olivier Brewing 2 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
11th March 2026
Can. Just a mild haze on this deepish amber beer, good pale tan head. Airy palate that is also slightly viscous. Semi dry with good fine minerally carbonation coming through late on. Decent malt base, fairly light bodied but, chewy in flavour, malt cream, toffee and caramel. A savoury vibe runs throughout as well as a mild wet wood thing. Cherry liqueur really comes through on the finish, rich ripe Maraschino cherry, touch of almond pip. Everything comes together into a pleasing finale. Nicely done.
Benzai (24654) reviewed Gel I Terra from Menno Olivier Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home shared with Laura. Opaque black color, small dark brown colored head. Aroma is malts, dark malts, roast. Flavor is malts, dark malts, roast, peat but not too heavy. Very balanced so the peat is actually an addition to the beer. As it had been so many times, this is so incredibly well executed. Crazy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home shared with Laura. Opaque dark brown to black color, small beige to light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, chocolate, light liquorice. Flavor is similar, very pleasant malty chocolate and liquorice flavors in a balanced mix. Medium to full body, soft carbonation. Lovely. I like it a lot. Not nearly enough RIS like this nowadays.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Fles gedeeld met en Nick. Het is een troebel roodbruin bier met een medium beige schuim. Het heeft een aroma van rood fruit. De smaak is zoet en fruitig met tonen van eiken, caramel en vanille.
Mr_Pink_152 (17449) ticked Crimson from Menno Olivier Brewing 1 month ago
Amber colour line and citrus sweet to bitter.
Dorain (2867) reviewed Crema Catalana from Menno Olivier Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Aus der Dose im 2026-02 getrunken. Diese dunkelbraune Ale kommt mit einer deutlichen Malzaromen und Karamelisierte Milch daher. Alles gefährlich süffig und wunderbar ausgewogen. Auch wenn man hier nicht typische Barley Wine Aromen findet ist dieses Ale ein wunderbares Ale.