Menno Olivier Brewing

Client Brewer in Súria, Catalonia, Spain 🇪🇸

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P. I. La Pobla nau, Plaça Sau 6 la Pobla Sud, Súria, 08260, Spain
Description
Craft brewery project of Menno Oliver - previously founder and brewmaster of De Molen, now living in Catalunya. Currently brewing at Poch's Cervesa Artesana.

Cervesa artesana catalana amb notes de caràcter holandès |
Catalan craft beer with hints of dutch character

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks. A hazed golden brown coloured pour with a loose khaki head. Aroma is earthy liquorice, blabkberry earthy... Nutty malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy umami, liquorice, mushroom, grass, jammy.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2026 at 20:01

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
25th March 2026
Bottle thanks to me. Near clear amber beer, small bubbly tan head. Airy smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Caramel malts, a little cream. Ripe fruits, plums not that obvious. Mild spice. Airy finish. Amusing quad.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2026 at 19:55

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2026 at 19:53

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tried on 24 Mar 2026 at 23:38

8/10 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…
Tried from Can at :PROJEKT Beershop & Bar on 22 Mar 2026 at 15:31

8.3/10 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.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2026 at 22:34

7.4/10 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
Tried from Draft on 18 Mar 2026 at 10:22

7.4/10 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
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2026 at 20:17

8/10 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.
Tried from Can on 11 Mar 2026 at 22:56

8.9/10 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.
Tried on 08 Mar 2026 at 19:18