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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7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Malty and moderately sweet. Some semi-dried berries, mellow toasted bread. A little grape. Fairly basic. Drinks fine.
Tried from Bottle at Craft Beer Junction on 25 Mar 2026 at 20:10

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

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle split at CBJ, thanks to Kenneth, 25/03/2026.
Light black with a khaki cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is chocolate, dark malts, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises dark malts, fruit rinds, molasses, plummy tones, umami.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Tidy sipper.
Tried on 25 Mar 2026 at 00:00

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