Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Hopfen Anarchie from Brauerei Thombansen 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at Thombansen’s. This is the second batch of their new recipe, an IPA!! It pours with a pale yet deep gold body that supports a full near white head of foam that leaves behind sheet lacing. The modest aroma offers up smooth rounded malt sweetened hop notes such as a mix of malts, grainy malts, smooth citrus and some floral notes. The taste begins a bit grainy with smooth hop flavor notes like lime, grapefruit, floral and earthiness. To midway the hoppiness grows in bitterness but stays well in check with the sweet malt base and faint grainy maltiness. The bitterness takes on the form of citrusy lemon and grapefruit as the finish. Nice gently IPA.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Field of Love from Brauerei Thombansen 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Poured up on tap at Thombansen’s with a gold body that has a faint haze and supporting a tall firm white head of foam. The aroma is nice and pungent with hops as I get some lime, some open meadow sustaining a floral note and some citrus hard candy. Wow, all of the late hopping including in the beer lines and the serving keg has really paid off with a tremendous nose. The taste is crisp and vibrant with hops where I get nice floral enhanced lime like citrusiness. It gets just a tad sweet by midway before the hops rise up again and swallow the sweetness whole. This is like a fresh hopped up pale ale. I hope they make this again despite the havoc all the dry hopping causes. Lovely hoppy brew. I can drink just a ton of this.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Barrique from Brauerei Thombansen 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at Thombansen’s with a clear amber body that has copper hues and supporting a dark tan head of foam and leaving behind some sheet lacing. The light aroma offers up a bit of earthy black licorice sort of hoppiness (that is likely the oak spiciness too) and faint dark roasted malts enhanced yeasty esters. The light aroma took some effort to loosely pin down. The taste is fresh and crisp despite the dark color and offering up a bit of dark roasted malts and spicy oak notes. Between those notes is a slim layer of vanilla mixing with more mild spicy oakiness. Behind the spicy oak I get a bit of cherry like sweet esteriness and then flowing into some hops and more slight oak notes. The hops conjure up a grapefruit like sensation now and then. Nice. This all comes together pretty well for me and I’d be happy to try it again.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Red Saphir from Brauerei Thombansen 13 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at Thombansen’s with a deep copper body supporting a nice looking firm dark tan head of foam. The aroma offers up dusty maltiness, in a good way, faint yeasty fruity esters, lightly roasted malts, a sort of candy like sweet citrus note and a wafer thin lime like sensation. The taste is smooth with malts, lightly roasted malts and thin rings of orange peel to earthy tangerine pith and lime. The hops also show up as hop bitterness that tries to defy any further description from my palate. It leaves behind modest hop bitterness as well as lightly roasted malts and a dash of biscuit malts as well as a build up of lingering sweetness. Another tasty offering.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Roggen from Brauerei Thombansen 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at Thombansen’s with a clear copper body that supports a tall densely cobweb-y tan head. The aroma offers up a mix of caramel malts and spicy heavily rye-d bread and then some dry pilsener sort of maltiness. The taste is up front spicy rye bread as well as delivering some rye nuanced hop bitterness amid a thin ring of caramel malts. It does create a blend of bitterness that seems to be at odds somewhat with the malt base. I think I’m liking that though. The spicy rye bread note lingers well into the after taste.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Kirsch Radler from Brauerei Thombansen 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled (from bierzwerg, found in an old box). Red colour with a mediumsized pinkish fluffy head. Aroma is sweet malts, cherry stones, some cherry and quite syrupy as well. Flavour is rather similar, with mild almonds and also being quite sweet. Refreshing.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Export Dunkel from Brauerei Thombansen 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled (from Bierzwerg.de, as Thomansen Export Dunkel, best before was about a year ago...). Deep murky brown colour with a mediumsized beige head that leaves nice lace. Aroma is roasted malts, mild coffee, some caramel and mild toffee. Also mildly ashy notes. Flavour is richly roasted old coffee with some caramel, mild toast and toffee as well. Quite a strange "Dunkel" compared to other German dunkels. But yet a rather pleasant brew.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Winterbock from Brauerei Thombansen 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours up a ruby red hued mahogany with firm 2cm tall light mocha head. The aroma offers up dark roasted malts and date and fig like dark fruity esters. The taste offers up pleasing richness on this cold night in Lippstadt. I get maltiness, roasted malts, a touch of bunt malts and biscuit malts. These notes mingle with a mild level of date, prune and thin slices of ripe dark cherries. Tasty winter offering. I must be in the perfect mood for this ’cause its yum.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Export Hell from Brauerei Thombansen 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at Thombansen’s pub with a nice clear copper body and gold hues supporting a full smooth 3cm tall off white head. The mild aroma offers up some fruity esters and a touch of sweet malts. Very light aroma where anything at all was tough to notice. The taste has a good punch of spicy hops with a good bit of bitterness that successfully fight off the sweet malts and modest sweet fruity esters. I’m lovin’ the spicy hoppiness here as I consume this curry worst. Solid. After further attempts it seems the aroma is virtually nothing at all. Great flavor though.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Export Dunkel from Brauerei Thombansen 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
33cl bottle pours a deep clear copper with gold edges and off white head. The aroma is full with Christmas fruit cake, black licorice and honey laced dark roasted coffee. The taste has the honey or molasses sweetened dark roasted coffee mingling with some spicy black licorice and dark roasted malts. To midway a fairly assertive spicy hop component joins in and helps take this to the finish.