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Microbrewery in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1994

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Emrikweg 19, Haarlem, 2031 BT, Netherlands
Description
Crafting Divine Beers in historic brewing city Haarlem (Amsterdam Metro). Brewery in a former church, with bar restaurant. Historic and progressive craft beers.
[Michel Ordeman]

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6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, spices, malt, hop. Flavour is caramel, alcohol, malt, hop, fruit, spices. Medium to full body. OK beer.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2011 at 01:11

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Golden with white foamy head. Aroma of citrus, coriander seeds, yeast and hops. Fruit tones and malts. Fresh taste, some sweets but not too much, orange, spices, malts. Wheat. Nice hoppy tone. Balanced. Nice beer to celebrate spring. (from 33cL bottle) Update: 26-4-2011, from tap: Mostly the same qualities as the bottled version. Aroma more malty, less coriander. Flavour more liquorice and more pronounced bitter hops. Dryer, but this could also be age (residual sugars of the bottling might be more fermented)
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2011 at 03:28

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark, white/cream firm foam head. Roasted aroma, malts. Sweetish malts, toffee, chocolate tones. Some smoke. Mildly bitter. Balanced and enjoyable, though rather light-bodied. (from bottle)
Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2011 at 04:32

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
24th March 2011
A tapped wooden barrel atop the bar at Arends Nest. Hazy gold beer, little white head. Light palate. A little dry. Low carbonation. Sweetish malt - somewhat tripel like. Mellow smoke, clear and present but never overwhelming. Nicely judged! Finishes a tiny bit dry with a trace of bubblegum and some subtle wood. Alright - fresh pleasant drinking smoked beer.
Tried from Draft on 27 Mar 2011 at 03:17

5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3
22nd March 2011
On tap at the Wildeman. Hazy gold beer with a good fluffy white head. Semi dry palate. A dash of fresh orange citrus is largely swallowed by some intense bitterness! The bitterness is slightly grapefruit but mostly just bitter! A little perseverance and frankly some brave slooshing in the mouth produces a brief note of typical tripel like sweetness but this only emphasises the overwhelming bitterness even more! Intense and not in a good way, could not finish it.
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2011 at 10:38

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
20th March 2011
On tap at Arendsnest. Black beer with a creamy tane head. Minerally nose. Light palate. Roasty malt, not too bitter. Trace of lactose and of smoke. Not bad - come accross more like a Porter! Ha!
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2011 at 09:35

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
20th March 2011
On tap at Arends Nest. Hazy orange beer, tiny white head. Minerally sweet orange with a mild creamy malt background. A little hard to pin down!
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2011 at 09:07

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottled at Nya Tröls, Malmö. Hazy mahogany colour, small head. Fruit nose where black currant is evident. Full bodied with clean, edgy mouthfeel.Plenty of spicy hops and balck currant leads to a realy bitter finish. Rather edgy.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2011 at 02:41

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap @ Arendsnest. Smoked hefeweizen, I thought it was a combination that wouldn’t work, but it did, and surprisingly well. All the aroma’s of a good hefeweizen: wheat, juicy fruit, some banana/clove/vanilla and then some smoke, not too strong but clearly present. Flavor is ever so slightly sweet, grainy, smoky. Medium bodied, that helped too. Dryish somewhat bitter finish. Very pleasant surprise.
Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2011 at 13:48

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled (from bierzwerg.de). Hazy yellowish golden colour with a small white foamy head that leaves some slight lace. Aroma is wheat, some citrus fruits, mild spices, bread and some mild bitter hops. Flavour is grass, grain, some wheat, mild hayish and cardboardy notes as well as some slight fruits and yeast. Rather strange, but at the same time a quite nice brew.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 10:08