Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Bornem Dubbel from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Huge, brownish, dense head; dark chestnut, but fully clear. Dark malts in the nose, as brown candi sugar and a hint of liquorice. Fresh herbal smell as from parsley (often in this type of beer. Wonder what it really is). First taste is bitterish because of roasted malts, but underneath rather massive sweetness. There is some carbonation-induced acidity. Very full mouthfeel, more than for usual dubbels. Bit sticky as well. End is more watery. I taste copper too, but I'm afraid that's suggestion. Well, not really great. Average, archi-conformistic.Earlier Rating: 7/5/2003 Total Score: 3.4Stupendously huge head, dark-creamy collapsing to dense layer. Dark brown beer with reddish shine. Rich thick malty nose, a bit soupy. Then a whiff of grassy hops. Very malty base, but overlaying bitterish taste, composed both of roasted malts and hops. A bit yeasty. Full-bodied. No excessive alcohol, very carbonated. Aftertaste sweeter and thick, as the mouthfeel - a bit chocolatey. I am anything but a big Van Steenberge fan. However, they deserve credit for this kind of basic, well-made beers. Even if it pales to nothing against their, much lighter, "Bios".
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Bornem Tripel from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Straw gold; lively carbonation to huge & dense white head, creamy in texture. Nose yields chalk, alcohol, but is also flowery, blossom. Dry taste with a strange twist as from Manzanilla sherry (remarkable - never encountered with this before). Palate is sweeter, with the carbonation giving a slight sourish streak. Dryness and alchol paint the mouthfeel treacherously lighter than it is. With the exception of "Bios", the Bornem T. ranks at the top at Van Steenberge IMO - which doesn't say a lot. But this sample exceeded my best hopes.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Bornem Dubbel from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark amber color; overcarbonated; giant head. Malt aroma, roasted barley, caramel, nuts, some old hops; carbonic; white sugar. Quite round, malty; caramel; maybe not enough structured, and too sweet at the end (indeed, missing some hop).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Very pale yellow, fully hazy; white fluffy head. Nose of chalk, wheat, curaçao, lemongrass. Coriander dominates the taste (the more as it warms up), more lemon than curaçao. Wheat character obvious; very light peppery finish. Light but not empty; refreshing. OK wit - but too much soupy coriander all the same. I just don't dig the style.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Leute Bokbier from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Very deep brown with a reddish shine; dark brown head, collapsing. Nose of dark malts, malt syrup, molasses, spicy liqueur aroma. Light acidity, related to rather high carbonation. This on top of a rather sweet beer; bitter touch is rather woody than hoppy. Bit empty texture, pasted up by a sticky mouthfeel. Malts are there, but they don't seem to be very convinced themselves. Highly carbonated, malt syrup in the nose and thinnish texture. Somehow it all fits together, no? And I keep convinced if you call it "bok", you ought to use bottom-fermentation.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Piraat (10.5%) from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
(My bottle is called "Piraat Amber"?) Dull hazy orange colour; very sticky pearling, huge golden head, very slowly collapsing. Nose is meaty, yeasty, nearly cured ham - like, metallic to lactic sour. Smells infected! Taste is - thank God - at odds with the nose, except for the very yeasty-creamy mouthfeel. Beer is outspokenly sweet, liquorice-tinted, and with background citruszeste flavours. Bit of spices in the palate: nutmeg, coriander, but all as if below identification tresholds. Thick mouthfeel, much alcohol is obvious. Bit sticky ending. There's something amiss with the nose of my particular sample. Rest is more classic - at Van Steenberge they like sweet - alcohol punch, very politic.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Nearly black; dark-brown creamy head, going rather fast. Nose of very sweet chocolate, lactic but not sour, as fresh unpasteurised milk, sweet yoghurt or 'babeure'. Ends like hazelnut-chocolate bread spread. Taste is sweet, but much less sweet than remembered. They've tweaked this! Flavours of British chocolate (= much addition of lecithine, vegetable oil 'stead of real cacao), faint sweet yoghurt, with a dash of acidity. Some malt after all, and nutty again. Rather well-bodied, probably not very highly attenuated. Wilson Stout is a (tweaked? the reverse label says 5.2% ABV, but I have some difficulty believing) relic of the very sweet stouts that once stood between real 'tafelbier' ("Cat. III") and ordinary sweet stout. Cat II, one might very well find on old bottles; It's IMO at the edge of 'beer'. But unlike some other tasters, I cannot find it cloying.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Blond color; incredibly giant and creamy head. Malty and spicy aroma, dry (the classic coriander). Good body structure, not too much sweet not bitter; a light sour note and wood touch, peculiar in a Triple..
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Bruegel Amber Ale from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Slightly hazy light copper colour with a thin off-white head. Sweet honey aroma with a bit of malt. Medium to Light-bodied; Strong carbonation, subtle sweet flavours wrapped around a mild maltiness. Aftertaste very mild and only somewhat showing the flavour. Overall, not great for a belgie and should be overlooked. I bought this 33 cL bottle at Green's Beverages in Atlanta, Georgia and sampled it on 27-September-2003.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Dark golden colour with no head at all. Fairly hazy. Tons of super-small bubbles rise from the bottom of the glass nicely. Smells of sweet fruit, spices, strong malt, candy and even alcohol! The nose on this beer is simply great. A large complexity arises when trying to determine the various essences. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong initial flavour of berries, candy and alcohol fades fast to just a subtle maltiness. Aftertaste is left with an alcoholic kick, but some of the soweetness is still noticeable. Overall, this beer is better than the average and has an excellent aroma. I'm very luck you try this one! I got this 33 centilitre beer from madoney in Floriday: THANKS AGAIN MATT! :)