About
Our mission is pretty much monomaniacal: to brew f*cking good beer. We call it craft-y beer because the owl's got a sharp, uncompromised tongue and a penchant for mischief.
On a typical day we toy with the familiar – unfiltered lager, silky hefeweizen and puckery American IPA, anyone? – but at night we explore the crafty beer extremes from our medieval watering hole Haarlem (That's Haarlem with two 'a's, the Dutch one, and the namesake of New York's single-'a'ed Harlem).
Really truly, our idea of fun is abusing the rauchbeer-Scotch ale-sour beer-oak-aged Imperial Stout-Barley wine clichés. The first rule of owl school: when using hops think in wheelbarrows and not buckets.
So enjoy us, drink us and by all means hop fans abuse us right back – ideally via our social media channels where we announce our very active new creations.
Acquired by Swinkels Family Brewers in 2021.
On a typical day we toy with the familiar – unfiltered lager, silky hefeweizen and puckery American IPA, anyone? – but at night we explore the crafty beer extremes from our medieval watering hole Haarlem (That's Haarlem with two 'a's, the Dutch one, and the namesake of New York's single-'a'ed Harlem).
Really truly, our idea of fun is abusing the rauchbeer-Scotch ale-sour beer-oak-aged Imperial Stout-Barley wine clichés. The first rule of owl school: when using hops think in wheelbarrows and not buckets.
So enjoy us, drink us and by all means hop fans abuse us right back – ideally via our social media channels where we announce our very active new creations.
Acquired by Swinkels Family Brewers in 2021.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap@Fermentoren, CPH (22/08/2014) - pours dark brown with a beige head. Roasted malty aroma and taste, light smoke, some chocolate, caramel, coffee, chilli bite in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2014
at 07:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap@Fermentoren, CPH (22/08/2014) - pours black with brown head. Roasted malty aroma and taste, some chocolate, caramel, dark fruits, some bourbon infused wooden notes on the palate. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2014
at 07:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap@Fermentoren, CPH (22/08/2014) - pours gold with a white head. Medium sweet malty aroma and taste, some hoppy notes on the palate, slight grass, straw, bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2014
at 07:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap@Fermentoren, CPH (22/08/2014) - pours black with tan head. Roasted malty aroma and taste, caramel, some chocolate, big coffee, dark fruits, treacle, peat, with roasted finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2014
at 07:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap@Fermentoren, CPH (22/08/2014) - pours black with brown head. Roasted malty aroma and taste, some chocolate, caramel, coffee, dark fruits, treacle, big boozy finish. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2014
at 07:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap@Fermentoren, CPH (22/08/2014) - amber pour with off-white head. Aroma and taste is medium sweet fruity and malty, citrus fruits, biscuity malts, light caramel, decent brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2014
at 06:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap@Fermentoren, CPH (22/08/2014) - amber pour with a white head. Medium sweet fruity and malty aroma and taste, citrus fruits on the palate, some caramel malts and toffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2014
at 06:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ de Molen, small sample. Slight hazy yellow to golden color, medium frothy head. Aroma is smoked, slight peaty, bit leafy, flowery. Bit bitter in taste, slight dry. Nicely balanced with the smoke and peat. Crisp and dry. I prefer the bamberg smoked malts, but this one turns out very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2014
at 00:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Kermis. Poured a dark brown with a tan head. The aroma is fruity spice hop. The flavour is medium bitter sweet with a big spicy hop chilli pepper, light metallic palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2014
at 15:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
How: Bottle.
Where: Shared at RBESG 14.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Citrus, wet socks, hops, pine.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, sweet malt, hops.
Where: Shared at RBESG 14.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Citrus, wet socks, hops, pine.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, sweet malt, hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2014
at 22:37