Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
A clear orange golden beer with a beige head. Aroma of intense caramelized strong malt, nuts, hints of smoke. Taste of moderate smoked dark caramelized malt, strong malt, nuts, long bitter finish.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle 33cl. @home poured into a teku glass. Strong resinous nose. Slightly hazy medium golden colour, good frothy white head, half-way lasting, fair lacing. Aroma grain, sweet malt, pine resin, some ginger, citrusy hops, medicinal notes. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, pine resin, light citrus, earthy and herbal notes. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, smooth dry sweetbitter aftertaste. very special brew, well-balanced, rather refined, has an elegant air, good.
Fules (2585) reviewed Finesse from De Dochter van de Korenaar 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Kicsi, tartós hab, félbarnába hajló narancsos szín. Enyhe, virágos, fűszeres illat. Malátás, fűszeres íz. Száraz, közepesen testes, közepesen szénsavas, csak jelzés értékűen keserű. A magas alkohol ellenére nagyon könnyen iható, nem tolakodó tripel.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Orient-Ale from De Dochter van de Korenaar 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle from Vanuxeem. Pours a generally clear gold, foamy white head. Interestingly fruity sake yeast influence.. soft palate.. not hugely exciting or characterful, as these sake yeast beers can be, but a pleasant beer to drink whilst cooking dinner (beef chili)
kurtthomsen (3611) ticked Revanche from De Dochter van de Korenaar 5 months ago
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Charbon from De Dochter van de Korenaar 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Bierhuys Woerden. Black beer lasting tan head. Smoked aroma no doubt. Smoked bacon and sausage. Its big. Dark chocolate smoke Smoked sausage. Flavour. Excellent. I liked it. Good smoke good chocolate good malt. Drinkable too.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
330 ml bottle. Pours a dark brown with lots of carbonation but little head. Aromas of oak, caramel, a little whisky, a little candi sugar, and dry toasty malts. Flavors follow same with more oak and whisky, plus leather and raisins. Complex. Very good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The brewery with the most beautiful name in Belgium (though surrounded by the Netherlands in a bizarre twist of historical fate), referring to a quote attributed to Ghent-born emperor Charles V, is not afraid to experiment every now and then, and this one somehow sparked my curiosity: a blonde aged in barrels (which ones remains undisclosed) and flavoured with pine tree resin, as a tribute to the ancient Greek retsina tradition, stemming from a custom of sealing wine amphoras with Aleppo pine tree resin - a custom far predating the non-resinous wines the Romans started producing. Inches thick, egg-white, bath foam-like, coarse head, initially towering over a hazy warm yellow blonde beer with apricot blush, but settling after a while. Aroma of indeed strong pine tree resin in an almost air freshener-like way, retsina, fresh mediterranean herbs in the way of sage or rosemary, spiced crackers, bergamot, some light oak, grapefruit zest, juniper berries. Crisp, spritzy onset, fruity, sweetish with sourish undertone, lively hints of pear, fresh persimmon, some pineapple and red apple, strongly carbonated with supple body; soft white-bready malts with a dash of spice bread, a spiciness later revealing itself as being linked to that resin, which becomes tangy, herbal and a bit astringent, ethereal even, yet somehow refreshing. It is coupled with a late but effective, drying, grassy hop bitterness and only mild traces of woody tannins, while the initial fruitiness remains as vivid as it was from the start. The hops and the resin combined form a somewhat citrusy effect - I guess citric hops were used, and they have remained more lively than average for a barrel aged beer. Quite a daring move, many people seem to hate retsina for that resinous effect alone and I must admit I was fearing the worst as well, but this brewery's craftmanship is so great that they managed to create a summery, refreshing, tasty and entertaining ale out of a rather ill-fated premise. Much better than expected - I do not see many other breweries in Western Europe pull of a pine resin-flavoured ale this elegantly.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Dochter van de Korenaar's celebrated quadrupel aged in peated whisky barrels - a new batch, not mentioning the Islay whisky anymore but simply called 'Embrasse Peated' and coming from a longneck bottle; I assume it is still the same thing so I refrained from creating a new entry for it, but I will leave it up to the admins to find that out as I have not quite kept track of all these Embrasse variants in recent years, alas. Thick and moussey, pale yellowish beige, tiny-bubbled and dense, very regular, stable head on a misty dark bronze-brown robe with mahogany glow. Aroma of quite some peat indeed but more actual (wet) peat than iodine bandage, heavily hovering over impressions of caramel, smoky barbecue sauce, dried prunes, old raisins, brown bread dough, actual whisky, dry earth, black tea, dried fig, nutmeg, bayleaf, wood glue. Fruity onset, sweetish but not as sweet as many other quads (as can be said of the base beer, of course), hints of dried fig, prune and dried goji berries, with a sprinkle of brown sugar on top just to remind us that it is a quad we are having, but also with a dim sourish undertone; moderate carb, full and smooth, bit fluffy body. Brown-bready, roasted walnutty, dry-caramelly malt core, the sweetness lingering for a bit but becoming more fruity (dried dark fruits in this case) and eventually giving way to the peat, which comes in strong and smoky, but not overly iodine-like. Instead it adds a umami aspect to a warming, bit herbal, dark-malty and rich finish, in which aspects of bayleaf, salmiak and clove linger over a refined, yet confident bitterness, consisting of both a toasty aspect and herbal hops. The whisky as such does begin to dominate a bit in the end, with an actual whisky flavour and accompanying peppery alcohol heat - just a tad too much for my personal liking, but the sheer soundness of the basic beer can take a beating, and the whole remains firmly upright. Quite a complex evening sipper, but peated whisky is very much present here, on the brink of becoming overly dominant even - so be prepared for that. Not one for the 'easy' and sweet quad lover, I guess - this is more challenging, but also very rewarding in the end.
Franclh (7477) reviewed Beau-Monde from De Dochter van de Korenaar 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Fles 33cl thuis. Sinaasappel, droog, wat caramel, bloemig, bitters, yeasty, maltig, fruitig. (25-7-2025).