7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
‘Smoked mild ale’ (another seemingly pointless hybridization of traditions) by this Amsterdam brewer, bottled in 75 cl bottles for this year’s BXL Beerfest pack. Foamy, pale greyish beige, stable head lacing in shreds over a clear, deep dark amber-glowing caramel brown beer with visible sparkling. Aroma of burnt wood and bonfire, caramel, bubblegum, red apple, unsalted peanuts, green pear, medlar, soggy toast, old cotton cloth. Sweet-and-sourish fruitiness in the mouth, red apple and fresh blueberry notes but fairly clean, medium carbonated with slick, smooth body; a subtle sourish fruitiness continues along a caramelly and clearly wheat-sourish maltiness, which reprises the smokiness in the end, albeit it not in a dominant way, rather as an added layer of aroma to the whole. Lingering apple-ish fruitiness meets a toasty bitterish note in the end, while this underlying wheat sourishness remains strong. There is literally nothing in this beer (not ABV, not yeast or malt profile, not flavour) that reminds me of an English mild ale: if anything, this is more a smoked Dunkelweizen of sorts – but that too, perhaps, is a pointless blending of traditions… In all: enjoyable for what it is, but drop the mild ale association please, clearly this beer has absolutely nothing to do with that and you know it.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2022
at 12:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.33 l bottle from 'Het Biermoment', bottled in June 2022. Hazy, deep amber with a thin, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, malty, gently floral and a little funky aroma of caramel, honey, straw and some spruce. Quite sweet, malty,moderately bitter, gently floral, slightly herbal and a little funky taste of honey, caramel, spruce, straw, juniper and grains, followed by a short, moderately bitter finish. Medium body, smooth and slightly oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Something really different for once, well-brewed as well. Interesting!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2022
at 19:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours a deep mahogaby brown colour and a dense off white head with a small layer retention. Aroma's: sour, vinegar, red fruit, BT mossy yeast. Retronasal: a little sweet, light sour, a pinch of salt. Medium bodied. Finishes sourish and a little bit bitter. As with the first edition, it works in a weird way.
Tried
from Bottle
from
De Bierkoning
on 27 Sep 2022
at 19:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
75cl bottle from Etre Gourmet web shop. F: big, tanned, creamy, good retention. C: dark brown, hazy. A: smoky, caramel, bready, apples peels, mellow fruity, toast touch. T: medium malty base, light bready, caramel, smoky tones, toast, apples, quite dry on the palate, soft carbonation, I like smoked beer so very nice for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2022
at 18:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle (BXL Beer Fest 2022 pack). Color: Slightly hazy orangish copper, frothy beige head. Aroma: Smoke, malty, caramel. Taste: Very smooth, mild, malty, wheat malt, caramel and smoke. Floral and grassy hop background with light hints of citrus. Bit earthy and hints of cardboard (Barley). Medium body, below average carbonation. Moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter, going to over moderate hopbitterness at long lasting finish. Great beer from this evenly great brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2022
at 18:53
8/10
Päris ägedalt suitsune, pole liiga magus ega midagi. Kui norida millegi kallal, siis karbunn on veits kõrge, maitses on õrn pärmisus ja bukett mõjub veits happeliselt. Aga muidu positiivne üllatus, õlu #1 BXL pakist.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2022
at 23:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours a clear dark brown/red colour and a dense beige head with long retention. Aroma's: moss, musty, fruit candies. Retronasal it's sweet, fruit candies, moss, wood, bitter. Flavour is sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Fairly bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2022
at 19:54
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2022
at 20:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at dB’s. Pale golden. Massive crisp dry malts, flowery hops, dough. Very crisp, but also a hint of yeast. More flowery than I expected.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2022
at 18:29
6/10
Magus, kuiv , herbaalne. Veits meh.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2022
at 16:58