Certified Cicerone ® & BJCP Recognized Beerjudge
Bartender @ Beerlovers Bar & Owner @ Siris About Beer.
All ratings displayed on this site are personal opinions, and are not neccesarily to be seen as professional reviews. Some of these beers have been drank in conditions that were far from optimal. If you'd like a professional review of your beer, please contact me.
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Next to beer, I have a big passion for Ice cider, Mead, and Sherry. Exploring the wine and spirit world asside of this all.
Allow me to explain a bit on how I score. These are based on personal enjoyment. Quality & 'in style' are part of that enjoyment, but won't totally make or break a drink, if I myself have a different opinion.
Whiskey : Rated on the website 'whiskeybase' ( account Kraddell )
Wine : Rated on the App / Site 'Vivino' ( Account named Kraddel . ) <-- with the dot.
Still searching a medium for other spirits, so those aren't online for now. If you know anything, let me know ;)
For all mediums, the score is decided like this :
100 : Absolute perfection. Must have sampled it at least twice, and be mindblown twice.
90 - 100 : absolutely amazing. I'd like a drink like this anytime, even if it ain't the cheapest.
80-90 : Very damn good. It'll depend a bit more on the price - but this is probably one to seek out.
70-80 : better than average . Will likely enjoy again if it's priced compeditive.
70 : Average score for anything with alcohol .
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50 : The absolute middlepoint ( pure H2O ) Anything with alcohol beneath 50 is simply not worth drinking (seriously, concider your liver)
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05 : The absolute, final downpoint . Songs shall be written about how this attack to the tastebuds has started a rage within, killing inocent bystanders for no apparent reason - other than the fact my life is ruined by drinking this. On the other hand, it's kinda interesting to try something THIS bad, so you should probably seek it out !
As you can see, I use the FULL scale , and a rating of 70 by myself isn't bad at all !
Activity
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours a darker amberblonde, with a orange, slightly peach-lookin' glow. Small, nearly no white head. Scent is full, very ripe plum, milder wood and funk. bit (burnt) rubber, but nothing troublesome. Taste is intensely tart, fairly acidic. overripe (!) fruityness, fading very fast. Aftertaste is nearly blank, acidity seems quite simple, but the little aroma it does bring, isn't that great... Well, given it's hefty price point I knew it was a risk, but even than I expected more than this, surely...
Tried
on 30 Jun 2025
at 18:30
Kraddel
added a new beer
21 Con Sangue Di Drago
by
Cantina Errante
1 year ago
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours hazy blonde. Small white head. Scent is mild, malty, tad fruity by hops, fairly simple and sweet impression. Taste is medium intense, mild hoppyness. Crispy maltyness. Tad citrussy. Bit sweet, but not as much as feared. Actually, quite decent for a NA . I expected far worse from this company.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2025
at 16:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pours a clear blonde. Small white, persistant head. Scent is typical NA maltyness, quite citrussy as well. Taste is very mildly tart, but quite simplistic so (lactic) don't get a lot of saltyness, but certainly a little minerality. Touch of coriander, it seems, Not crazy about the endresult, very recognizable NA , with minor tweaks to go towards a gose. Drinkable, yes, but not a seek-out. Has too much residual sweetness as well
Tried
on 29 Jun 2025
at 11:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours peachy amber. Small pinkwhite head. Scent is like... Old, somehow, syrupy, bit fruity (red fruits). Fairly weak in intensity, typical NA maltsyrupy aroma. Taste is sweet, syrupy but not AS sweet and sugary as , for instanse, fruitbeers. malty (syrupy) Has a certain spicyness in the back, like peppers are used. Very unexpected twist , and I like it, actually.
Turns out the ingredient list is quite helpfull, contains a variety of fruit juices (5% each), and habanero pepper indeed. Calling it a beer mocktail themselves, I guess you can look at it either way, since many fruitbeers are also simply added juice. Anyway, the endresult is something quite surprising, in a good way. Not a big fan of the aroma, medium fan of the taste, but the aftertaste (peppers) works really well and make this something i'd buy again !
Turns out the ingredient list is quite helpfull, contains a variety of fruit juices (5% each), and habanero pepper indeed. Calling it a beer mocktail themselves, I guess you can look at it either way, since many fruitbeers are also simply added juice. Anyway, the endresult is something quite surprising, in a good way. Not a big fan of the aroma, medium fan of the taste, but the aftertaste (peppers) works really well and make this something i'd buy again !
Tried
on 27 Jun 2025
at 17:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
After hunting this for a while, I had to give up - seemingly an Italy only release, though this is just based on where i found it was (or is) sold and rated. I was more than happy to be surprised with a webshop i've never heard of from Antwerp (Gastrobeer) having it in stock, found whilst hunting a different beer. Yay !
So, 2021 edition, bought and sampled in june 2025 - some years but not too much given the style of beer it is. Pours slightly unclear blonde, medium small, medium low stability white head. Scent is straight up Oud Beersel, now with a bit more emphasis on the oak - which doesn't show much of the wine to me, more woody. Sure, some wine can be found, but it's either very low intensity, or my mind is fooling me because I know it should be there. Or both ! Taste is sharp, and a bit more acidic than the average oud beersel. Of course it has the great things an OB geuze always has - the ripe and full apple aroma that makes them unique, the soft yet assetive funk,.. All with a bit more woody notes, and again, very little of the wine. It's a pretty solid beer - but that's just the Oud beersel geuze - the barrel isn't as pronounced as I had hoped it to be, to justify the name and special release I simply expected it a bit more up front. Guess I'm 'just' drinking a (delicious) Oude Geuze ;)
So, 2021 edition, bought and sampled in june 2025 - some years but not too much given the style of beer it is. Pours slightly unclear blonde, medium small, medium low stability white head. Scent is straight up Oud Beersel, now with a bit more emphasis on the oak - which doesn't show much of the wine to me, more woody. Sure, some wine can be found, but it's either very low intensity, or my mind is fooling me because I know it should be there. Or both ! Taste is sharp, and a bit more acidic than the average oud beersel. Of course it has the great things an OB geuze always has - the ripe and full apple aroma that makes them unique, the soft yet assetive funk,.. All with a bit more woody notes, and again, very little of the wine. It's a pretty solid beer - but that's just the Oud beersel geuze - the barrel isn't as pronounced as I had hoped it to be, to justify the name and special release I simply expected it a bit more up front. Guess I'm 'just' drinking a (delicious) Oude Geuze ;)
Tried
on 26 Jun 2025
at 19:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
What a coincidence (and it's not the first time I noticed) - a brewery makes something totally unique (that takes a lot of time) and way sooner than possible if they're copying, another brewery makes something so similar.
In this case, Lindemans their Cuvee renee dark (dark lambic aged on cognac barrels) and this Bogaerden Black Geuze (similar concept) are released within half a year , give or take, yet the brewing cycle takes way longer. I wonder if they talked (or spied, lol) or this really IS coincidence. It happened before with the way older-lambic-geuze releases we've seen after the pandemic, or similar new fruits all of a sudden used multiple times.
Anyway, since the Cuvee Renee Dark was pretty good, I have higher expectations of this ! It's caught up with me, having to much to drink in stock, as I haven't found the time to sample Sako's regular geuze yet (previously called adelaar, since now called Bogaerden - same concept and blend, just rebranding) . This release is the first (together with the oude geuze) under the Bogaerden name.
Gusher allert !
Pours dark brown, small white head with visual yeast residue in the foam, even though it's the first glass out of a 75cl bottle - guess the action comes from below in this gushing process, taking the particles with it. Scent is roasty, tart, but very mild on the funk. Some wood, but not specific on the cognac at all. Kinda getting more sour-stout vibes here, even though the roastyness isn't thát outspoken. Taste is full, tart and dry, bit too acetic, sharp, paint thinner / glue like harshness. Aftertaste is quite burning on the acidity, more of the velpon-like aroma. Delivers less complexity, and way, way less refinement than the lindemans. This beer deserves some finetuning. All that being said, the negatives aren't overpowering, it's not a drainpour - it's just not yet where it should be.
In this case, Lindemans their Cuvee renee dark (dark lambic aged on cognac barrels) and this Bogaerden Black Geuze (similar concept) are released within half a year , give or take, yet the brewing cycle takes way longer. I wonder if they talked (or spied, lol) or this really IS coincidence. It happened before with the way older-lambic-geuze releases we've seen after the pandemic, or similar new fruits all of a sudden used multiple times.
Anyway, since the Cuvee Renee Dark was pretty good, I have higher expectations of this ! It's caught up with me, having to much to drink in stock, as I haven't found the time to sample Sako's regular geuze yet (previously called adelaar, since now called Bogaerden - same concept and blend, just rebranding) . This release is the first (together with the oude geuze) under the Bogaerden name.
Gusher allert !
Pours dark brown, small white head with visual yeast residue in the foam, even though it's the first glass out of a 75cl bottle - guess the action comes from below in this gushing process, taking the particles with it. Scent is roasty, tart, but very mild on the funk. Some wood, but not specific on the cognac at all. Kinda getting more sour-stout vibes here, even though the roastyness isn't thát outspoken. Taste is full, tart and dry, bit too acetic, sharp, paint thinner / glue like harshness. Aftertaste is quite burning on the acidity, more of the velpon-like aroma. Delivers less complexity, and way, way less refinement than the lindemans. This beer deserves some finetuning. All that being said, the negatives aren't overpowering, it's not a drainpour - it's just not yet where it should be.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2025
at 16:23
Kraddel
added a new beer
Bogaerden Black Geuze
by
Brouwerij-Stokerij Sako
1 year ago
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours black, tanned, fairly small head with low average stability. Scent is pastry, but not overly intense (for the style). vanilla, roasty, loads of cloves, which build up more and more. Taste is full, cloves-forward (overruling, even). Vanilla, some chocolate, roasty. Medium body (thin for the style). Not overly sweet, it's more balanced than expected. Not a fan of the cloves (at all), and still think this isn't intense or thick enough - but in terms of bitter vs sweet, this one does a good job. Unfortunately, that isn't enough to surpass the totallity of the beer.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2025
at 18:22