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Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston Bio (Season 23|24) Blend No. 27
brewed by Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a bit unclear , blonde. Medium sized , stable white head. Scent is barnyard and clear funk, elegant citrus and freshness. Relatively much wood as well. A typical aroma for the modern 3F .
Taste is full, rhubarb-like acidity, even a touch fruity (obviously no rubarb in here) Citrussy, fairly dry, some tannins even. Woody. Vibrant, mild barnyard. High CO2. Decent, pretty unique to the rhubarb like character (never really had that in an unfruited lambic before).
Kraddel (15810) reviewed Steam Brew Imperial Stout from Lidl 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
An imperial stout in a supermarket? what a time to be alive ! Granted, it's a supermarketbrand, and not just any - lidl (in my opinion the worst beerselection of the supermarkets) but hey, it's a start ! Their IPA was actually OK-ish (better than the German Red) , both being above expectations for what it is. This one, I feared a bit more, doubting to even buy it. Buy hey, just for the fun of it, let's try and see. Pours quite near to black, although the foam is only mildly tanned offwhite, and fairly fast fading. Scent is very weak. Some roasted malts, some coffee, but nowhere near the intensity it should be . On the plus side, there's no straight up flaws at first glance, and being only 7.5, this is definately pushing the (bottom) limit of what IS imperial stout, so let's give it some slack on the intensity. Taste is similar, nothing off, to my pleasant surprise, and not too sweet. Fairly in style. Only, quite damn silent. Barely drinking anything more intense than your average, industrial lager. It has notes of roast, coffee, a tad burnt (again, FAR less than feared/expected), even notes of dark chocolate. But they're all to be found like I'm a damn detective rather than a random guy with a beer in front of the TV. Mouthfeel is thin - for the style (bit thicker than a lager, but thats the direction it goes) . Medium bitterness, medium low sweetness. Bottom line, expectations far exceeded, and not a bad beer at this ABV (though even for this, it should be far more intense) - but an imperial stout at 7.5 is pushing it, if you THAN deliver a weak beer for said 7.5, what you have left is... A roasty lager-replacer competing in what your marketing has decided is the correct category - the likes of all the great Imperial Stouts we know and love. I think it would benefit from amping up the intensity, possibly if needed the ABV as well, or lowering the ABV whilst maintaining the intensity, and just calling it 'stout' (non imperial). As it is now, the beer falls between everything it could benefit from. Finally, I do want to express the respect that an underdog like Lidl took to release this - hopefully this can be the start of several other, more 'craft' inspired beers, perhaps even working towards even better quality.
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Kraddel (15810) reviewed Piacere from Brasserie Cantillon 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours darker pink / purple. pinkwhite, medium sized head. Scent is very typically Cantillon funk, quite intensely so, ever-so-smooth with the grapes. Cherry and strawberries (both fresh) come to mind. Mild wood. Taste is full, smooth cantillon funk and grape character. again, cherry and strawberry come to mind, with some earthyness and very light but surely present tannins. wood takes the background option. Acidity is mild. Quite a good middle ground between wine and beer, with way less tannins than red wine, but the fruityness it should have, is all there. Along with the mild acdidity that lifts it's drinkability, this is a very good one indeed. Worth the 'hype' ? perhaps not, concidering other, less hyped Cantillon - but surely so this is a beer to savour, and another proof why Cantillon is as loved as they are.
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Kraddel (15810) reviewed Hövels Original from Hövels Hausbrauerei 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a clear, medium dark amberbrown. Frothy, stable creamwhite head. Scent is bit skunked (oh green glass goodness --' ) biscuitty malts. Taste is fresh, slightest bitterness, fairly crisp maltyness (biscuits) some dark bread aspects. Tad sharp (towards metallic, but not quite so) and mild skunk. OK. Nothing majorly off (just bottle in brown bottles, please! ) but nothing groundbreaking either. Very drinkable
Kraddel (15810) reviewed French Toast by Campfire from Timber Ales 6 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours black, which is already quite cool as most lower abv stouts tend to be dark brown rather than black. Medium sized, stable, tanned head. Scent is mild, somewhat milky coffee, milkchocolate, smooth but low volume. Taste is smooth, medium body (at this abv !!) maple shines trough first. Very mild vanilla, and notes of coffee beneath. But maple truly takes the lead, and it works quite well honestly. Medium low carbo. Finish is sweet-ish ( the whole experience is, but never too much so) and aromatic of maple and coffee (no real vanilla here). Very tasty , for its ABV this is amazing. The mind goes towards some high class imperial pastrys trying to compare, which absolutely makes no sence, but thats the quality it's got. Mind you, compare this to any other stout(ish) beer at this ABV, and i think I might need to call this the ... Best I've ever had? Impressive stuff. My first beer from this seemingly hyped brewery, and so far, i'm intrigued to try a few more.
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Kraddel (15810) reviewed Etznab from Totem 6 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
Pours very dark brown with a huge tanned head of medium good stability. Scent is quite ashy, lactose, almost a bit metallic, BE (bit stressed) yeast profile. Remembering one of my homebrews trough this ;) Taste is roasty, bit ashy, very carbonated, dominant yeast slickness, esters, bit stress, making it fairly oily-chewy coffee-with-milk like. Overcarbonated and not really my thing at all. I had this happening to one of my homebrews as well - even though Totem are much better brewers than I'll ever be, but this one doesn't really cut it for me. Truth be told, it's a few years past it's BBD, and it shows little to no negative age factors, its just the overcarbonation and yeast vs roast balance that does it for me.
Kraddel (15810) reviewed Captain Salt from Varvar Brew 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5
Pours clear, medium light colored yellowblonde. Fairly large, stable white head. Scent is spiced, coriander (and quite a lot actually) very mellow maltyness beneath. Taste is mildly tart, but has a certain swetness to it. Lots of coriander (honestly, calm it down a notch) - turning it fairly soapy (and I'm not even one of those people that genetically taste coriander as soapy). Saltyness is mild, as is according to (traditional) style, but the coriander overkill really ruins the beer to me. Beyond that, it's fairly thin (as is correct), medium low carbo, gentle and mild. If better balanced, this would be quite likeable.
Kraddel (15810) reviewed Hell Alkoholfrei from Klosterbrauerei Andechs 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pours clear, darker bright yellowgolden color. Medium large white, stable head. Scent is malty, very naturally and bready, like brewing beer but less DMS (luckely) Not very intense but surely not bad at all. Taste is very mild, somewhat malty, but mostly just 'empty'. Tad sweet, some minor bitterness. Like beer-flavored sparkling water, more than AF beer. Nothing bad, nothing wrong, just so damn weak (yes, weak IN the category of NA) that it's hard to give this one much love.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a hazy yellowblonde. Medium sized, stable white head. Scent is full, malty (white bread) , touch noble hops as well. Fairly restrained on the lager yeast profile. Taste is surprisingly bitter (modest, but surely more than expected) quickly to be overtaken by the maltyness. Fairly crisp, but the beer has got a certain 'heavy' feel to it as well. At times drinks a bit like a cross-over between sparkling water and beer, given to how easy this drinks (positive) or modest intensity it presents as a beer (negative) Medium body, medium high carbonation . Not overly expressive, not truly taking the drinker to unknown territory, but a fine summer drinkin' beer nevertheless.