Kraddel
Dessel, Belgium 🇧🇪 Supporter AdminOptions
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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.
Always interested in meeting up/sharing beers / trading beer .
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 !
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pours slightly unclear blonde. Medium sized, bit creamy white head of high-average stability. Scent is malty, fairly mild, white bread mostly. Taste is quite sweet (more so than expected) , rather high to high DMS, which I didn't detect as strongly on the nose. Malty, minor hopbitterness (not enough to counter the sweetness). Bit diacetyl, perhaps (low amounts) . Not bad, but ceretainly not great either.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2025
at 13:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
One of the tougher ones to get, as I did seem to have missed this back when. Fortunately, The mysterious mister G helped me out, and here I am. For today's celebratory bottle - Zenne with a specific Moscatel - barrel history. Moscatel, generally being my least favorite of the unblended sherries (though 1 or 2 examples really do peak above and beyond, Tonelles by Valdespino being one of the best sherries or even drinks i've ever tried) is typically very floral, fruity, and (to me) pot pourri, but less so than muskat wines for instance. I'm curious to how it will lend itself to this barrel story.
Pours a rather unclear amberblonde. Medium small white head, of low-average stability. Scent is very full, funky and woody. Less sharp than the average modern era 3F. Sherry isn't very prominently recognizable, but does give a lot of complexity to the aroma. Indeed some of the (what I call) pot pourri, but that (less loved by me) feature is very low and even more so acceptable. It's got a certain 'wine' like alcohol touch, grapyness. The taste is quite dry, loads of sherry now - but less on the typical moscatel. Tasting blindly, Fino is the one that pops up the most in my mind - even though thats very different. It's very dry, it's got that yeast-touch '(like Fino) , and the slightly higher alcohol. Very mild oxidation, but it builds up as I sip more and more from this one.Ooh this is an interesting batch. The stuff I like less about moscatel, is very tuned down. I imagine this being a negative for those (who know the type and) expected to taste more of that. For me personally though, it delivers a Fino-like front, with a more oxidative backbone. Amontillado, almost. Very, very interesting how the expression of the barrel can be so different to the sherrystyle that came out of it. It lacks some of the brutality and power (of the oxidative notes) to be in line with the very best ZYF's, but this one in terms of quality and expression can be concidered one of the better ones for sure. Elegant yet funky yet barrel expressive. Wonderfull !
Very dry finish, feels more boozy than the 7% it's listed as on the bottle.
If I run into another bottle by some mystery, this surely would be a buy-again !
Pours a rather unclear amberblonde. Medium small white head, of low-average stability. Scent is very full, funky and woody. Less sharp than the average modern era 3F. Sherry isn't very prominently recognizable, but does give a lot of complexity to the aroma. Indeed some of the (what I call) pot pourri, but that (less loved by me) feature is very low and even more so acceptable. It's got a certain 'wine' like alcohol touch, grapyness. The taste is quite dry, loads of sherry now - but less on the typical moscatel. Tasting blindly, Fino is the one that pops up the most in my mind - even though thats very different. It's very dry, it's got that yeast-touch '(like Fino) , and the slightly higher alcohol. Very mild oxidation, but it builds up as I sip more and more from this one.Ooh this is an interesting batch. The stuff I like less about moscatel, is very tuned down. I imagine this being a negative for those (who know the type and) expected to taste more of that. For me personally though, it delivers a Fino-like front, with a more oxidative backbone. Amontillado, almost. Very, very interesting how the expression of the barrel can be so different to the sherrystyle that came out of it. It lacks some of the brutality and power (of the oxidative notes) to be in line with the very best ZYF's, but this one in terms of quality and expression can be concidered one of the better ones for sure. Elegant yet funky yet barrel expressive. Wonderfull !
Very dry finish, feels more boozy than the 7% it's listed as on the bottle.
If I run into another bottle by some mystery, this surely would be a buy-again !
Tried
on 12 Jun 2025
at 17:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pours unclear warm amberblonde. MEdium small white head fades fast, but not instantly. Scent is fairly mild on the funk, oak and lactic, almost like a AMLAM more than a lambic. Less agressive and fruity though, creating an experience that's more of a stand-alone. Taste is very phenolic (caught me a bit by surprise here) , brett, wood (very outspoken wood, even tannic - are these fresh barels?) and quite damn bitter (most bitter geuze-style to date to me) Acidity is mild. The beer isn't that balanced to me, bitterness should be way down, acidity (way) up , and a more complex yeast/funk character to be really 'in style'. As a beer on it's own, I still think this is far to bitter for it's balance. Shame, I expected quite a bit more of this one. As a huge fan of Sherry (Fino being one of them) I have no clue as to why the label states it has qualities of a Fino Sherry - it simply doesn't, nowhere near. I say this with the absolute most respect to Ronald, a very talented brewer, but this beer - if a Geuze style is the goal, should be tweaked quite a bit. If a Fino-like beer is the goal, perhaps it's best to start with a blank page.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2025
at 18:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours very hazed yellow, medium sized white head. Scent is very NZ style hops, loads of stonefruit-stones. a certain harshness, underripe fruityness. Taste is medium bitter, but it does build up to medium-high. Very fruity, I can get why they called it kiwi, but stonefruits are more dominant to me personally. Quite danky. Medium body and carbo. Bitter, frutiy finish. Intense beer, delivering as promised, but perhaps not for those who seek balance . I'm happy to drink the can, but would not easely buy again since it's a bit of an exhausting profile that easely gets 'a bit much'.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2025
at 09:32
Kraddel
updated a beer:
Zenne y Frontera (Season 17|18) Blend No. 21
brewed by Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
1 year ago
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Solodome / master level.
Pours black, darkly tanned, medium small, medium low stability head. Scent is roasty, chocolate, mild vanilla. Showing some of the age (nearly 10 y old at this point) , but not troublesome. hints of soy. Taste is full, roasty, still quite a bit of barrel heath. Silky mouthfeel, fairly thick especially since its 10 y old, both in age, as well as how imperial stouts were simply less thick back than. Dark chocolate, some vanilla (not very loud) . Quite boozy (not over the top, but surely high) Notes of coffee (roasted). Malt-forward beer but rather balanced. Has an ever-so-slight spicy note to it as well. Medium low carbo. Not bad, especially concidering it's age.
Pours black, darkly tanned, medium small, medium low stability head. Scent is roasty, chocolate, mild vanilla. Showing some of the age (nearly 10 y old at this point) , but not troublesome. hints of soy. Taste is full, roasty, still quite a bit of barrel heath. Silky mouthfeel, fairly thick especially since its 10 y old, both in age, as well as how imperial stouts were simply less thick back than. Dark chocolate, some vanilla (not very loud) . Quite boozy (not over the top, but surely high) Notes of coffee (roasted). Malt-forward beer but rather balanced. Has an ever-so-slight spicy note to it as well. Medium low carbo. Not bad, especially concidering it's age.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2025
at 15:35
Kraddel
updated a beer:
Mākaha Tropical Fruit Punch Hazy Sour
brewed by Urbanaut Brewing Co
1 year ago