Benzai
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Sampled from bottle at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". Opaque black color, small off-white. Aroma is meh, way too much soy sauce. Don't like it. Flavor is malts, quite sweet, some spices, vanilla, pecan notes, boozy still. Hmm not really my thing. Too heavy for me.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Watershed from Vanished Valley Brewing Company 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled from can at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". A bit hazy yellow color, average sized white head. A bit unclear yellow color, small white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, sweetish hoppy a bit, nicely light dank hoppy, hop bitters. Solid. Very solid.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Starnakel from Ridder Bliek 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
Sampled from bottle at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". Yellow color, white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, wheat, herbal, spices a bit, yeasty also a bit, anise seeds? Odd. Not my thing at all. Bleh.
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Benzai (24515) reviewed Beau et Joli (2023 - Bottle) from Het Boerenerf 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled from bottle [2025] at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". Red to purple color, small off-white head. Smell and taste sourish, red fruit, tart, tart bitter. Alright but not a great match with spicy chicken.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Black Agnes (Batch 04) from Schramm's Mead 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from bottle at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". Opaque dark red color, no head. Aroma and flavor are red fruit, intense, a bit sharp. Boozy also. Okay.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Anabasis - Blend #4 from Side Project Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Sampled from bottle at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". Opaque pitch black color, virtually no head. Aroma and flavor are malts, heavy soy sauce, soy sauce bitter. Hmm no, not my kind of beer.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Kiss Daddy Goodbye from Browar Monsters 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Sampled from can at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". A bit unclear yellow color, small white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, hoppy, citrusy, lemon twist even, lemon citrusy bitter. Okay.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled from bottle at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". Opaque pitch black color, no head. Aroma and flavor is malts, soft toasty malts, soft roast, bourbon, bitter finish. Awesome. Oh damn this is awesome.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Triple Meltdown from Brouwerij Zuyd Craft 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled from bottle at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". Murky yellow color, small white head. Aroma and flavor are lightly malts, hoppy, fruity hoppy, lightly dank, sweetish, but somewhat bitter as well. Superb!