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nathanvc

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The user formerly known as nathanvc from Ratebeer. // Active ticker since 2014, more or less. Variable rating format according to sample size, time and mood. I like big Stouts, most BA things, East Coast DIPAs, wild stuff and Oud Bruin (if I can find some, that is). // #1: Moeder Overste #500: AleSmith Speedway Stout #1000: De Feniks Mc In Memries 2018 Barrel Aged Wiskey Infused #1500: Struise Black Damnation II - Mocha Bomb #2000: Totem Baldr (Laphroaig) #3000: Evil Twin Excuse Me. Do You Speak French Toast? #5000: Russian River Pliny The Elder. // Check out my +1 on Untappd: https://untappd.com/user/ankevh

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nathanvc (7180) reviewed

Oude Gueuze à l'Ancienne - Cuvée Marie-Catherine (2021-2022) from Gueuzerie Tilquin

6 months ago

8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8

12 September 2025. At Rose Red, Bruges. Cheers to Anke, mom & dad!

Hazy golden, thin, foamy, white head. Aroma of gooseberry, quince, green apple, rhubarb, oak, horseblanket, vague rosemary. Taste has sour gooseberry, quince, apple & plum in a bread-crusty, sourdough-like malt body surrounded by funky notes of hay, grass and cheese. Very long, mouth-puckering finish, lots of lactic acid, rhubarb, some grape, oak-like tannins and soft white wine-like alcohol. Medium body, moussy texture, average carbonation. Feels very 'noble'; relatively acidic with restrained funk.

Tried on 12 Sep 2025 at 13:15

nathanvc updated a beer: Aardnon / Earthnun (2009) brewed by De Struise Brouwers
6 months ago

nathanvc (7180) reviewed

Aardnon / Earthnun (2009) from De Struise Brouwers

6 months ago

8.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9.5 Texture 8 Overall 9

12 September 2025. At Rose Red, Bruges. Cheers to Anke, mom & dad! Bottled: 18/2/2016.

Hazy dark brown, very thin, tan head. Aroma of ruby port, oxidised red wine, soy sauce, gingerbread, tobacco, malt vinegar, 'prosciutto crudo', cherry, brambleberry. Taste has sour cherry, brambleberry, blackcurrant, green apple, some sweetish ripe passion fruit & nectarine as well in a gingerbready, bit almondy, jam-like malt body with a touch of umami soy sauce. Tart cherry pits, dried dark fruits and woody tannins in the finish, whiff of herbal tobacco and warming ruby port- or red wine-like alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Intense and complex, absolutely gorgeous example of the style.

Tried on 12 Sep 2025 at 13:09

nathanvc (7180) reviewed

Onze Casimir from Zwaan9

6 months ago

5.4/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5

Bottle from Bier van Olier.
A: gusher! Hazy golden, huge, frothy, white head.
A: iron, soda water, starch, wheat, lemon zest.
T: sweetish apple & pear, sourish wheat, clove.
F: grassy hops, yellow fruit, spices, iron.
P: medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation.
Too fizzy, spicy, metallic too; all over the place (also literally).

Tried on 26 Dec 2025 at 13:56

nathanvc (7180) reviewed

Bruin from Bryggja

6 months ago

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Bottle.
A: hazy dark brown, small, foamy, tan head.
A: liquorice, aniseed, beef stock, brown bread, iron.
T: sweetish fig & prune, herbal liquorice & aniseed, toast.
F: herbal hops, spices, toast, touch of coffee.
P: medium body, thin oily texture, average carbonation.
Does have some redeeming 'brown' aspects but it leans too heavily still on the herbal profile.

Tried on 26 Dec 2025 at 13:53

nathanvc (7180) reviewed

8.6 Extreme from Royal Swinkels (Bavaria Brouwerij / Swinkels Family Brewers / SFB)

6 months ago

3.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3.5

Can from Delhaize.
A: clear golden, stable, frothy, white head.
A: cooked apple, vodka, white rum, white sugar, detergent, wet cloth.
T: sweet cooked apple & pear, white sugar, soap, bitter vodka.
F: wry, bitter plastic, boozy vodka-like alcohol.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Despite the obnoxious alcohol, it's actually more tasteless than wry.

Tried on 26 Dec 2025 at 13:50

nathanvc (7180) reviewed

Onze Louis from Zwaan9

6 months ago

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5

Bottle from Bier van Olier.
A: hazy amber, stable, small, off-white head.
A: apple peel, earth, ground chestnut, soap, rye.
T: sweetish apple & pear, sourish note, spicy spelt, earth.
F: bitter grassy hops, earth, spices, some warming alcohol.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Bit dirty, all in all forgettable.

Tried on 26 Dec 2025 at 13:41

nathanvc (7180) reviewed

Welcome to the House of Freaks from BramBrass

6 months ago

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8

Bottle from Stacks. Hazy black, stable, foamy, beige head. Aroma of espresso, tobacco, chocolate sauce, black olive, salmiak, peated whisky, charred wood. Taste has sweetish raisin & brambleberry in a dark-chocolatey malt body; bitter 'caffè crema' along with umami salmiak & smoke in the middle. Peppery hops in the finish, pronounced coffee roast & fondant and warming peated whisky-like alcohol, establishing the smoky effect until the very end withouth overdoing it. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Another powerful Brambrass Stout.

Tried on 26 Dec 2025 at 12:29

nathanvc updated a beer: Welcome to the House of Freaks brewed by BramBrass
6 months ago

nathanvc (7180) reviewed

Cheddar Broccoli from Other Half Brewing

6 months ago

8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

Can from Stacks. Hazy yellow, stable, foamy, white head. Aroma of pineapple, peach, lychee, cheese, physalis, sweat, sweet onion, citrus rind. Taste has sweet pineapple, physalis & mandarin over bitter citrus pith in a biscuity malt body surrounded by dank sweet onion notes. Lots of floral hops in the finish, bitter citrus rind & onion. Medium body, fluffy texture, soft carbonation. Lovely juicy-dank brew.

Tried on 26 Dec 2025 at 12:17