Boerken

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Lochristi, Belgium

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, balanced, cloudy, rocky head, good brew

A hazy brown colored beer, with a large beige foamy head. It has big bubbles, but it don’t disappears quickly. The aroma of roasted malts, dark bread, a little chocolate and toffee. The taste is a little sweet, a little bitter, covered with dark malts and chocolate. The alcohol of 9,5 % is covered as well. Aftertaste is a little dark fruit. A very good beer.

Bottle picked up at Westholme Londis Stores, Goring on Thames, Oxon consumed 16-06-08 Reddy brown with large off white head, I like the commercial description I reckon that whoever penned that must have had about half a dozen of these before putting pen to paper. toffee, rich christmas cake fruitiness, alcohol is very much in evidence, very malty, some brandy soaked bananaeyness is there, I liked this.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown, golden, and with a slowly collapsing light tan head. Malt dense and fruity aroma with a light yeasty spice note. Flavour holds a mild overripe fruity note to a nice and solid caramel malt flavour and a light yeasty spice note. Yeasty, malty and towards light bitter finish. Nice one.

330ml bottle (Poirotti, Helsinki)
Sweet and malty marmitey aroma. Deep red, thick tight head. Very rich sweet dark malty taste. Very soft palate. Sticky dark burnt liquoricy finish.

Bottle. Pours a hazy deep dark brown colour woth a big well lasting creamy beige head leaving a good lacing. Sweet yeasty good caramel toasty malty aroma. Great bit sticky mouthfeel. The flavour is sweet with yeast, well toasted malt and caramel, ripe fruits and a nice soft bitterness. Sweet well lasting toasty finish.

Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, fruit, yeast, alcohol, caramel. Flavour is sweet, fruit, yeast, alcohol, caramel, dried fruits. Nice beer.

Bottled at Monks Café, Stockholm. Pours out in a hazy brown colour with a rich lasting white foam. Yeasty aroma of figs, canned pears, brown sugar and nuts. Full-bodied and malty sweet with notes of toffee, milky chocolate, nuts and brown sugar with touches of black pepper. Long malty sweet and warming finish of raisins, pepper, brown sugar, fudge and alcohol.