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Christoffel Robertus

Christoffel Robertus - Vienna

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65
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Brewed by Bierbrouwerij St. Christoffel
Style: Vienna

Roermond, Netherlands

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3233.19/5.03.19/5.06%91.6Lager glass
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Commercial Description:
Christoffel Robertus is a low-fermenting ruby-red beer, brewed in the Münchener-style. It is a malty, fresh beer with a light sweetness. The typical hopbitterness found in Blond, is very lightly present in Robertus. The use of an extensive amount of selected barley gives Robertus the special malty taste and aroma.
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 highlandlad (1258), Sydney, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/513/20
Mar 2, 2006  
I find many Viennas sweet and cloying, but I enjoyed this fruity, untypical example. It poured the colour of cherry cola with a slight haze and a 1cm head that receded quickly. Couldn’t be arsed waiting for it to warm from the fridge (second beer of the night, what the hell) , so it’s no great surprise that the aroma was initially subdued. I picked faint chocolate, cola and melon, but none of the caramel malt that I associate with the style. In a blind tasting, I certainly wouldn’t pick this as a Vienna from the aroma alone. Perhaps that’s not surprising since the brewer’s pilsener is also untypical. Ah... first sip and it tastes closer to style than it smells. Quite light and fruity but with a solid backbone of caramel malt. Bread, chocolate, caramel, cola, melon. Well balanced, this. Just enough hops in the finish to take the edge off the sweetness. Quite a flat mouthfeel but it suits this beer. (33cl bottle, IBS Perth, bb Aug 2006)


 jtw (942), farmington, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 22, 2006  
hazy amber liquid, contained in a 330 mL swingtop. malty and fruity (but clean fruity) lager-esque aroma - what i envision killian’s OUGHT to smell like. first taste is spice (clove, ginger....something edgy and herbal), and less malt than apparent in the aroma. more malt eventually shows up as the spice floats away, and the relatively light finish has a hint of bitterness so that it doesn’t leave you with the impression that it’s a sweet beer. good, but not spectacular - needs to be drunk warmer. and in larger quantities.


 MesandSim (5790), London, Greater London, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/513/20
Feb 14, 2006  
A Mes rate: 33cl bottle from Lowlander. Bland aroma. Appearance only just scraped a 3. Flavour is bland and uninspiring. Like a dark lager to me. Surprised at some of the rates it has had.


 bikesandbeers (468), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/515/20
Jan 27, 2006  
Flip-top bottle. Poured a gorgous red with very little head. Lite fruity aroma. Flavor was light and clean with some fruity sweetness and then a ncie touch of hops. A nice little beer. This could be the perfect session beer. I’f Only I could find a cheap krate.


 DuffMan (2719), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 21, 2006  
Bottle. Beautiful red-brown with a large pillowy head. Sweet caramel-malt aroma, a little plummy fruit. Mostly caramel in this approachably sweet palate, maybe some stewed prunes. Nothing cloying-- very well-balanced. Excellent.


 Skinnyviking (4142), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 14, 2006  
Bottle. Of-white quickly diminishing head. Red unclear body. Aroma of berries. Rounded caramel malt flavor with low bitterness and carobnation.


 vanvenlo (794), Glen Iris, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 6, 2006  
1 Oct 05 - Big malt hop and some vinuos/spicy clove aromas. Light brown-red colour, good yellow-brown head. Slight spiritous flavour, vinuos and malty flavour. Dry hop finish and a lingering light maltiness, but the mouthfeel could be a bit thicker.


 Cornfield (4892), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 6, 2006  
Pours a clear, light brown body with ruby highlights. The head, intially tall and bubbly, soon transforms into a slender halo. The aroma is a mixture of caramel and butterscotch with a hint of raisins. Light-bodied and lively in the mouth, it presents a sweet malty flavor, caramel, toffee, and butterscotch. The fruit is gone, but a soft, mild bitterness takes its place. The finish is sweet with a touch of nutty bitterness. I could drink a lot of these in one sitting.

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