Christoffel Robertus

Brewed by Sint Christoffel Bier
Style: Vienna
Roermond, Netherlands

33cl Bottle at Café Gollem. Dark amber colour, creamy light beige head. Aroma of caramel, sweet malts, a hint of chocolate. Flavour is sweet, toasted malts, caramel, some nuttiness. Slightly dry bitter finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Overall very German, and good.

Bière brun rouge avec un voil moyen et peu ou pas de mousse Parfums maltés. Goût suret, de fruits rouges séchés. Bouche fraîche et petillante. Bonne bière.

A misty red orange coloured beer good strong carbonation head not big but solid aroma honey caramel malt flavour honey caramel good maltiness sweet and a bitter hop taste not my normal taste in beers but good with snacks finish bitter sweet passing .

330 ml bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. DE30/08.

App.: Very cloudy, reddish-brown, decent light tan foam. Aroma: Tart cherry and other fruits, a bit of dark dried fruit, slightly nutty, molasses, some minty herbals – like rootbeer, brown sugar and other nice sweet malts. Palate: Medium+ body, moderate effervescence. Flav.: More lightly tart fruit, some rains and figs, molasses, minty herbals, slightly nutty, brown sugar, apples, lightly sweet with a touch of tartness and a touch of bitterness.

Seems to have a Belgian slant to the style. Tasty.

Bouteille de 330 ml, avec bouchon de céréamique, obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée légèrement voilée avec une très faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de céréales et de caramel. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est plein avec une texture légèrement onctueuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de céréales en arrière goût. (Rating #2159)

Pours roughly the same color as the label, a dull desert red with a small white head and some larger ugly bubbles. Very malty aroma, lightly grassy, smells German. Flavor follows nose, rich malty, lightly sweet and toasty, hint of fruit and a bit grassy, so it tastes German too. Medium/light bodied, nice mouthful, not sticky nor chalky, light soda carbonation. Nice maple-syrup finish. I need to try a fresher bottles as this one is a bit old; I have a feeling it would taste much richer. Very drinkable even when old and stale.

<b>In short: </b>An infected bottle
<b>How: </b>Bottle 330ml, consumed fresh a few weeks after receiving through private importation
<b>The look: </b>Cloudy orangy amber body topped by a medium but short-lived beige head
<b>In long: </b>Rotting fruits, pop-corn, wine vinegar, undesired sourness. No need to go any further this is a seriously infected bottle. So infected that I couldn’t even try to make out what it was supposed to taste like. Drain poor. I’ve got another bottle from the same batch but after this monstrosity that other bottle will only gather dust like my “Eating Healthy and Stay Slim” cooking book.

330 ml bottle. murky amber colour. small off white head. taste is sourish. not what I hoped for.