Christoffel Robertus

Brewed by Sint Christoffel Bier
Style: Vienna
Roermond, Netherlands

Pours a rich copper brown with a thick, puffy, light tan head. Malt and fruit aroma. Flavor is also sweet fruity and malty with a somewhat strange eartly tone.

Lager? I saw dubbel on the label and just figured Belgian style. Cool, now I’m intrigued. GUSHER. Lost about a quarter of the bottle. Slight haze, deep caramel and a tall sparse white head. Dry caramel malt aroma. Sweet woodsy caramel, medium bodied, lingering toasty finish.

Dark copper body and a nice ecru head. The aroma is a touch ashy yet with a hint of sweetness. The carbonation is a little much for me, but the finish has a nice bite to it with some hops. The flavor is a little thin, though.

Bottle. Eck. I bought this beer because it caught my eye slightly. I had no idea what I was getting myself into to be honest. The beer was extremely malty. Far far too malty for my drinking pleasure. Extremely sweet as well, to the point where I was unable to finishi this beer. The bottle I drank felt fairly flat so it could have been a bum bottle. Drain pour.

Deep amber/brown color. Aromas of fruit, malt, and spice. Taste is sour malt, with a bit of citrus.

11.2 floz bottle from WLV, Chicago. Hazy, dark ruby red with small off-white head. Fruiy with aged notes of dough, interesting. Red fruit, dough, med sweet, some raspberry, not bad. Thin to medium body, nice carb. Not bad.

Brown bottle, 330 ml, best before 06 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on October 25 2008; eye: copper, lightly hazy, average effervescence, tiny beige head that lasts, no light lacing; nose: only one aroma detected, burnt rubber, probably an infection; mouth: burnt rubber, acridity; overall: infected FRANÇAIS Bouteille olive, 330 ml, meilleure avant06 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 25 octobre 2008; œil : Cuivrée, légèrement voilée, effervescence moyenne, petite mousse beige qui demeure, pas de dentelle; nez : une seule odeur détectée, caoutchouc brûlé, probablement une infection; bouche : caoutchouc brûlé, âcreté; en résumé : infectée

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)