Christoffel Robertus

Brewed by Sint Christoffel Bier
Style: Vienna
Roermond, Netherlands

Bouteille, Courtoisie de Jean-Marc G. De couleur brune rouge et semi-voilée. Nez malté de caramel doux légèrement rôti (notes de toffee) et léger de miel, léger de levures fruitées (raisins aux notes vineuses, traces de framboises et de cerises), de pain et de houblon floral (notes herbeuses) avec des notes de noix. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement bas-moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse et légèrement sirupeuse. Goût de levures fruitées (léger de raisins aux notes vineuses, faibles notes de cerises, traces de framboises) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût malté de caramel sucré légèrement rôti (notes de toffee terreux et de sucre brun, traces de miel) avec un léger goût de pain parallèlement à une moyenne amertume de houblon floral et herbeux (notes terreuses) et accompagné jusqu’en finale d’un léger goût de noix asséchant et quelques notes de levures épicées (poivre). Post-goût moyen-long et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de houblon floral et herbeux (notes terreuses), de rôti et de levures avec une légère aigreur fruitée (moût de raisins).

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.

11.2oz flip top, notched @ 02 2005. Pours a clear orange brown with a small beige head. Aroma is predominately funky sour cherries and a small amount of vinegar. There is also a little bit of sweet caramel, but not much. I’ve not had many Viennas, but this doesn’t seem like one to me. Flavor has more earthy caramel, light toffee with no vinegar. The fruity tart cherries have been toned back a bit, thankfully. I dare say this is sweet! Very low bitterness with just a little sweetness in the finish. Medium body with soft prickly carbonation. This turned out better than I’d though it would have. As I look at reviews I see there are Vienna Sours, of which this would be my first one, so it gets a little bit better points in a couple categories.

Bottle. Of-white quickly diminishing head. Red unclear body. Aroma of berries. Rounded caramel malt flavor with low bitterness and carobnation.

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 24 Feb 2007) Dark brown, amberish colour with frothy off-white head. Malty, bready nose with distinct notes of ryvita. Malty taste with notes of dark bread, ryvita and a hint of brown sugar. Light notes of hops in the finish, but mainly robustly malty. Well-made and fresh.

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.

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.

reddish appearance decent head with malty nose, malty taste, decent beer, not extraordinary