Cuvée Spéciale t Hommelhof 10

Brewed by Van Eecke
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Poperinge-Watou, Belgium

A hazy orange beer with a fine white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of coriander and so is the flavor. A boring average beer.

(Bottle 75 cl) Beer made especially for Restaurant "’t Hommelhof" in the town square of Watou. A resturant specializing in excellent food made from the local brew. E.g. ham with St. Bernadus Tripel. This beer is a light, filtered ale, which comes in a rugged champagne-bottle (like old classic gueuze) with a cork and no label. Incredibly fresh aroma, almost like flowers. Spicy, aromatic, slightly perfumed, but with an apparent bitterness. Quite a refined beer. Brings reminders of Popering’s Hommelbier. Read somewhere that this should be a blend of "Het Kapittel Abt" and "Watous Witbier". 280704

Bottle. 75cl. [Courtesy of Dedollewaitor]. Unclear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light hoppy, citrus - mandarin shell, moderate yesty, acidic, rubber. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to lively. (160208)

Fruity aroma. Golden colour, no head. Spicy flavour, but quite mild.

I tasted this one as Cuvée Carlsen on Carlsens Kvarter in Odense, Denmark on October 28.05. where the name is Cuvée Carlsen. It’s nice, hazy golden with a huge head. The beer is very lively. The aroma has notes of sweet fruit, and the flavour has sweetness and a lot of fruits, like melon and citrus in the finish. A nice one.

Zythos Beer Festival, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 2005. Yellow colour with a white head. Light sweet citrus hoppy aroma and a bitter sweet light alcoholic taste. Medium body and a sweet alcoholic finish.

Pale gold colour, slight orange hue. Abundant white head, stable. Cocos nose whilst pouring, very fine hops afterwards, a bit citrussy. Extremely nice hops-taste again, soft-bitter. Good balance. Mouthfeel is quite dry (I suspect candi-sugar), alcohol feels like malt whiskey with orange rind. No new aftertaste. Superb balance allround. This is a mixture of two beers from Van Eecke, and it's hard to believe Hommelbier is not involved. The alcohol from 't Kapitttel Abt, however, is unmistakable. Van Eecke blends this for 't Hommelhof, probably Belgiums' best beercuisine-restaurant.

Golden coloured. Aroma of apples and citrus fruits. Dry and rather hoppy flavour. Lots of fruitiness.