Duyck J Absinthe

Brewed by Duyck
Style: European Strong Lager
Jenlain, France

33cl. aluminum bottle: This pouts a pale, golden color. Also a bit fizzy. There is a bit of a white head. The aroma is interesting and a bit odd. Nothing in there that I would call beer. Spices and licorice are the most prominent. Perhaps this is what Absinthe is supposed to smell like. The taste is mildly spicy, with hints of the licorice. I can’t really taste any beer. Some bitterness in the aftertaste, but nothing at all from hops. A different bitterness. I don’t think that I could take more than 1.

Sweet spicy fruits in the aroma. Pale golden color, white head, good lace. Very special flavors, anis, spices, sweet, compact, little sticky. I was wondering if I liked it or not. As it’s not really chemical tasting I decided to like it.

Yellow colour, medium head. Aroma and flavor is sweet in an odd way. The flavor finish bitter/astringent. Dry.

Attractive bottle shaped tin bought at Carrefour. A simple fun beer of little quality. A lager with an odd bitter taste in the finish. Best drunk from the bottle while adopting your most interesting pose. A raised eyebrow would help.

Deep gold; irregular just off-white head. Usually I smell this in a place where they manufacture hardboard, wallpaper or linoleum. Some child’s green sweets smell like this too. Those child’s sweets return in the taste - with an extra chemical edge. Slick, oily MF, medium bodied. This is beyond words.

Very odd aroma. Olives, sassafrass, pungent meat. Chorizo sausage and morbiere cheese. Hops and no malts. Horrible. Beer is clear amber yellow, with no head to speak of. Medium-heavy watery body, with light to medium carbonation. Starts with slightly salty melon-liquer taste, medicinal. Finishes with melonball sweet/acidic notes, like muskmelon that's gone south. After is an odd metallic bitter. Horrible taste, not refreshing. Actually left a bad feeling in my stomach after drinking. Drain pour.

Bottled. Golden colour. Ouzo aroma. Sweet and very aromatic. Salty licorice along with anise dominates. There is a decent maltiness to back the flavours up. Kind of an interesting gimmick.

clear golden colour with few foam, deep cinnamon aroma, herbal, anis and perfumy, sweet and slightly acidic, medium-bodied, the finish is slightly dry showing more anis - well-made but I don't like anis