Speciaalbierbrouwerij Oijen Eikelbier

Brewed by Speciaalbierbrouwerij Oijen
Style: Fruit Beer
Oijen, Netherlands

30 cL bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Pours cloudy pale yellow with a with a diminished white head. Spiced to herbal aroma. Sweet and fruity flavoured. Perfumed. Fruity finish. Different...

Bottled. A hazy light golden beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of spices, citrus, and acorn. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of spices, especially cardemomme, but also notes of acorn, leading to a spicy finish. Thanks fonefan and Brugmansia for sharing.

(Bottle 30 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Clear pale golden with a nice white head. Interestingly spicy and somewhat perfumy nose. Medium body, sweetish, fruity and perfumy - but not in an unpleasant cloying way. Dry and lightly bitter finish. Quite interesting. 031008

(Bottled) Hazy yellow-golden with a small, firm head. Very lemony-fruity, lavendery, flowery and spicy aroma. Red and black currants in the flavor with herby, aromatic hoppiness. Medium-bodied, smooth and creamy palate. A quite complex and interesting, well-balanced brew. I’ve had many lagers with (unintentional) currant, and fruit beers with it dominating - but never has it suited a beer as well as in this one. Yet I’m not sure if I’d like to drink this very often.

300ml bottle (Cracked Kettle)
Hazy to cloudy wit appearance (depending on how much yeast you want to pour in), and a small self-supporting head. Very interesting aroma - a little spicy, and some sweet nuttiness too, almost like a nougat. As it develops there’s even some mustard in it. Soft palate, some pleasant carbonation, and an interesting spicy zing on the tongue. Almost smoky aspect to the maltiness. Tempting fruity sweetness wafts around the mouth and up the nose, and then there’s a massive zingy crisp and bitter hoppy bite. And wow, does that finish last a long time - it’s that sweet mustard again. Really well balanced, and so complex. The glass with more yeast had a slightly more soapy aroma, and a softer taste all round. We definitely prefer the one with less yeast and more bite (probably by a difference of up to 1-0-1-0-1=0.3). While drinking this I get the feeling this is most like a blond, but way better than average. Calling it a fruit beer is rather silly, IMHO.

Bottle @ YNWA, Kolding.
Pours very pale, lightly hazy golden. A big, creamy white head on top. Aroma is powerful, light tarty fruitiness, black currants and a slight nutty caramel note. Fine, lightly creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is softly malty, some berries - not that tart, though - and an okay hops balance.

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy whitish yellow with a small white head and an intense smell of ripe fruits, especially grapes, blossoms, coriander, yeast and something sour. The flavor is a bit sourish too and besides that it’s mostly soft sweet like it’s stacked with ripe fruits. No acorns can be tasted in here (or maybe I just don’t recognize the taste of an acorn), but this is an enjoyable beer.

(Bottle) Pours a lightly hazy golden body with a medium-sized white head. Aroma of mustiness, floral, white grapes, wild berries, herbs, tea leaves, and stale crackers. Flavor of cardboard, toasted malt, yeast, and bitter fruitiness.