t Smisje Sleedoornbier

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Fruit Beer
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

An unclear amber beer with a small white head. The aroma is primarily of sloe, but also of malt and hops, while the flavor is sweet malty with notes of both black currant and sloe. I think this is a nice fruit beer - I’ve had plenty of sloe snaps - but to put it in beer is new to me - and a good idea.

(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a very cloudy, reddish amber with a small, dissipating head. Slightly tart and berryish head. Medium body and rather dry - and also in the flavour you get a slightly tart sensation - but no real malty feel. And no real bitterness either - just this very dry tartness. A nice and refreshing summer beer although it’s actually a winter seasonal. 210707

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a crispy and collapsing pink head. Light lacto to brett and berry fruity aroma. Dry towards woody aroma. Dry woody and berry fruity flavour. Once again a mix between lacto and brett flavours. Berry acidic to citric flavour into the finish. Dry and woody.

Bottle. Hazy light red / orange color with a average fair lacing off-white head. Aroma is fruity, berries. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic, sloeberry, tart. Body is light to medium, texture is dry, carbonation is soft.

Bottle, 6%. Citric fruity aroma, sweet berries. Muddy red orange colour. Small head. The flavour has some fruity berry notes, acidic with a distinct burnt plastic aftertaste. 5 3 5 3 12

Bottle, 6%. Moldy citric aroma. The flavour is also quite citric, cidery. Distinct mold flavour. The citrus might be intended, but it is a bit annoying. 4 3 4 3 8

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, huge sparkling bubbly head, which vanished quickly. Aroma is very sour and tart fruits along with some spices, nuts and berries. Flavour is very much the same with a lot of yeasty notes added in also. Quite bready notes too as it warms up.

Bottle. Hazy orange red coloured with a white head. Light acidic aroma of berries with notes of spices. Flavour of berries and spices.

Date: 04/15/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub

Appearance: muddy burnt orange, huge creamy dirty white head, heavy drippy lace,
Aroma: big estery fruity aroma with lots of phoenolic spicyness and a strong musty brett funkyness,
Flavor: brett funky flavor is up front followed by the spicyness with the ester fruityness pulling up the rear and adding balance to the spice and funk, nice woody fruity tartness in the finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4