Recent Tasting Notes

Hofbräu München Oktoberfestbier (8/20)

Macro like in colour and appearance. Did I mention that expectations are very low following a very poor showing of the Muchen lager? Anyhows......mild nose of stale malts, quite uninspiring. A bit better to taste with the malts stepping up a notch. Some nice sweetness early but unfortunately gets ovetaken a little with a stale, cardboard-like note. I don’t think it’s light struck given the bottle colour and decent storage but sure tastes like it. Broadens on the finish with lager like malts.

Achel 8 Bruin (14/20)

This baby rounds out my trappist tasting. Chocolate brown in colour with a medium strength off-white head of good body and massive thick lacing. Chocolate and malt nose shows good balance. Ok if not great. More chocolate on the palate. Fairly simple flavour profile yet quite effective. Fizzy palate.

(e.350 @ Bier Circus Brussells)

3 Fonteinen Faro (8/20)

Weird stuff. Light tan in colour, not unlike the gueze from the same house. Nose gives off a spirity, grappa like note - suprisingly matches well with sweeter fruit notes. Flavours are dominated with spirity, petrol-like note, not really pleasant at all. If this was wine I’d say it was suffering from volatile acidity in a huge way. Together with a low fizz flabby structure I’m not really inclined to give this sample the benefit of the doubt.

(e1.60 on tap @ Brewery in Beersel)