De 7 Deugden Spring + Tijm

Brewed by Brouwerij de 7 Deugden
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Bottled from de Bierkoning. Cloudy orange to lightbrown color, short head. Aroma has pretty much thyme, some sesame seed, slight flowery hops, some orange, bit nutty caramel. Slight spicy taste, bit dryish, some citrus, only slightly sweet. Reasonably bitter finish. I was quite curious about the use of thyme in a beer, and to be honest, also a bit afraid it might be too much, but it actually turns out pretty nice! Would probably fit good with certain foods as well.

Bottle. Amber color. Thyme and tropical fruit in the aroma. Malty sweetish, spicy flavor (anis, thyme). Too big in the spices, hampering the balance.

Bottle with BBD november ’11. Oops... Pours a dirty orange look with a rocky white head. Aroma of thyme, rosemary and other fresh spices. Flavour has that spicyness again, without getting too heavy. Really good representation of what a spiced spring beer should be, fresh, easy drinkable and spicey. I could session this easily.

Bottle @ home. Aroma is loads of thyme, some fruity notes. Bit overwhelming. Flavour has the same problem, way too much thyme to taste anything else.

Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium amber colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, spicy, thyme. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111211]

23rd September 2011
Bottle from Bier Koning. Solo hungover tasting in my hotel room! Cloudy amber beer, residual white head. Light dry palate, crispy. Herbs! Cough medicine! Trace of toffeeish malt and hops underneath. Finishes crisp. An inventive brewer but this one is too weird for me!

Bottle, 6%. Sweet malt aroma. Hazy dark copper colour. Good off-white head. It is hard to taste the thyme, perhaps because I am drinking the beer with pizza. But still rather malty, refreshing hop, not so powerful. Well-balanced.

Bottle in a hotel room in Amsterdam. Hazy orange coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of spices and thyme. Fruity flavour of spices and thyme. Spicy finish.

33 cl bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty, light fruity and mild spiced. Bitter, fruity and light yeasty. Mild fruity and light spiced finish.

33cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Slightly hazy chestnut colour, off white head. Aroma of thyme, crackers with salt and thyme, some toasted malts, sharp plastic-like notes. Flavour is of a Belgian amber with loads of thyme, spruce, light plastic bitter finish. Medium bodied, slick, needs a bit refinement.

33cl, new exclusive Dutch brew Anno 2011, with thyme, from De Bierkoning Amsterdam, complex brew, spicy and slightly malty/sweet, yet balanced, cloudy, nearly no head, nice brew