De Hemel Nieuw Ligt

Brewed by Stadsbrouwerij De Hemel
Style: Barley Wine
Nijmegen, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

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Backlog rating 3-05-2009 (Flip-top bottle) This beer when poured has a small tan head with poor retention, transparent body, visible carbonation, no lacing, and the hue of the body is reddish. The aroma consists of malt, alcohol, notes of caramel, spicy, and sweet. Ditto for the taste. The palate is tingly along with a warming sensation and this is a light-medium bodied Barley Wine. All-in-all, this is a sipping beer given the ABV, and is worthy of trying. I would definitely drink this beer again and I recommend it.

Sample at Beerevents tasting at Veluwse Heidebrouwerij. Hazy amber, small off-white head. Taste has figs, caramel malts, raisins, overripe fruit. All mild and well-balanced. Sweet, medium to full body, soft carbo.

Bottle thx to benzai. Amber to ruby colour, head quickly gone. Smells red fruits, wood, sweet. Tastes very, very sweet, red fruit, hops. Quite sticky and lasting sweet taste. Full body, soft carbo.

Tap @ Carlsens Kvarter. Light hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and peppery. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. Oily. 171012

Tap @ Carlsens Kvarter. Hazy amber/brown with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, spices and dark fruits. Flavour is malt, sweet, dark fruits, spices, little bitter with notes of alcohol.

Bottle@home (1L). Nice head, shrinking but lasting. Color coca cola. Aroma anise, currrants. Taste sweet, little sour. Palate long lasting. Overall at the fireplace.

1L bottle, not sure of vintage (at least 5 years old). Poured medium amber with a ring of looser-bubbled beige head. The aroma picked up warm, aged dark fruits, vinous notes, and molasses with accents of dry, earthy spices, rum, and juniper really deep down.. warm and well-balanced. The flavor found dark fruits, licorice, and lesser smoked malts at the core.. rye, dry, toasted earth, and candied fruit skins around.. belly-warming finish.. this showed some age, but it aged really well. Medium-plus bodied with lower carbonation on the palate.. soft and almost buttery across the middle.. this was really good.

Die Stabilität der Schaumkrone ist ok-gut, es riecht leicht alkoholisch-malzig. Geschmacklich ist es herb-fruchtig-leicht alkoholisch, später eher süßlicher und weniger alkoholisch, die fruchtigkeit ist dabei nur Nebensache. Insgesamt wirkt es ein wenig dickflüssiger. Im Nachgeschmack wird es dann wieder etwas herber, bleibt schwach alkoholisch und etwas Gewürzig. Fazit: Für 10% ist es gut, aber die anderen von De Hemel gefallen mir etwas besser! Test vom 5.12.2010, Gebinde: Fass Noten: 11,9,9,10,-,10 - 9,78

RBESG 09 Sheffield Grand Tasting @ Harlequin.. copper colored witha lasting beige head.. Very well balnce between teh sweet malts and fruity hops.Not top, but for sure an enjoyable brew.

tasting glass at the brewery. Thin white head. Blond/amber pour. Bitterness in the aftertaste. A good brew which benefits from aging.