De la Senne Zinnebir

Brewed by Brasserie de la Senne
Style: Belgian Ale
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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"THE" best belgian beer actually i think. The Zenne brouwerij is well knowned around here for making REAL caracterfull beers, and that one can be taken as the belgian beer that is missing for too many years. Lightly amber ale, medium body for being drank all night long, pretty nice hop touch, enough bitter and enough sweet... i put a maximum on all ratings because i think it’s the best in belguim.

This is the BEST product from the brewery you can find everywhere. Strong taste, from the yeast first (strictly belgian style ale) then from the malted barley and then and for long looong time from the hops. Oh god... If there’s no XX Bitter, I take this with my closed eyes !

yes yes yes, for me it’s actually the best belgian beer, nothing’s wrong about it, it’s just perfect as a belgian pale-ale, easy to drink cold, and strong when it’s a bit hotter. Really great.

This little bastard made an excellent brew! This is something to aspire to; as an alchemist blended a few natural ingredients and came out with such a complex and flavorful- but most importantly a clean and crisp brew that SNAPS into it’s flavor profile. One of the best I have had.

Una birra quasi perfetta! Una delle belghe piu’ buone mai sentite! Appena vado a bruxelles giuro che me ne bevo a litri!!!

floral, chocolate, earthy, cooked vegetables, sparkling, orange, white foam, rocky head, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, heavily sour, full body, oily feel, astringent, long finish,

Bottle, 33 cl. (from KBW) Dark golden almost amber color, good white head. Aroma = yeasty, hops, a touch of fruits, and hops. Good balanced beer. Medium to full body. Taste is yeast, much bitterness, warm, hops, little spices ?, at the end dry-bitter. GOOD BEER !

This is an oak-aged version of Zinnebir, labeled "Crianza 2006" at the top of the bottle. Like the regular Zinnebir, this is a very attractive blonde ale with a clean but satisfying mouthfeel and and a solid, dense head that retains its form very well. The smell is clean and hoppy, with notes of of farmhouse grains and funk. The taste is very much the same, with a dominant golden yeastiness up front followed by a wonderful interplay between sweet, chewy malt and crisp, bright hop flavors. The clarity of flavor is still very "high definition", but this is a slightly more sweet and sturdy brew in comparison to the regular Zinnebir. With the oak aged Zinnebir, the trade off is that you lose a little of the perfect flavor transparancy for the density and richness the oak aging provides. I personally find it a worthwhile experiment, as the chewier, maltier character really compliments the otherwise clean and hoppy side of this beer. Check it out.
Earlier Rating: 2/19/2007 Total Score: 4.6
Excellent Beer! Pours a nice dark gold color with a dense meringue-like head, reminiscant of (if not as insanely thick as) Duvel. I can smell the yeast and a hoppy "grass" tang, but ,upon drinking, I am astonished at the incredible balance of flavor in this beer. It’s slightly hoppier than most Belgian blondes, but the first taste to register is the balance of sweet malts and golden yeast. Afterwards a tangy bite lingers. The mouthfeel is crip and light and this is a very refreshing beer. I think this beer should beer ranked substantially higher and I suspect the modest ratings have to do with the "session beer" abv% and the fact that a lot of serious beer drinkers desire brews that kick them in the face. This beer, while certainly flavorful, is more of a ingeniously balanced thirst quencher than an in-your-face flavor bomb. Well done.

Served on bottle at beer mania in Brussels. Great Belgian IPA. Seriously bitter. Pours hazy golden blond. Faint floral hops on the nose, intense bitter hop flavor. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Golden straw. Ornate stark-white head adorns the glass and entices the senses. Hop aromas are fragrantly herbal with oodles of honeysuckle and lemon zest qualities. Hints of musty yeast, cork, perspiration, and doughy Pilsner malt. Fluffy effervescence graces the palate. Juicily hoppy and bracingly grassy and herbal, initially, with a pinpoint snap of plasticy phenols. Brisk, crunchy and simultaneously-fluffy honeyish malt provides an elegant foundation, and the yeast, which sits atop, enriches things by coating the palate with a mild pistachio characteristic. Malt is extraordinarily deep, and its dusty hay-like malt textures cling to the filmy yeast which helps buoy the body. Highly appetizing flowery-hop softness. Extravagant beyond belief. Magical equilibrium of phenols, esters, hops, yeast, and malt. Notes of honeydew impart a soft slipperiness. Absolutely clean as a whistle, and the low alcohol never interferes with the vast array of subtleties. The core possesses just enough residual sweetness to complement the rich yeast. Lemony twang emerges as the temperature rises, and immediately beckons you for another large gulp. Dense hop backbone also lends a peppery sting which is augmented by the invigorating dryness and zippy phenols. Finishes remarkably well-integrated with a full but clean yeastiness, peach-fuzz bitterness, and a background sweetness reminiscent of dried pineapple. Juicy and peppery hops harmonize with the minty and aniseed dryness and accentuate the lingering Pilsner malt which is artfully extracted. Airy phenols, bright herbs, and honeysuckle exude with each burp. Hot diggety! If you are a lover of low-gravity Belgian blondes with a host of subtleties that seem to reveal themselves in a variety of ways with each sip, then you’ll adore this. This 750ml bottle certainly kept me entertained for 3+ hours. De la Senne is quickly becoming one of my favorite breweries