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De Proef Flemish Primitive

De Proef Flemish Primitive - Belgian Strong Ale

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89
overall
Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Lochristi, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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4713.55/5.03.53/5.09%74.3Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Also known as Reinaert Flemish Wild Ale.
Also known as Vlaamse Primitief.
There are 6 different labels and six different versions of this beer. All are similar.

The name refers to a description of the Hieronymus Bosch painting used on the label.


SPOON WHACKER - Released Fall 2004 - (Original Recipe -- 35 IBU’s)
PIG NUN - Released Fall 2004 - (45 IBU’s)
SURLY BIRD - Release Date: May 2005 - (45 IBU’s, extra finishing hops)
PINHEAD - Release Date: Fall 2005 - (50-55 IBU’s)
DEMON FISH - Release Date: August 2006 - (50-55 IBU’s, roasted malts, and lots of Saaz aroma hops)
RAT RIDER - Release Date: TBD - (Recipe undetermined)

http://www.sheltonbrothers.com/beers/flemprim.asp

Commercial description: Fermented three times with two different yeasts, including a strain of brettanomyces - the "wild yeast" of lambic brewing. Pale golden color with an enormous rocky white head. Brett and spicy aromatic notes, with a malty-juicy note on the palate. Finishes with Brett and dry hop notes. April 2003 selection - Michael Jackson’s Rare Beer Club. 94 points - World Beer Championships
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 aracauna (2357), Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 19, 2006  
Pours a clear gold except for the last glass. Excellent, rocky white head. There’s a bit of the farmyard funk, but almost none of the sourness I expected. It’s got a significant hop bite in the back that I definitely wasn’t expecting and it’s quite dry. Interesting beer.


 pintocb (508), Darsville, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/512/20
Jul 19, 2006  
My first Flemish sour. Pale color with very slight white head. Smells of oranges and banana bread. The flavor is very similar to a belgian ale with sour notes in the finish. Very clean, dry finish.


 FoolishMortal (965), San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jul 9, 2006  
Reinaert Flemish Wild Ale label, 750mL. Pale straw color with a towering rocky white head. Pronounced horsey brett aromatics, some plastic phenols as well. Sweet malt, honey and sugar cookies underneath a developing brett wet hay, cow dung gestalt. Residual malty sweetness, with some vestiges of funk. Mouthfeel is a light medium, fairly dry.


 caesar (3020), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 9, 2006  
Hazy golden orange color, medium head. Aroma is fruity and spicy, some caramel malt, some yeast, bit hoppy, nice balance. Same goes for the taste, which is nicely balanced in fruit, spices and malt, bit bitter also, sirupy texture. Quite enjoyable, and the best of the small tasting session with skortila and Noize.


 skortila (2879), Bunnik, Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 9, 2006    Updated: Jul 10, 2006
Aroma of citrus, some spice/pepper, some hop and yeast. Hazy, golden coloured with a lasting, white head. Taste is sweet with a pleasant bitterness. Caramel malts, hops, yeast and citrus in the taste. Good balance. Well brewed tripel.
I noticed there is also a beer called ’De Proef Flemish Primitive’ . This is the same beer. I suggest to make a redirect, because overhere the beer has the dutch name ’Vlaamse Primitief’.


 ryan (1774), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 2, 2006    Updated: Jan 12, 2008
Surly Bird: Sampled on 1/12/08. Hazy pale body with a large white head - lasting, lace. The nose is moderately sour with orange peel, lemon, horseblanket and cotton candy. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly sour, moderately bitter with lots of citrus, honey, bread and herbal hops. Medium/full body is round with moderate carbonation.

Pin Head: Pours a clear pale with a large pillowy, white head. The aroma is heavy horseblanket, with lots of pineapple, light lemon, oranges and light bread. The flavor is moderately bitter, slightly tart, bretty funk, floral, medicinal hops, very spicey (corriander), some pineapple and a touch of lemon. Medium body with lively carbonation and a bitter, tart finish with a touch of warmth. Incredibley bizarre, to say the least. Sort of reminds me of an overhopped Jolly Pumpkin Oro.


 HopHeadinAZ (120), USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Jun 27, 2006  
This one is a Reinart Flemish Wild Ale. It pours a hazy straw yellow with a medium head that fades into a thin head with some lacing. The nose has a vegatative quality with maybe a hint of corriander? Taste is citrus tending toward lemon with some yeast. The finish is dry and largely clean. Although it isn’t what I was expecting it’s not bad.


 rajendra82 (698), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Jun 17, 2006    Updated: Mar 2, 2008
If the psychedelic Pinhead painting on the label was any indication of things to come, this would be quite a beer. The cork was easily extracted, and the beer poured out clear golden in color, with a high level of carbonation typical of many Belgian beers. The Duvel Tulip was large enough to contain the resulting foamy head. The aroma was very floral, which was probably due to some real flowers like Chamomile being added in the mix. The taste wavered back and forth between delicate and robust, being floral and creamy at one moment, and spicy, and malty the next. The beer was actually medium thick on the palette, but the carbonation made it feel much lighter. A touch of sourness and a peppery aftertaste finished things off. Despite the name, there was not much primitive about this one. If this fine beer can spontaneously ferment in Flanders, it must surely be God’s country.

Update

This Demon Fish bomber was picked up from the top shelf of Green’s. The label was crazy as usual. The cork was synthetic, and therefore extracted easily. The beer looked quite hazy in the tulip, and the head was a good size. The smell was wilder than I remember the pinhead being. The taste was sweet-sour, spicy, and funky. The Saaz hops that were reportedly present seemed to have died down by the time I got this. The body was medium dense, and quite smooth. I preferred my last foray into this series when the sample was fresher.



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