De Snaterende Arend t Swarte Schaep

Tap @ Bockbierfestival 2009. A hazy golden colored beer with a white head. The aroma of malts and grains with fruits. The taste of dry and bitter. A little grassy with fruits. The aftertaste is bitter and dry.

Draught at t’Arendsnest. Hazy amber coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of hops, grass and caramel with notes of yeast. Fruity flavour of hops, spices and grass. Dry hoppy finish.

On tap at the ’Beer Temple’, Amsterdam, 28-10-09 Wonderful hoppy aroma, was told that it was Amarillo or Simcoe but reading other ratings and the commerical description I’m not convinced, whatever they were they really shined. Nice sweet/bitter balance. The hops really do shine lovely, touch of perfume, nice hoppy burst again, really pleasant beer. A8 A4 F7 P4 Ov15 3.8

33 cL bottle at ’t Arendsnest. Pours hazy dakr brown with a deep amber glare and a huge tan head. Sweet caramel malty, roasted and somewhat fruity yeasty too. Sweet malt flavoured with a light wooden dryness. Sweet roasted malt and slight acidic finish with a lasting yeasty impression. Roasted malt flavours appearing into the far finish.

Draught, 7%. Not black, but cloudy orange with a small white head. Fruity aroma, a bit of asparagus, but not bad. The flavour also has some vegetable, and is quite sweet which along with the balancing alcohol gives a nice full body. Quite late bitterness, rather rough, but OK cleansing.

Tap @ BBF ’08. Not sure if this is the same beer, according to previous ratings. Heller bock, hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of hops, cloying sweet malts (very malty!). Flavour is the same, thick sweetness with a rather bitter finish. Not very balanced, not my style.

Draught (Arendsnest, Amsterdam)
Exceptionally deep red, hazy, small head. Sour aroma blackcurrant and sweet, but also a little crotchy later. Sweet taste, but also very hoppy - sticky resin roof-of-the-mouth bitter. A tad alcoholic, but not offensively so.

On tap at ’t Arendsnest. Dark brown with a creamy head. Surprisingly hoppy nose for such a dark beer, mostly grapefruity. Caramel flavours meeting citrus hops, the latter in abundance. And the Cascade hops work wonders. Full-bodied. A masterly brew, surprising the palate.