Dikkenek

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij Affligem / De Smedt (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Ale
Opwijk, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Regal ruby red brown with medium small mid-tan head. Malt sweet, cooked pasta, and lighter coffee, dried fruit and yeast aroma. Predominantly malty sweet (too sweet for me) flavours. Weak bitter finish and flat cola sweet after taste. I got no juniper at any stage with this one. It reminds me of stronger and more aromatic malternative.

Kook’s Farewell Bash. Vintage bottle. Toffee and soaked hops. Quite sweet and buttery.

Bottle @kookfest, September 2006. Age uncertain but obviously quite old. Darkish brown colour. Intensely sweet. Some figgy fruit. Perhaps there was more to this beer in its youth but, by this stage, there was nothing much but the sweetness left. The juniper and herbs had quite faded away.

Bottle at Kookfest 2006. Very dark brown/red, lasting beige head. Toffee and raisiny, sweet. OK but just way too sweet.

Bottle. Brown colour. Some sweet dark fruit. Mouthfeel is stale and sweet, and appears to be slightly oxidised. Light yeastyness.

Bottle @ Kookfest. Sweet cherrys, malt and minimal hops. Too sweet to appreciate the flavours.

Arguably the weirdest beer I’ve ever drank--I did not like the harsh juniper and herbal undertones of this beer at all. I will say this--I had it a number of years ago and it is well and truly unforgettable!