Duyck J Absinthe

Brewed by Duyck
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Jenlain, France

Serve in Lager glass

Can-bottle? Bottle-can.. Hmm. It’s cool anyways. This is truely special. Very interesting flavor. Almost like metallic fruit. Heghly recommendable for an experience that makes you think and wonder..

Sweet spicy fruits in the aroma. Pale golden color, white head, good lace. Very special flavors, anis, spices, sweet, compact, little sticky. I was wondering if I liked it or not. As it’s not really chemical tasting I decided to like it.

(Bottle 33 cl) Hazy golden, small creamy head with a good lacing. Spicy, herbal, anise-like nose. Lightly sweetish and malty, but actually rather light-bodied. Honestly I’ve never tasted absinthe, but it’s definitely a very unusual flavour, and it’s pretty much hit or miss whether you like it or not. Comes in a weird aluminum bottle. 110705

Yellow colour, medium head. Aroma and flavor is sweet in an odd way. The flavor finish bitter/astringent. Dry.

again sorta a pop more then anything, some intresting citrus flavours not alot of absinthe in any part of this... i have had my share of absinthe and it doesn’t taste like this

from this dandy piece of spun metalwork issues a "beer" the dirty yellow of a humid sunset over a traffic clogged midwest city-- or, more charitably if you prefer-- perhaps like summer grain waving in undulating blurs and heat waves in the provencial hinterland. the product has very little sustainable head; what i saw was white and smooth-- which was reassuring since i anticipated a soda-poppy alco malt beverage. i’m not an absynthe expert by any means, and i have no idea if this contains wormwood or it’s accompanying mind-bending chemical thujone; but allow me to conject that this aims more to exploit a pop-mythic allure than it has any desireable flavor deriving from absythne. i do enjoy ricard 51, and this has no resemblance to that. from jenlain’s absinthe i get little conspicuous anise. rather, i get the woodruff which is associated with retsina, a greek flavored wine. both in aroma and flavor it’s sweet green tea, wheat, and rather medicinal. it’s a fairly simple and unoffensive light lemony beverage, with an almost creamy feel, nearly medium bodied. it does push my limits of palatability with a moderate sweetness that has little balancing depth or bitterness. it’s not really my cup of tea, and i didn’t experience any vincent van gogh-ish dementia causing me to paint brilliant landscapes and annoy girl friends with gifts of ear tartar. however, as a change of pace, as silktork says, it’s amusing, and i love a bit of innocent amusement-- just don’t get in my way when i’m ready for a real beer.

A lightly hazed golden ale with a thin creamy white head. A spicey lemony aroma, orange peels and light licorice. In mouth, a sweet malt with peppery notes, overlayed by strong lemony overtones. Overall, its their decent Biere de Garde, enhanced by the addition of absithe, giving an unhappy marriage. Bottle from Piscator in Winnipeg. BB 03-07.

clear golden colour with few foam, deep cinnamon aroma, herbal, anis and perfumy, sweet and slightly acidic, medium-bodied, the finish is slightly dry showing more anis - well-made but I don't like anis