Gaverhopke Kerstbier

Brewed by ’t Gaverhopke
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Stasegem-Harelbeke, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2006 in Essen, BE. 2005 bottels. Dark amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma is herbes (30 different herbs !) timirian. Flavor is short moderate sweet and bitter, sour with some herbal and yeast notes. Not my kind of christmas beer !

Bottled at Kerstbierfestival 2007. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of spices. The flavor is sweet malty combined with notes of over ripe fruits and light notes of spices - especially cinnamon. Somewhat boring.

UPDATED: JUN 12, 2005 (Bottle 33 cl) Gaverhopke’s christmas-beer is quite dark with a slightly red tone. A bit hazy with a light brownish head. Has the Gaverhopke sour character, which is here suppressed by all the Christmas spices. I think it’s cardamom, that I sense. Which is quite unusual. Could bring reminders of the Swedish "Jule Mumma" (shiver....) 140804

33 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours hazzlenut brown, golden and clear with a lacing white head. Spiced aroma. Flavour has a mild caramel malt base with little sweetness. On top is a herbal towards spiced mix. Lingering cloves and ginger notes in the flavour. Finish is mildly spiced. Strange, the waitor gave me this and told me this is the most difficult beer, but it holds nothing against some of the Danish heavy spiced X-max beers. Nice though.

Botled@Kerstbierfestival, Essen. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is alcohol, cloves and some mild alcohol. Flavour is spices (cloves and cinnamon) along with some caramel malts and mild notes of alcohol.

Bottle. Slightly sour aroma. Chestnut brown colour, no head. Sour flavour with some sort of berry taste. Not much aftertaste.

Bottle at the brewery. Floaters in a reddish amber beer. Thin ivory head. Spice/herb aroma, bit too carbonated makes in hard in the mouth. OK fruit in mouth. Not bad, spicy frutiy beer. OK

33cl, best by 12/12, 6.8%. Small beige head that mostly dissipates atop dead-yeastie filled amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, candi sugar, some orange, cotton candy, light fusel. Taste is sweet, corn, cotton candy, some orange. Uncarbonated medium body, some stickiness.

Bottle. A hazy, amber beer topped by a minimal-sized off-white head. Spiced, sugary nose with sourish hints. Yeasty, sourish and slightly lemony flavor with a good dash of white sugar. Medium body. Sweet finish. Might be off, definately not a very succesful one, both too sweet and too sourish. 100115

Bottle. Amber color. Chunks of yeast ruin the appearance. Malt, toffee, anis and coreander in the aroma. Sweet flavor with peach and anis. The spices are too dominant.