’t Paenhuys Winter Zjef

Brewed by ’t Paenhuys
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Nieuwkerken-Waas, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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75cl, new exclusive brew Anno 2012, from the brewery, complex brew, spicy/malty and slightly bitter/roasted, yet not balanced, cloudy, small head, nice Winter brew

A dark brown beer, head comes up creamy and disappears very quick. Too much sugar for me, combination with the spices is no a good marriage. Should be a stout, but no way this deserves another name then ‘brown beer’.

Brown colored beer with a small beige colored head. Mild notes of chocolate and caramel. Flavors of burned malts, candy and dark fruits. Mild sweet and sticky mouthfeel.

75 cl. bottle sample @ 18th Christmasbeer festival in Essen. Apparently this was intended to be a stout. Dark brown / fox red amber with a solid white head. Smell is sweet herbs, fruits, wild berries, twigs & sugar. Taste is soy sauce, the yeast couldn’t handle the final alcohol level?; dark malts, brown sugar, syrup, light bitter hop, yeasty with spices, overripe dark fruits & cough syrup. Okay body, could be a touch fuller, not very stout like, sorry. It is agreeable to me.

15/XII/12 - 33cl bottle @ Kerstbierenfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2012-1376) Thanks to the Belgian/Dutch ratebeer crew for sharing our beers!

Bit cloudy mud brown beer, creamy light beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. aroma: pretty spicy, overripe to rotten fruits, bit sweet, definitely something off. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: cough syrup, sugary, little bitter, caramel, overripe fruits. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, dried fruits, something nasty. Can’t put my finger on it, but something is terribly wrong with it.

Bottle sample @ 18de Kerstbierfestival, Essen 2012. Brune foncée, col fin beige allant sur café au lait. Arôme malté grillé, bouquet chocolaté avec un rappel de massepain. En bouche, malt grillé très agréable voire une pointe de fruits noirs, fini est grillé, note de caramel et une certain douceur sucrée plus un côté vieux grains. Au final cette version hiver se distingue par le possible ajout d’épices qui se fait légèrement présent en bouche et moyennement au nez.

Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival 2012. Hazy a bit murky brownish color, small quickly disappearing off-white head. Smell and taste malts, alcohol, caramel and some sweetness. Fizzy carbonation, medium body. Ok beer but nothing more than that.