t Smisje Guido

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottled@Belgobaren, Stockholm. Deep brown colour with a mediumsized off-white foamy head. Aroma is spices, honey, raisins and some slight notes of alcohol and mild resiny notes as well. Flavour is spices, honey, mild yeastyness as well as some raisins, sweet malts and mild notes of alcohol. Wellbalanced and quite pleasant.

Pours a very hazy almond brown with very effervescent tan head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is tart notes with hints of hay, cereal, brown sugar a tart fruity note (cranberry even). Flavor is must sweeter and less tart than the aroma would suggest. Definite sweetness of raisin is present without the intense syrup flavor. Sweetness is not so much honey but overwhelmed by the raisin notes. Notes of bread. alcohol present in flavor palate. The sweetness is definitely countered by a tart bite. Body is not heavy. It is a very carbonated beer which gives the beer a lighter feel.

I thought this was going to be bad, blond beer with honey and raisins. Its a simple tart darker ale. Not blond at all, not great but not bad. Ok.

Bottle @ home. Gusher! Nice red-brown color, small white head. Decent smell and taste; light sour, light bitter, light spices. Medium body and carbonation.

Purchased at Discount Liquors in Milwaukee, WI; enjoyed on a Tuesday night prior to getting a haircut. I’ve never tried a Rogenboog Ale and thought it had to be a fictitious name, so I had to try it! Appearance is a very cloudy red/brown raisin / mud water looking brew with a rich off-white head that is rather prominent. I would say it looks fantastic, one of the more interesting looking beers I’ve seen. Aroma is a very present raisin/plum/slight peach with a unique Belgian yeast that’s in the back end of the nose. Taste is super powerful, and man...raisiny!!! This is the most raisin filled beer I’ve ever had for sure, my eyes opened right up upon first sip. The ABV is less than others I’ve had but it just tastes very potent. This one may be a little too wildly fermented for my tastes. Very happy that I tried it though, and hell if someone had a bottle of it again I think I’d enjoy it again. Oh, also, it is pretty carbonated and I now have a raisin burp which I didn’t think was possible. Overall enjoyable....................................OK, the glass is now half way gone and it’s gotten to the point of not being able to drink it. The flavor is just powerful and it feels like the raisin flavor has gotten heavier. My rating is going down as a result.

2011 - 05 - 08 330ml bottle.hazy, medium brown colour. almost no head. taste is trong, sweet, herbale, nice...

11.2 oz bottle, the Belgian Kvass? Not with this abv! It pours into my Duvel glass a thick dark brown with a foamy tan head that billows big time. It has large bubbles and leaves gobs of lacing. The smell is ultra raisiny, smells like Kvass. It has a thick raisinbread aroma, some spices, fruitiness, sweetness, and a nice perfumey alcoholic whiff. The flavor is thick and rich, tons of raisin in there, along with thick caramel and spices. It is malty and fruity up the wazoo. This is an interesting one, definitely worth a try. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 05-17-2010 21:23:48

Wow - the beer pours dark, murky brown, with tons of sediment. The aroma is apples with a bit of honey and the Belgian yeast. The flavor starts out a bit boozy and sweet, very potent, with the base of the Belgian Strong yeast dominating over the sweetness of the raisins.