t Smisje Guido

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle picked up at new beer. Bought only for the name. Pours a cloudy brown cloudy viscous body. Aroma of etoh, caramel, raisin and honey. Very sweet with strong presence of etoh. Decent beer.

Bottle 33cl @ Home.
Clear medium to dark red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, berry, moderate yeasty, moderate to heavy raisin - dryed prune. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter, with some berry sour notes, a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. (130708)

Savannah, Ga. - Habersham Beverage Warehouse - 11.2 oz bottle. Dark orange, murky pour with a long lasting slightly sticky white head. Molasses based aroma with hints of dates and raisins. Chewy flavor with some mead-like qualities - probably from the honey. Raisins, Christmas spices and a dash of caramel and a lip smacking sourness. Thickish mouthfeel. Not an everyday beer - but an interesting diversion.

UPDATED: AUG 26, 2008 Courtesy of Degarth. Pours a clear copper with lasting thin white head. The aroma is weird with green and dark raisins, green grapes, grape flesh, white wine and honey. Seems to have honey like alcohol fusels too. The taste brings up sweet dark raisins followed by green grapes and un-ripe raisin (is that even possible?). Midway tannins perk up along with honey sweetness. Interesting and a bit odd too.

Draft, at Ebenezer’s (Lovell, Maine). Poured chestnut colored, topped with a minimal off-white head. Aroma of raisin, spice, and honey, malt and brown sugar. complex flavor, with sweet malt, caramel, citrus and dark fruit, spice, honey, and herbs. Lingering herbal finish. Nice beer.

Not like a lot of Belgian strongs I have had before. Pour was hazy dark brown with a quickly disappearing head. In all honesty, it looked like apple cider with bits of cinnamon floating around. Aroma was very strong with raisin, honey, apples, and light spice and yeast. Very fizzy carbonation. I got a lot of apple in the flavor along with very light honey and dark fruit. Very sweet taste profile overall which I actually thought was pleasant. Again, not so much like the Belgian strongs I have had but it was good. I’m glad I tried it.

Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy, light brown, fully diminishing. Body is medium to dark amber. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel), lightly yeasty (basement), with notes of cherry, charred jalapeno pepper, brown sugar. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter, slightly unclean. Medium body, watery texture, lively/fizzy carbonation, lightly alcoholic. Some disturbing off-vegetal smell in this one reminds me of roasted chiles. Pair that with an unusually sour tang and I’m wondering if this might be an infected bottle. Not much carbo though, so I dunno. A revisit may be in order, but virtually all of the other brews I’ve had from Regenboog have rated in the 2’s, so could just be poor house character that disagrees with my senses.

33cl, brew with raisins, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, cloudy, rocky head, good brew