Limburg Brewing Company Reviews

Japalo	1.9 Limburg Weissbier Tap@TEFAF. Haze yellow. Small head. Spicy. Low carbonation. Faint flavours. Boring. Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Ungstrup	3.7 Limburg Porter Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, berries, and wood. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and wood as well as lighter notes of alcohol. Thanks Papsoe for sharing. Saturday, October 3, 2009
Enjoyit	3.4 Limburg Porter Dark amber of color with a beige head. An aroma of rubber, chocolate and roasted malt. A flavor of roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Sunday, September 27, 2009
kempicus	4 Limburg Oude Reserve Try as i might i haven’t been able to get anymore of this since brewNZ 2006,so from really hazy memory (probably to hazy to be of any use) I liked it, one of my favourites if not my favourite of the event! Saturday, January 10, 2009
fonefan	2.9 Limburg Porter Bottle 640ml. Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, caramel, roasted and coffee notes, light to moderate yeasty, soap. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. 100908 Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Papsoe	3.4 Limburg Porter (Bottle 64 cl) Pours a clear reddish brown with a creamy, beige head. Sweetish aroma of hard roasted malt and vanilla. Medium body with sweetish hard roasted malt and vanilla accents. The finish is dry with a hint of bitterness from the malts. Much better than what could be expected from reading previous ratings. 100908 Saturday, October 25, 2008
yespr	3.5 Limburg Porter 64 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a dark brown colour with a lacing tan head. Dense hoppy and roasted malty aroma. Smooth vanilla and roasted malty base flavour with a roasted malty finish. Smooth and nice. Bitter and dry in the far finish. Thursday, September 18, 2008
KimJohansen	3.1 Limburg Porter Black with large beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, mild chocolate and coffee notes. Sweet flavour roasted malt, chocolate and coffee notes. Ends sweet. Wednesday, September 10, 2008
MiP	2.8 Limburg Porter Bottle, 5.2%. Fruity and roasted aroma. Muddy dark brown colour. Quite roasted flavour, a little burnt malt. Wednesday, September 10, 2008
bozoNZ	2 Limburg Porter 640ml bottle b/b 31Oct07. Tucked at the back of the fridge so should be well matured. Sadly, hasn’t lasted the distance. Pours nicely but sadly that is as good as it got. Hints at what it could have been - if only.......... Friday, August 3, 2007
bozoNZ	3.5 Limburg India Pale Ale 640ml bottle b/b 1 Oct 07. Amber golden with a thick creamy head. Grassy, slightly sweet nose. Quite a resinous malty flavours, with a drying hop finish of a little citrus & passionfruit. Given others ratings perhaps it ages well??? Sunday, May 20, 2007
Sully	1.8 Limburg India Pale Ale I am pleased that the sample beerledgend sent me was in the same condition as those recently rated. I was concerned that it had aged in a negative way and that my perception of the high phenols were based on the bottle imperfection rather than the brew. The obvious conterpoint is that it is very disappointing that this is a major factor in the beer. You can pick it in both nose and taste which really detracts from the beer. From the intitial pour I was hopeful that the beer was going to be special with that pleasing caramel body and creamy head. Any nose of positive note came through in a citric spiciness and hint of aroma hop. The flavour also indicated its character as an IPA but overall the acidic sharpness in the finish is a real disappoinment. Thanks anyway to Chris for his generosity. Monday, January 15, 2007
bozoNZ	3.3 Limburg Rosies Fianna 19/10/06 @ Rosies - Hastings. Darkish, black/red. Toasty, toffee almost coffee. Nice drop. Saturday, January 13, 2007
bmackenzie	2.9 Limburg India Pale Ale Pours a hazy dark orange with a lasting head. A spiciness on the nose from the yeast but also from English noble hops, aromas of orange and marmalade, a barley-sugar type lolly sweetness. Plenty of yeast spice character in the taste. Falvours of yeast spiciness dominate giving falvours of clove, nutmeg and cinnamon. Lacking some malt character, just the sweet lolly malt of the pale malt but nothing else. BItterness is balanced with a slight hint of astringency near the end. The yeast profile seems a little wrong to me. I prefer the Hopsmacker as a Pale Ale to this one. Saturday, January 6, 2007
bmackenzie	3.5 Limburg Porter Creamy tan head topping a dark brown to black beer. Aroma of Coffee, dusty paper, marmite with fruit and spice from the yeast (a combination of clove, cinnamon and nutmeg). A lovely creamy mouth feel. Flavour has a dominance of yeast fruit and spice, strong chocolate and slight coffee flavour, full bitterness and a pleasant warming alcohol. An interesting beer to taste with many layers. Ideal for sharing a bottle with a friend. Saturday, January 6, 2007
yalnikim	2.6 Limburg India Pale Ale Tasted 23/12/2006. 640ml bottle from RW&S, Wellington. Deep rose gold, near bright, very lightly carbonated, with a creamy off-white head. Lots of caramel malt on those nose, with a little hop and a background of the classic Limburg house note - woody spice. A little phenolic in the mouth, which doesn’t quite work, but there’s a lot of caramel malt that hides that. Medium-low hop bitterness. Lovely soft carbonation and medium-heavy weight but the unpleasant, and lingering, phenolic finish really hampers the palate. Missed the mark for me. Saturday, December 23, 2006
TimE	3.8 Limburg Oude Reserve Dark copper color. No head. Sweet malty nose, apricot, earthy character. Big raisin bread, fig, brown sugar sweet syrupy mouth with a nice dry cherry finish. Over 100 IBU, but I did’nt the hops not very noticeable. Sunday, November 12, 2006
TimE	4.2 Limburg Weizenbock 1999 Vintage. Dark brown color, burnt raisins, molasses, chocolate, wheat nose. Intense, full rich body with brown sugar, burnt raisins, wheat chocolate. Lingering burnt raisin finish. Very intense. This is the only Wiezen^bock that is better than Aventinus. This is truely a world class beer, but they don’t make it any more. Sunday, November 12, 2006
beerledgend	2.5 Limburg India Pale Ale Dark amber in colour with small creamy head. Yeasty estery aroma. Is more of trappist style than IPA. Thursday, October 5, 2006
yalnikim	4.6 Limburg Oude Reserve Tasted 15/09/2006. Leftover rigger from BrewNZ. These thoughts are from myself, tyrrell and bmackenzie... Pours a burnished copper, bright, with no head at all and just a tingle of carbonation (we’re drinking this a little warm, perhaps, at about 15c). Sweet malt - almost syrup-like - on the nose, with barley sugar, marmalade, a slight meatiness and a definite sherry-like oxidation character. Tyrrell is reminded of barley being toasted for haggis at Miro Street. Tempting and quite lovely. More malt sweetness in the mouth; toffee and liquorice in the middle; a warming alcohol and spice finish, bordering on hot; and a late lingering bitterness. More meatiness and sweet toasty malts linger on the palate. Softly carbonated and a full weight. I tried this first at BrewNZ 2005 and thought it was good but needed a bit more age to mellow. This taste proves it - a truly fantastic NZ ale! Well done to the Limburg team. We opened a Chimay Bleu after this, which seemed almost bland on comparison. Sunday, September 17, 2006
yalnikim	3 Limburg Rosies Fianna Tasted 14/09/2006. Rigger from BrewNZ. Deep garnet, bright, with a disappearing off-white airy head. All crystal and roasted malts on the nose. Nutty malts up front, and through the middle, followed by a pushy roasted finish and a very gentle hop smack. Mild fruitiness and toast on the palate. Maybe a little soapy through the middle-end and slightly hot in the finish but otherwise very drinakable. Lingering roastiness. Good pub beer, quite sessional. Thursday, September 14, 2006
beerledgend	3.2 Limburg Porter Drak brown/black in colour, small white head. Big floral hop aroma . Choclate flavour with hint of fruit. Warm mouth feel. Monday, August 28, 2006
pickled	3.7 Limburg Porter 640ml from Regional Wines and Spirits. I had been looking forward to this since drinking rather too many at the defacto Limburg bar in Hastings (a plastic paddy’s) and was not disappointed. A very easy drinking beer for a dark one. Tuesday, August 8, 2006
markas101	3.6 Limburg Porter 640ml bottle, regional wines. Burnt chocole aroma, dark pour (although expected darker). Very smooth and not too overpowering, medium carbonation that suites the style. Interesting beer, will try as half of a black and tan as it’s description states the origins. Sunday, August 6, 2006
yalnikim	1.9 Limburg Porter Tasted 27/07/2006. Surprise find. 640ml bottle from Regional Wines and Spirits. Dark brown, almost lack with garnet and golden hues. Creamy tan head disappates into a faint ring. Plummy hints on the nose at first, follwed by a strong biscuit and roast malt aroma. Dry in the mouth, more dark fruit notes, a little nutty, with some sweetness in the background and a roasty, strongly astringent in the finish. Burnt notes lingers immensely. Good medium body, perhaps just a touch too dry and light from the carbonation. A good dark offering from a brewery that had specialised in pretty pale beers until now. UPDATE: Subsequent tastings revealed a strong phenolic character making my first "Hefe-porter". I guess one of other Limburg yeasts got into the act. Very oxidised too. Ghastly. Wednesday, July 26, 2006
markas101	3.9 Limburg Oude Reserve Tasted May 26 2006, Regional Wines & Spirits ’Muscle Brews’ Tasting, Wellington, New Zealand. 2004 batch. reddish hue, citrus hoppiness. Good amount of alcohol but not overwhelming. Very balanced, great beer. Thursday, July 13, 2006
omhper	2.8 Limburg Weissbier Draught at Rosie O’Grady’s, Napier. Cloudy pale amber, creamy head. Orangey nose. Sweet, fruity and yeasty with notes of melon and clean mouthfeel. There’s not estery bananaish Weihenstephaner yeast character, rather witbier like curacao falvour. Orange jam dominates thie finish. Not the best offering from Limburg. Friday, February 10, 2006
omhper	3.4 Limburg Rosies Red Draught at Governors Inn, Napier. Deep ruby, clear. Raisiny, roasty malt character. Medium sweet with rounded mouthfeel. There are lots of interesting fruity, toasty, caramelly malt flavour, but less hop flavours. Medium bitterness. Friday, February 10, 2006
omhper	3.9 Limburg Pilsener Draught at Governors Inn, Napier. Clear golden, small head. Grassy nose. Dry and really crisp with grainy malt flavours and soft mouthfeel. Typical crisp German style pilsener with really bitter finish. Thoroughly well made. Friday, February 10, 2006
rgrep	3.6 Limburg Weissbier Pours a cloudy liquor that fades from a pale yellow to light gold below the blossoming white head. The nose is apple blossom and spice with notes of apple juice concentrate. The body is light with some spice, a little orange, and vinous notes reminiscent of watered-down apple juice. Monday, December 12, 2005
winkle	3.9 Limburg Oude Reserve Bottled - thanks Beer Legend. This is a big beer, pours a nice deep red-brown colour with a creamy head. A rich fruity malt and molasses nose with a fair dollop of alcohol as well. Body is smooth , rich and thick - almost chewy. Flavour is quite complex with stewed grapes, golden syrup, and sticky date pudding with a fairly bitter dry finish for balance. The alcohol remains well hidden, this is bloody nice impressive stuff. Friday, September 30, 2005
beerledgend	2.9 Limburg Oude Reserve Ruby red in colour with no head, stong ale, typical english style. Hoppy flavour with hints of rasins and black currnts, sweet malty aroma, a well balance beer. More of an English Stong Ale than barley wine. Thursday, September 1, 2005
yalnikim	3.5 Limburg Rosies Red Tasted 07/05/2005. 1.25L flagon from the Limburg Brewery via courier. Pours a gorgeous, bright, red amber with a thin off white head that disappears. Big, tending huge, grassy hop bouquet with faint a hints of citrus and apple. Some toasty, caramelly, malt aroma gets through too. Big hop flavour doen’t surpirse. Light mouthfeel delivers a crisp, cleansing, grassy flavour with only the faintest sweetness that make me think this is a superb ale for between courses during a nice meal or to get onto straight after work. Some caramel malts show through atwarmer temps. Palate is left with a lasting citrus bitterness that fades just in time for the next glass. Another hop lovers beer from Limburg. Saturday, May 7, 2005
yalnikim	2.8 Limburg Weissbier Tasted 02/05/2005. 330ml bottle from New World, Miramar. Pours a murky yellow with a large, almost uncontrollable, sudsy looking, white head. Aroma is predominantly of green apple chewy lollies with hints of banana, spices and yoghurt. Sweet flavour up front with more suggestion of apple plus wheat. Spicey through the middle with very little bitterness. Watery mouthfeel and palate. This one is a little too thin and overly carbonated. I remember it being better. Disappointing that there are no batch details. Monday, May 2, 2005
SBC	3.5 Limburg Weissbier Appearance was a bit on the over cloudy side if that is possible. Aroma offers banana and caramel with hints of clove. Flavour is typical for the style with a long palate that goes from banana in to caramel. Good carbonation on this batch (Best Before Apr 05) a couple of the past batches have been a bit firey at best. Tuesday, October 12, 2004
SBC	3.2 Limburg Pilsener Pretty good effort. Finishes a bit sweet. Nice hop aroma and good hop flavour. BU’s 33-35? 4.5%alc/vol Could be a bit drier. Hints of Roosters lagers of old. Tuesday, October 12, 2004
rgrep	3.1 Limburg Weizenbock (2 May 04, 7.8% ABV) Lightly malty with marmite (yeast spread) overtones. The large white head begins fizzy and forms creamy islands on the medium brown body. It begins a tad sweet and lively with a light bitterness and alcohol coming out in the finish. Friday, September 10, 2004
Spiesy	2.2 Limburg Weissbier Bottled, at Paddy’s Brewpub, Flemington, Australia. Foggy blond body. Flavour and aroma were really no descript for me at this stage of the night. Weisse beers were being through on the back of stouts and chocolate porters. Stouts were being contrast and shared with pilsners and bocks. It was frenzy time. The gathering: duff, eczematic, Linc, motelpogo, Spiesy, Sully. Wednesday, May 5, 2004
eczematic	3.2 Limburg Pilsener typical NZ micro-pils (which is a good thing) - passionfruity, tangy, bitter-fruity. thick, slightly toasty malt, quite a creamy texture, finishing a bit tart and spicy along with a few IBUs. like st arnou, not like a european pils at all but i like it anyway. Tuesday, April 20, 2004
motelpogo	2.3 Limburg Weizenbock curious stuff. quite a fair bit of grainy sourness, light hints of apple and chocolate. just ends up pretty sticky and messy. a shame because their other wheat beers are good Thursday, February 26, 2004
motelpogo	2.8 Limburg Weissbier strange aroma of apple cider. tasted mainly of cloves with some wheat bix and vanilla ice cream. pretty bland, especially compared to limburg's excellent wit Wednesday, January 14, 2004
duff	3 Limburg Weizenbock More bocky than weizenbocky as eczematic pointed out while having this, but i didn't mind it, some light estery banana and a small touch of clove, some chocolate, a bit fizzy and uncomplex, but not bad. Friday, May 23, 2003
eczematic	2.1 Limburg Weizenbock much more on the bocky than the weizen side of weizenbock. way darker than i expected - murky dark brown. smells bizarre - glue, vegetables, salt. taste is dominated by intense toffee, from decoction mashing. you barely notice the wheat until the end when you get a bit of chocolatey graininess emerging. it's way thick and chewy - no tartness or acidity to cut through like in aventinus. bit of a mess, but then i'm a bit bigoted towards bocky beers. Thursday, May 22, 2003
Millsy	3.6 Limburg Weissbier Light coloured (almost orangey) with a big, fluffy head. Flavour has strong wheat and fruit tastes - particularly banana and maybe a hint of chewing gum. Good stuff. Saturday, October 12, 2002
Millsy	3.4 Limburg Weizenbock ........................................................................... Saturday, October 12, 2002
Caton	2.8 Limburg Weissbier When Duff and i both had this we looked at each other and thought were is the flavour. Little bit of fruit aromas and a stale finish. I want to give this beer another go and hope that we had a bad bottle. Saturday, July 6, 2002
duff	2.3 Limburg Weissbier Hmmmm, maybe i missed something or maybe i had a bad bottle, but it was really lifeless, little lasting head, which is unusual for a weiss, stale wheat and slight banana aroma, quite light aswell, sorry, no stand out flavour, i wasn't really a fan. Monday, June 10, 2002
Kaya161	3.2 Limburg Tribute Pale Ale This beer has an interesting yeasty flavour similar to what is found in their wheat beers. The flavour is citric overall (from hops) but somewhat sour (from yeast). I'd prefer some more crispness, bite, and malt flavour. The yeasty flavours that work in their wheats are definitely out of place in this beer. Saturday, May 25, 2002
beerledgend	3.8 Limburg Weissbier Hugh spritzy head, cloudy gold colour with heaps of sediment. Sweet aroma almost like PK chewing gum. Strong wheat taste. Saturday, March 23, 2002
Kaya161	3.7 Limburg Weissbier Dark yellow, slightly orange cloudy colour. The head is very thin and weak, not tall and rocky as it should be. The aroma is great, though. Intense banana. Nice fruity flavour, with banana dominating. Well rounded. The fruitiness works better here than in their wit. The appeareance of this beer leaves more to be desired, but the aroma and flavour make up for it. mmmmmm . . . . banana. Friday, March 22, 2002