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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Brew Your Mind, Hungary, Sour Ale

Brew Your Mind Fruit Works – Raspberry-Blackberry-Blueberry

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Brewery: Brew Your Mind
Country: Hungary
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Sour Ale

Brewer Description: (from can) Raspberry, blackberry, blueberry.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.12

Intro: A 440ml can, poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A very nice deep purple colour with a slight reddish tinge, and a big two finger pinkish head, that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Sweet mixed berry sauce, jammy, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, vanilla.
Taste: Light sweetness, a touch sour, blackberry, blueberry, with a hint of vanilla.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Nice easy drinking, with a good amount of fruit.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Scotland, Stout - Pastry Imperial, Vault City Brewing

Vault City Gingerbread Latte

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Brewery: Vault City Brewing
Country: Scotland
ABV: 11%
Style: Stout – Pastry Imperial

Brewer Description: (from can) A smooth, full-bodied stout fit for the season featuring chocolate malt, oats and creamy vanilla for a luscious, velvety mouthfeel. Additions of brown sugar creates delicate sweetness while subtle coffee notes meld with cosy, warming spices of cinnamon and ginger.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.84

Intro: A 330ml can with a best before date of 30th August 2029. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with a thin tanned head that disappeared almost immediately, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Sweet, chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar, with a ginger and cinnamon mix that almost resembled banana.
Taste: Sweet, vanilla, chocolate, brown sugar, coffee, caramel, cinnamon, with light notes of ginger.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, smooth, full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Sweeter than I wanted it to be, as I was hoping for stronger ginger and cinnamon spiciness, and less sweetness.

4 - Good (buy), Amager Bryghus, Beer Reviews, Denmark, Stout - Imperial

Amager Double Black Mash (2023) Bourbon BA Version

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Brewery: Amager Bryghus
Country: Denmark
ABV: 13.2%
Style: Stout – Imperial
Other Notes: Widow Jane BA (label says 10 months, Untappd says that was erroneous and it should be 22 months)

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Take a good thing and make it even better – that’s the philosophy behind Double Black Mash. This huge Imperial Stout was easily big and potent enough after the first mashing, but we thought what the heck let’s give it another spin. So we mashed it in a second time doubling everything that was already good while aiming for great. All grain, heavy duty, no nonsense. Did we hit what we aimed for? Well, that’s really up to you to decide. If you like it big and black this is your kinda beer for sure.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.43

Intro: A 750ml black waxed bottle, 2023 vintage, with a best before date of January 2029. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: A deep black colour with a thin brown head that dissipated quickly to a ring around the glass while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Bourbon, light roast, chocolate, toffee, licorice.
Taste: Bourbon sweetness, chocolate, vanilla, toffee, wood, light roast, and a touch bitter on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: An enjoyable sipper with great aroma and flavours. Back to basics barrel aged beer without the need to over adjunctify (is that a word?).

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V., Lambic - Gueuze

Timmermans Oude Geuze Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2024 (25 Jaar)

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Brewery: Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V.
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.7%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze
Other Notes: Lambikstoemper 25th Anniversary

Brewer Description: (from bottle in Dutch) Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2024 is een Oude Geuze, een door de EU beschermde benaming, samengesteld bij Brouwerij Timmermans (Itterbeek) door De Lambikstoempers vzw, naar aanleiding van het 25-jarig bestaan van de bierproeversvereniging uit het Pajottenland en de Zennevallei, lid van HORAL vzw en van Zythos vzw.

Deze Oude Geuze is een blend van 40% lambiek uit foeder 4 (brouwsel 10/05/2023), 22,5% uit pijp 214 (brouwsel 26/03/2020), 24,2% uit foeder 20 (brouwsel 11/11/2019) en 13,3% uit een Pinot Gris vat (brouwsel 24/03/2022), samengesteld door het Lambikstoempers beheer op 21/09/2023, afgevuld op fles in december 2023, spontaan hergist op fles in de Lambikstoemperskelder en feestelijk gelanceerd in 2024.

(translated to English) Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2024 is an Oude Geuze, a designation protected by the EU, composed at Brouwerij Timmermans (Itterbeek) by De Lambikstoempers vzw, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the beer tasting association from the Pajottenland and the Zenne valley, member of HORAL vzw and Zythos vzw.

This Oude Geuze is a blend of 40% lambic from foeder 4 (brewed 10/05/2023), 22.5% from pipe 214 (brewed 26/03/2020), 24.2% from foeder 20 (brewed 11/11/2019) and 13.3% from a Pinot Gris barrel (brewed 24/03/2022), composed by the Lambikstoempers management on 21/09/2023, bottled in December 2023, spontaneously refermented in the bottle in the Lambikstoempers cellar and festively launched in 2024.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.31

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, 2024 vintage, with a best before date of 31st December 2044. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen gueuze glass.
Appearance: A very nice clear golden orange colour with a two finger white head that had good retention, and eventually settled to a nice fluffy cap, while leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Funky, musty, fresh cut green apple, wood, hay, with notes of lemon zest and pear.
Taste: Green apple, lightly sour, lemon, lemon zest, wood, funky, with hints of gooseberry.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Light and refreshing with interesting aroma and flavours. Definitely on the young side, and glad to have several more bottles on hand to see how they turn out in the future.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Brasserie du Bas-Canada, Canada, Stout - Milk / Sweet Imperial

Bas-Canada Marabout

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Brewery: Brasserie du Bas-Canada
Country: Canada
ABV: 10.5%
Style: Stout – Milk / Sweet Imperial

Brewer Description: (from bottle in French) Noisette, noix de macadam, café, marshmallow, sirop d’érable, noix de coco & vanille de Madagascar.

(translated to English) Hazelnut, macadamia nuts, coffee, marshmallow, maple syrup, coconut & Madagascar vanilla.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.32

Intro: A 375ml bottle with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with a thin dark brown head that dissipated fairly quickly to nothing, while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Sweet chocolate, coffee, vanilla, coconut flakes, with notes of nuttiness and maple syrup.
Taste: Sweet, dessert, chocolate, maple syrup, coffee, vanilla, nutty, with a touch of coconut.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: An enjoyable sipper with good aroma and flavours. Maybe on the verge of being too sweet for me, but not yet over the top.