Sjoerd Van de Vijver

45 Days of Darkness Van de Vijver

10% doppelbock. Brown bread, caramel, almond, raisins aroma. Taste adds notes of coffee, bitter, toffee sweetness, some alcohol, marzipan, quite malty, hints of rye, dates, ginger. Nice complex doppelbock, bit high on abv though. Creamy mouthfeel.

Hvit (2023) Van de Vijver

Borefts 2023 #3: melomel with ginger, elderflower. Delicious!

Implosion Van de Vijver

0,3% NEIPA. Quite nice and fruity! Always that cereal malty sweetness in these alcohol free beverages, but the fruitiness masks that for a big part.

Bottle Shop Series Highball Drifter Van de Vijver

Friends adventcalender #2/13: 11% BBA (imperial brown) ale with orange peel, cherry. 1,5 yrs old. Bourbon, vanilla, caramel nose. Taste adds booziness, bitter orange, dried fruit, some spice, licorice. Strong but really flavourful beer! Thanks Gijs G. !

KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge (2020) Van de Vijver

11% BBA imperial stout with chocolate, coffee, maple syrup. 2nd checkin. Actually better than first time; less sweet, more versatile. 2 yrs ageing has done it well. Still, f#ck Founders!

Insane In the Grain Rye Van de Vijver

6,4% rye IPA. A smoky touch in aroma, some citrus, a little bready. Spicy rye, smoke, touch of bitter, malty in taste. Special, especially the smoky touch which I really like but don't know where it comes from. I'd buy this again.

World Wide Westcoast Van de Vijver

LCI. 4,4% westcoast session IPA. Good stuff! Piney, pineapple, caramel malty aroma. Piney bitterness added in taste, some citrus. Easy drinking with nice full on flavours, drinks as higher abv beer!

Oude Geuze Boon (2018-2019) Van de Vijver

LCI. 7% oude geuze. Stable, funky, old hops, some hay, some citrus. Maybe geuzes are just not my kinda beers. But I keep trying.

#DIPA Van de Vijver

LCI. Over 2 months old can. Compared to last 2 times I git some piney notes as well this time. Overall quite sweet tropical fruit. Waiting for a new batch in the supermarkets...

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2018) Van de Vijver

LCI. To end a great beer weekend with Ronald V. 12,5% BBA imperial stout with coffee and cocoanibs. 4 yrs old. Heaps of filtercoffee in aroma, some chocolate, some bourbon. Same in taste, bit boozy. Idk I just expected the aging had done something. Not.

Grolsch Blont Van de Vijver

7% blonde ale with tea. Blonde beer with tea in aroma and taste. Quite nice twist. Really drinkable, like the tea-notes.

Kentucky Bourbon Stout (KBS) (2021) Van de Vijver

12% BBA imperial stout with coffee, chocolate. It's KBS. It's kinda always good imho. Enjoying this with apple pie, great combi!

#DIPA Van de Vijver

8,7% NEDIPA with (not sure) cascade, citra, simcoe. Sweet tropical pineapple aroma, also some grapefruit and grassy hoppy notes. First sweet fruity, than sweetsour berries, hopburny grassy notes, fruity bitter. From the supermarket. Bring it on!

De Klok Van de Vijver

4,8% macropils. To compare to Pilsner Urquell. Sweet, malty, slightly bitter. Mwah.

Nemesis (2021) Van de Vijver

11,2% 'american barleywine' with roasted malts, lots of hops. In other words: an imperial black IPA. Roasty, licorice, salmiak, piney, earthy, raisins aroma. Taste adds firm hopbitterness, bit coffee and caramel. How is this a barleywine?! Tasty though.

Oktoberfest Van de Vijver

Beer Republic Advent 🇺🇲#13: 6% Märzen. Bready, honey, toast, grass, bitter, caramel, hoppy, malty. Slightly dry finish. What a fantastic beer! It's balanced, packing with flavour. Again, I could drink this by the Maß!

Dunkel Weizenbock Van de Vijver

7,5% weizenbock. Typical banana estery and sweet caramel malt aromas. Taste adds wheaty citrus astringency, a little sour even. Too much carbonation at first. It's a nice try, but I prefer my German classics I guess.

KBS Espresso Van de Vijver

12% BBA impstout with coffee. Loads of different coffee aromas and flavours. Some sweetness, a little sharp bourbon edge. Really enjoyable from draft!

Dirty Bastard Van de Vijver

8,5% wee heavy. Liked it better from draft. Still: clearly craftmanship. Really, a well brewed beer.

Breakfast Stout Van de Vijver

8,3% imperial stout with coffee, chocolate. Easy drinkable stout, not complex, just roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, caramel, bitterness. Could drink this all night.

Limbo Raspberry Van de Vijver

0,3% raspberry flanders red ale. Or something. It's a really tasty beverage. Raspberry, fruity, sour/tart, sweet. I like it.

Blow Out Van de Vijver

6% modern IPA. Hoppy in the nose, some pine needles. Bitter, piney. Not particularly fruity; bitter orange, mandarine, grapefruit peel. Full mouthfeel, very dry finish. Bit chalky even. I kinda like it.

Centennial IPA (2021) Van de Vijver

LCI 7,2% IPA. Spicy ginger aroma. Hoppy, spicy, earthy, piney, bitter. Caramel malty backbone. It's nice.

All Day IPA Van de Vijver

4,7% session IPA. From the wishlist, finally. Hoppy, piney, grapefruit. Caramel malty backbone comes through. Hopbittering is kinda harsh. It's quite okay.

George Bourbon BA Van de Vijver

That is a very good BA imperial oatmeal stout. Great barreltaste, lovely booziness with vanilla and coconut from barrel. Roasty coffee complements. Still... I expected more than 'very good'.