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Wine Type
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Vintage
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Spirits
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NV Ian Macleod Islay Gold 30 Year Old Batch 1 (bottled 2021) Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 40%, 1200 bottles
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Ian Macleod, Islay Gold, 30 Years Old, Islay Single Malt, Batch 1, Bottled 2021, Casktype American Oak, Number of bottles 1200, Colored (*), 40.0%.
(*) It has too much a Sherry colour.
Chill-filtered ? (not indicated).
EAN: 5010852047479
Port Ellen is closed since 1983.
Ardbeg was temporally closed from 1983 to 1989, so just open in time for a 30 YO in 2021.
The others are:
Bowmore
Bunahabhain
Bruichladdich
Caol Ila
Lagavulin
and
Laphroaig.
For me it tastes like a Bunnahabhain or a Bruichladdich.
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Red - Fortified
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2011 Kopke Porto Late Bottled Vintage
Port Blend more
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Kopke, L.B.V. (Late Bottled Vintage), 2011, Porto, 20%.
Lot: L 15267 / 5 16 14 (= bottled 05/16/2014 ?)
EAN: 5601194709059
TN, 27-05-2021:
Just the last 1/3 glass out of an old open bottle (open from Feb. 2016 ?; but at least open for many years).
Some depot.
Still 100% okay !
Not too sweet, medium to full body, lots of nice tannins, well structured and with backbone. Enough complexity and length.
Lovely for a LBV.
Clearly from a top vintage.
A steal for € 15.
S=89 R=9(15) 5/27/2021 M=now-approx.2031
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Spirits
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NV Dictador Orange 100 Months Aged Rum 40%
Colombia
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Destileria Colombiana Limitada, Dictador, Orange, 100 Months Aged Rum, 40%.
EAN 7707284029279
TN:
Even after nearly 4,5 years in an open bottle, some alcohol burn.
Light to medium-low orange taste.
Not bad overall, but I will not buy a second bottle.
Also not cheap for what it offers.
S=79-80 R=6(28) 5/6/21
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Spirits
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NV Samaroli By Coilltean Int. Co. Ltd. Orange Liquor 40% C.G. SA 17100 Saintes France Produce of France
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Samaroli, By Coilltean Int. Co. Ltd., Orange Liquor, 40%.
C.G. SA 17100 Saintes France
Produce of France
Combining Cognac, Armagnac, and a very old brandy.
Aged in wood for 3 years.
Just 400 bottles have been produced.
This is No. 140
EAN: 5060417912940
Coilltean Int. Co. Ltd.
www.CoillteanSpirits.co.uk
(but I could not find it)
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Beer
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2018 Brouwerij Rodenbach Vintage
Roeselare
Malt, Grain more
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Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm NV-SA), Rodenbach, Vintage 2018 (Bottled 2020), Flanders Red Ale, Aged in Oak Foeders, Foeder No. 220, 7%.
Unblended Flanders Red-Brown Ale matured in oak caks for 2 years.
Rudi Ghequire, brewmaster.
BBE: 04/08/2025
EAN: 5410583803090
TN 05-02-2021 ca. 19DegC:
Good, but too much acids for me vs a light sweetness.
Only a little bit complex and rather short.
TN 09-02-2021 ca. 19DegC:
Now much softer, less harsh acids and somewhat more creamy, round and with a subtle soft mousse.
TN 13-02-2021 fairly cold ca. 12DegC:
To compensate for the acids I tried a 50/50 blend of this Rodenbach and Brand Dubbel Bock (BBE: mrt 21; so I guess at least 2 yo; Lot 9256528Y), which was a good blend (S=88).
Conclusion:
I llke it, but too much acidity for me.
S=87 R=7(10) 2/23/21 M=2021-2028 or maybe (much) more.
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Red
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2016 Tommasi Ripasso Valpolicella
Ripasso della Valpolicella Classico Superiore
Corvina Blend, Corvina more
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S.S. Agricola Tommasi Viticoltori, Tommasi, Valpolicella, Ripasso, DOC Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Veneto, Italy, 2016, 13%.
Harvest Sep. 2016
By halfmoon
Aged in Oak Casks
OEnologist: Giancarlo Tommasi
Correct info ?:
70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella and 5% Corvinone.
15 mos. in very large Slavonian oak casks.
Is the same wine as on CT!:
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3478962
But the current one is the older one and with more TNs / ratings.
https://www.winemag.com/buying-guide/tommasi-2016-valpolicella-classico-superiore-ripasso/
87/100
TN 16-02-2021 at ca. 15DegC:
Yummy, everything okay, slightly alcoholic and a light sweetness because of that, but okay for me.
Still very young.
TN 20-02-2021 at 15DegC or less:
Better now. More one piece, very fruity with sufficient bakbone from bitters and tannins.
€ 20 is max. price for me.
S=88 R=7.5(20) 2/23/21 M=2021-2026, maybe till 2030
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Spirits
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NV G.E. Massenez Crème à la Fraise des Bois 20%
France
Strawberry more
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G.E. Massenez, Crème à la Fraise des Bois, 20%.
L5111712
EAN: 3265120015021
TN:
Good, nice wild strawberry taste.
Not very complex or with a great length, but good and with no faults.
Not too sweet.
S=87 R=8(13) 2/22/21 M=now-2030(+)
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Spirits
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NV Arran Gold Cream Liqueur, 17%
Isle of Arran
Malt, Grain more
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Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd, Arran, Gold, Cream Liqueur, 17%.
BBE: 19/07/2020
EAN: 5060044480270
Launched in 2004.
Awards:
Silver winner and "Best in Class" at the IWSC 2005,
Named at the World Whisky Awards as "The World's Best Whisky Liqueur 2007"
TN 1/15/2021:
Fresh bottle vs this 3 YO bottle:
The last glasses out of this 3 YO bottle better, softer, milder, more complex, than the fresh 2020 bottle.
Because of a better production in the past or thru oxidation ?!
S=88 R=8(15) 2/6/2021 M=now+3-5yrs
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Beer
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NV Hollandia Premium Quality Lager Beer Imported, Brewed in Holland, 5.0%
Noord-Brabant
Malt, Grain more
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Hollandia, Premium Quality Lager Beer, Imported, Brewed in Holland, 5.0%.
Ingr.: water, barley malt, maltose, hop extract (no yeast, haha).
Stamwortgehalte: 11,40
EAN: 8714800007207
Six-pack of tin-cans of 33 cl each.
Brewed and canned in Holland for:
H-West B.V.
P.O. Box 1638
3600 BP Maarssen
Holland
Brewed by:
Bavaria
Lieshout
Holland
Website
www.bavaria.nl
TN: several dates and over 6 cans:
It is not very bad, but I will never buy it again, and I will not recommend it.
Clearly a bad hops extracts taste, so lesser bitters.
A six-pack of tin-cans of 33 cl each is approx € 3.25, that is cheap, but (for approx. the same price) better buy a much better German cheap pilsener from f.i. the LIDL or ALDI.
This one running for an Avoid status.
S=73 R=5(0.54) 12/12/20
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Beer
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NV Brouwerij Egmond Sancti Adalberti Miraculum Novum Egmonds Blonde Abdijbier 5.7%
Holland
Malt, Grain more
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Brouwerij Egmond, Sancti Adalberti, Miraculum Novum, Egmonds Blonde, Abdijbier, 5.7%.
Gebrouwen in licentie met de abdij van Egmond / Sint-Adelbertabdij, Egmond-Binnen, NLD onder Abt Gerard Mathijsen.
Water uit de bron op de Adelbertusakker in Egmond-Binnen.
Gebrouwen met bio Bleek mout en bio Carahell mout.
Enkelvoudig gehopt met Sorachi Ace hop.
Toevoeging van lindebloesem.
Stamwort gehalte: 13,1˚ Plato.
Bovengisting
Bitterheid: 25 EBU.
Biologisch bier
Ongefilterd en ongepasteuriseerd.
BBE: 17.11.20
EAN: 793573257369
Gebrouwen sinds 2013
Brouwerij Egmond bv
Egmond aan den Hoef
NLD
De Sancti Adalberti Egmondse Blonde omschrijft zich het best als een blond aromatisch abdijbier met een mooie bitterheid van de Sorachi-Ace hop en een licht alcohol gehalte.
Ideaal als digestief bier, daar de bitterheid de eetlust opwekt.
Toevoeging van lindebloesem zorgt voor een eigen karakter en een heerlijke geur.
De bieren zijn ongefilterd en ongepasteuriseerd en kennen een nagisting op fles.
Sancti Adalberti is biologisch bier dat is geënt met het water uit de bron op de Adelbertusakker in Egmond-Binnen waarvan wonderverhalen vertellen over de genezende werking.
Gebrouwen in licentie met de abdij van Egmond en geworteld in het verleden van de abdij.
Het is enige Nederlandse Benedictijner (vandaar de naam van het bier) abdijbier.
TN:
VERY NICE !
So S=95 in its class, S=90 for beers in general.
M=2019-2022, since I do not think it will improve.
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Fruit/Vegetable Wine
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NV Cidrerie Stassen Cidre Cuvée Rosé
Wallonie
Apple more
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BBE 11/2017
L6327056T 15:53
It is clearly not a keeper.
Drink it fresh of within 2 or max. 3 years, since then it is going over it's top and loses its freshness and fruitiness.
TN, 21-05-2020:
This bottle is clearly over its top.
The fruit is gone.
Not bad or undrinkable, the after-taste is still the best with some fruit.
TN, 22-05-2020, next day:
Better (!), more fruit than yesterday.
So I had to give it 78/100, because just drinkable.
S=78 R=8(4.5) 9/29/20 M=now-within 2 years
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Fruit/Vegetable Wine
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NV Cidrerie Stassen Cidre Cuvée Rosé
Wallonie
Apple more
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Could not find a BBE or Lot no.
But I bought it together with the other bottles, so:
(quote)
7/8/2018 - HOMER HOLLAND LIKES THIS WINE: 87 Points
My fifth bottle.
BBE 11/2017
L6327056T 15:54
(unquote)
TN, 29-09-2020:
And I change my mind.
It is not a keeper.
Drink it fresh of within 2 or max. 3 years, since then it is going over its top and loses it's freshness and fruitiness.
So I have to give it 80/100 as it is now.
S=80 R=8(4.5) 9/29/20 M=now-within 2 years
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Beer
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2017 Brouwerij de Molen Sally & Swain Bowmore Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 22.7 Deg Plato EBC 209 EBU 100 Unpasteurized 12%
Bodegraven
Malt, Grain more
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Brouwerij de Molen, Sally & Swain, Bowmore Barrel Aged, 22.7 Deg Plato, EBC 209, EBU 100, BA Imperial Stout-ish, Unpasteurized, Drink at 10 DegC, 12%.
Ingr.: water, barley malts (pils, brown, crystal 100, caramel, chocolate, mild, roasted munchener), malts (wheat), flaked oats, bitter hops (apollo, zeus), top fermenting yeast (so, hurrah, no sugars !; I tasted it without knowing this !).
Bottled on / Lotto: 04-12-17
BBE: 04-12-27
EAN: 8717624420832
Stout Imperial / Double
TN, at 7.5 DegC:
Yummy, not too sweet at this temperature, balance, a bid of complexity and some length.
At higher temp.:
Still not too sweet, especially many good, mainly hop, bitters.
At 22 DegC:
Still not too sweet (for me), sweetness is well integrated, but at this temperature somewhat harsh bitters, but De Molen advises it to drink at 10 DegC (I tasted it without knowing this; I always taste blind).
S=88 R=8(5) 9/23/20 M=now-2025(+), but I do not think it will improve.
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Beer
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NV Mount Saint Bernard Abbey Tynt Meadow Trappist Ale
Leicestershire
Malt, Grain more
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Tynt Meadow, English Trappist Ale, Strong Ale Brewed by the Monks of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, Chranwood Forest, 7.4%, 33cl.
Ing.: Water, Barley Malt, Sugar, Hops, Yeast.
BBE: 18/03/21
Lot (?): TM / 0019
EAN: 5060598500004
Ale Strong Trappist
TN, 26-02-2020:
Good, yummy, fresh with a nice mousse.
TN, 21-09-2020:
Same, I like it very much.
Not complex, but very good and (of course) no faults.
S=88 R=7.5(3.5) 9/23/20 M=now-2023 (or longer)
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Beer
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NV Bierbrouwerij Emelisse Imperial Russian Stout Barrel Finished #3 Barrel Finished in Kilchoman Whisky 11.0%
Kamperland
Malt, Grain more
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Brouwerij Emelisse, Imperial Russian Stout, Barrel Finished #3, Barrel Finished in Kilchoman Whisky, 11.0%.
Ingr.: Water, Malted Barley, Sugar, Hops, Yeast.
BBE: nothing
EAN: 8717853882210
Released in 2020.
TN, 05-09-2020:
At 7-8 DegC:
Good, balance, a bit complex and some length.
At 11 DegC:
Now already (much) too sweet for me.
So, if you like sweet beers (I do not):
S=87.
For me:
S=84 R=7.5(6) 9/21/20 M=now-2030(+?), but it will get even more sweet.
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Red
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2015 Bodegas Olarra Rioja Cerro Anon Reserva
Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more
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Bodegas Olarra, Cerró Añón, Reserva, Tempranillo, Gracianco y Mazuelo, DO Calificada, Rioja, Spain, 2015, 14%.
Mix of grapes and purchased wine from Riojas Alta and Oriental,
Cuvée of Tempranillo with 20 % Gracianco and Mazuelo.
TM No. 196448
L9189
EAN 8411423031113
TN 30-09-2020, 01-09-2020 & 07-09-2020:
Good, only somewhat too high in acidity, but that will get lesser when older ?
Fruity, some tannins and backbone.
9/5/20
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Beer
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NV Brouwerij van Eecke Kapittel Watou Winter Abdijbier 2019 7.8%
Malt, Grain more
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Brouwerij Van Eecke, Kapittel, Watou, Winter, Abdijbier, 2019, 7.8%.
LOT19. 10. 02 (= 02-10-2019)
BBE 02/10/2021
EAN 5412896532049
9/5/20 M=2019 to at least 2021
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Fruit/Vegetable Wine
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NV Choya Plum Original Japanese Ume Fruit
Germany
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Choya, Original, Japanse Ume Fruit, 10%.
Produced in Germany using wine from the EU.
Aromatisiertes weinhaltiges Getränk.
EAN: 4905846134093
CHOYA Umeshu (Deutschland) GmbH / Choya Umeshu Co., Ltd. (Japan).
Intensives Aroma und süß-saure Harmonie.
Weinartig, mit einem feinen, fruchtigen Aroma der japanischen Ume Pflaume.
http://choya.com/germany/
Die Ume-Frucht ist KEINE Pflaume
Die Ume-Frucht (wissenschaftlicher Name: Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) wird oft mit der Pflaume verwechselt (wissenschaftlicher name: Prunus domestica L), die zu derselben Familie der Rosaceae Prunus gehört, aber sie haben sehr unterschiedliche Eigenschaften.
Die Ume enthält 4-5 % Säure im Vergleich zu 1-2 % Säure bei Pflaumen.
Wenn die Ume-Frucht reift, erhöht sich der Anteil der Zitronensäure im Vergleich zu anderen organischen Säuren.
Die Frucht und Haut der Ume enthalten Polyphenol und die Frucht enthält Aminosäuren.
Unsere Studien deuten darauf hin, dass γ-Aminobuttersäure aus der Glutaminesäure entstehen kann.
Die Frucht enthält Polyphenole.
Der Polyphenolgehalt erhöht sich mit der Reifung.
Die Frucht enthält organische Säuren wie Zitronensäure.
Die Ume-Frucht wird in Japan und China schon seit langem für medizinische Zwecke eingesetzt.
In Japan gibt es eine Tradition, die besagt, dass die Ume-Frucht gegen drei Arten von Giften wirkt:
Gift in Nahrung, Wasser und Blut.
TN:
Very nice, sweet, but with the appropriate acidity, and with a nice fruit taste.
S=88 R-8(7) 8/24/20 M=now, but maybe it can improve with ageing, since there are also aged versions.
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Beer
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NV Brasserie d'Achouffe Chouffe Blanche 6.5%
Wheat, Grain more
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Brasserie d'Achouffe, Chouffe, Blanche, Bière Belge Blanche / Belgisch Witbier, 6.5%, 33cl.
Ingr.: water, barley malt, wheat malt, yeast, hops, coriander seeds, lemon (no sugars added).
Wheat Beer
IBU 17
BBE: 06 2021
Lot: L 214431606
EAN: 5410769800820
Attention: There is a 2020 edition with 6.6%Abv.
TN, 17-08-2020:
Very excellent wheat beer.
Everything is okay.
Balance, appropriate hoppyness, very slight sweetness (but no sugars in the ingredients), nice acidity, and with a good length.
It is not very complex, but who needs that in a refreshing wheat beer ?
I tried it from 4DegC to approx. 14DegC, and it tasted well all the way.
33cl (no 75cl bottles) costs in the NLD € 2 to 2.50, so a nice price too.
I gave it 91/100, but if you incorporate complexity, it should be 88-89/100.
S=91 R=8.5-8(2-2.5) 8/17/20 M=now, I think you should drink it fresh, I guess it is not for keeping.
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Non-alcoholic
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NV Belvoir Fruit Farms Lemon Honey, Lemon & Ginger Cordial 00%
Leicestershire
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Belvoir Fruit Farms, Honey, Lemon & Ginger Cordial, 0.00%, 50cl.
Ingredients: pressed lemon juice (not from concentrate ?) 36%, sugar, water, blossom honey (9%), ginger extracts (0.5% ?).
Sugars 38.4 gr/100ml
Lot: 12:59 190 L1
BBE: JAN 2021
EAN: 5022019550203
Belvoir Fruit Farms Ltd,
Barkeston Lane,
Bottesford,
Leicestershire,
NG13 0DH,
UK.
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Non-alcoholic
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NV Belvoir Fruit Farms Lemon Organic Lemonade gently bubbling with real lemon juice 00%
Leicestershire
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Belvoir Fruit Farms Ltd, Organic Lemonade, gently bubbling with real lemon juice, 00%, 75cl.
Ingr.: Carbonated spring water, organic sugar, fresh organic lemon infusion, organic lemon juice (not from concentrate) 6%, citric acid.
sugars 07.8 gr/100ml
Bio: GB-ORG-04.
Lot: 09:48 021 L2
BBE: JUL 2020
EAN: 5022019170111
Belvoir Fruit Farms Ltd,
Barkeston Lane,
Bottesford,
Leicestershire,
NG13 0DH,
UK.
TN, 06-08-2020:
Lovely stuff with the right mousse.
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Beer
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NV Brouwerij Timmermans Lambic & Stout Guinness with Timmermans 6%
Itterbeek
Malt, Grain more
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Timmermans & Guinness, Lambic & Stout, West Indies Porter, Guinnes Special Export & Timmermans Oude Kriek, 6%, 37.5cl.
IBU: 37
EBC: 75
Vintage: not stated
BBE: 22/08/21 (so vintage 2019 ?)
EAN: 5411516003532
Blend of 3 beers brewed by Guinness (Ireland) and by Timmermans (Belgium).
Guinness & Timmermans created this amazing blend of 3 unique beers:
- Guinness West Indies Porter (1801),
- Guinness Special Export (first brewed in 1944 exclusively for John Martin) and
- Timmermans Oude Kriek (the world’s oldest lambic brewery).
Fermentation: Mixed
Developed by the master brewers Willem van Herreweghen and Peter Simpson.
Blended & bottled in Belgium by Anthony Martin, see:
https://anthonymartin.be/en/
TN, July 2020:
Yes, nice, not so sour with the Guinness.
But a strange combination.
And a disaster with food.
Cs&TN like 8/6/20
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Fruit/Vegetable Wine
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NV Kystin Cuvée XVII Cidre arômatisé aux châtaignes Cidre Bretagne 4%
Apple more
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Sacha & Melvyn Crommar / SARL Kystin, Kystin, Cuvée XVII, Cidre arômatisé aux châtaignes, Cidre Bretagne, 4%.
No Lot.nr
No BBE
EAN: 3683080014937
http://www.kystin.net/cuvee-xvii.ws
Après sept longues années d'expérimentation, une macération de la Châtaigne, crue, concassée, pendant de longs mois dans le jus sera finalement retenue pour nouer pomme et châtaigne: La Cuvée XVII est née !
Pourquoi XVII ?
Il représente pour certains la belle étoile, tandis que pour d'autres, il symbolise la cruauté.
Mais ici, la véritable est raison est plus simple : sont nécessaires dans la "recette originelle" pas moins de 16 variétés de pommes auxquelles vient s'ajouter le 17ème élément "Châtaigne" pour concocter cet élixir d'exception.
Plus qu'un Cidre, la Cuvée XVII se traite comme un grand vin pétillant aux subtils parfums de Châtaignes.
TN, 20-06-2020 @ 10+ DegC:
After 2.5 years in the bottle still 100%, which is very nice for a cider / cidre.
Good, fresh with the appropriate sweetness, somewhat simple and short, but good.
TN, 24-06-2020 @ ca. 16 DegC:
It offers you more at a higher temperature (and after some air ?).
Now very good stuff, with the right and nice sweetness, which is integrated very well, enough and nice acidity, little bit complex and with a suitable length.
Lovely food 'wine'.
I was in doubt between 89 and 90/100, but it misses some complexity to give it a 90/100 or more.
S=89 R=7(12) 6/25/20 M=2017-2022(+?)
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Non-alcoholic
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NV Belvoir Fruit Farms Organic Ginger Beer 00%
Leicestershire
Fruit Blend more
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Belvoir Fruit Farms Ltd, Organic, Ginger Beer, 00%.
Ingr.: Carbonated spring water, organic sugar, organic lemon juice (from concentrate), organic fresh root ginger infusion 2%, ginger extracts, citric acid, capsicum extract.
sugars 11.0 gr/100ml
Bio: GB-ORG-04.
Lot: 13:46 028 L1
BBE: JUL 2021
750ml
EAN: 5022019160112
Belvoir Fruit Farms Ltd,
Barkeston Lane,
Bottesford,
Leicestershire,
NG13 0DH,
UK.
TN:
It is NOT a Ginger BEER, which is brewed (fermented) and contains alcohol (although nowadays as less as 0.5%Abv), BUT a Ginger ALE, which is just carbonated water that's been flavoured with ginger and contains no alcohol.
But it is lovely stuff.
The perfect mousse / bubbles, the perfect freshness and the hotness of real fresh ginger, but I think, also from the capsicum, which is just too much sharpness / hotness for me.
For €3.09 with a nice price for organic stuff.
S=88 R=8(3) 6/18/20
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Spirits
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NV Moullon Grande Champagne Cognac Grande Champagne Brute 1e Cru de Cognac AC Cognac Grande Champagne 41,6%
White Blend more
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Compagnie de Guyenne, Distilleries de Matha négotians (but on the bottle cap "Mise en bouteille dans nos chais"), Moullon, Grande Champagne Brute, 1e Cru de Cognac, AC Cognac Grande Champagne, 41,6%.
No indication of grapes used.
L17 313 (= 2017 ?)
EAN: 3257150126419
Compagnie de Guyenne is the owner of a.o. Meukow and Brugerolle Cognac.
No indication of what a kind of Cognac it is (VS, VSOP or XO).
They say the cognac is at least 8 yo, so it can be classified as an XO Cognac, but others say it is on AVERAGE 8 yo, and it tastes more like that, so young.
Moullon is a small distillery, which is using only very old barrels for ageing, hence the very light color.
They do not add colouring or sugars, which is a good thing and that you can also see and taste.
TN:
Very light colour, very, very light gold, but nearly clear as water.
Also a very light body and it does not have much taste too, apart from a very light fruity sweetness (pear-like) and sharpness of the alcohol, the latter is clearly a fault.
So, not a favourite of mine.
I was in doubt between 78 or 79/100.
S=79 R=6(27) 6/21/20
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