Beezeke
De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.25
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Alengrin (10989) reviewed Beezeke from De Proefbrouwerij 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Commissioned for a family of strawberry growers in Lochristi in eastern Flanders. Irregular, coarse, ’dirty’ yellowish foam, colour lingers between orange and copper, lightly clouded. The nose gets lots of strawberry, but not entirely genuine (to say the least) - in fact, it reminded me more of strawberry jam or even strawberry icecream. Lemony accent too, caramel malts, bit of orange peel and unfortunately a lot of rotten egg (H2S) further ruining an already initially unattractive aroma. Taste a soft, sweet fruitiness, obvious strawberry jam or juice (though less artificial than I expected based on the aroma), thin mouthfeel, not much maltiness to back it up, undercarbonated too, finish a bit watery, only slightly hoppy. Clearly out of balance and not enough ’backbone’ to support the over-presence of strawberries.
Sloefmans (14286) reviewed Beezeke from De Proefbrouwerij 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Red-foxy beer with faint greenish shine; small, pinkish head leaving some lace. Overwhelming nose of strawberry jam, very outspoken but all the same not off-putting. Sweet strawberry taste, like the strawberry "fruits" in the "Turkish fruit" range. Or artificial ester, if you want. In fact, it tastes like strawberry flavoured sugar lumps. Medium bodied, some slickness, difficult to say wherefrom. "Fruit"character... who the hell wants this? Yet the commissioner claims full natural strawberries. Oh well.