Established in 2015

Tommie Sjef Wild Ales

Client Brewer in Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱


Middenweg 109
Den Helder
1782 BC

+31643865835
[email protected]


Organic barrel-aged and fermented beers that contain wild yeasts and lactic acid bacteria.

Founder: Tommie Sjef Koenen

 


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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Pink, small head, going fast over deep carmine to cardinal red beer. Chalk, ink, cherry, cherrystems... but fruit? Maybe smelling as a very strong reduction of cherries. Sour cherry, cherry reduction (again), cherry sauce, hints at acids, tart. Intense, but definitely natural smelling, nowhere artificial or sugared. Acidthinning, fruit-filled, slick. Sharp-ish, but very pleasing; utterly convincing kriek.

Tried from Bottle from Station 1280 on 12 Dec 2021 at 09:26


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Good, slightly yellowish tinted white head over copperish golden beer. Dried apricot on lambic, apricot liqueur, faint fresh green herbs. Again dried apricot, faint caramelized fruit, some uindentifyable light-herbal liqueur, bread with inclusions, very slightly tartness. Slighly oily, feels spritzy despite rather dead looks, alcoholwarmth (for a 6.7% beer!). Yet another excellent TSj!

Tried from Bottle from Station 1280 on 12 Dec 2021 at 09:14


8

Dark clear amber, small white head. Very grapey and juicy. Massive barrel, oak, walnut, we have the delight of a side glass of vin jaune which really helps to find the notes. Medium to quite sour. Medium body, soft carb.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2021 at 18:10


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared next to some vin jaune. Clear amber with small white head. Lactic sourness, walnuts, dried red fruits, soft vanilla, apricot, peaches. Medium sour and sweet. Full bodied. Really nice, there's some of the wine but it's still very much it's own thing.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2021 at 17:08


8.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Thanks Maakun! Near clear golden orange with an off white head. Aroma is vinous, oxidized Vin Jaune notes, tart grapes, soft funk and oak. Flavour is moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2021 at 17:06


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 29.07.2017. amber hazy color, almost no head. smells stone fruits, plums, peaches, apricots, bit sulphuric at first, tannins, subtle grape notes, bit jammy, berry notes. very nice smell. medium body, subtle carbonation. tastes of stone fruits, apricots, light plums, light peaches, grassy, earthy, bit jammy, some citrus, bit acidic, hints of tannins. finishes rather dry and lightly sour with notes of stone fruits, citrus and some grassy notes. good stuff, love the stone fruit notes, a bit light on the carbonation and could use a tad more funk, but this is very nice. not so much grapes left.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2021 at 15:38


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Taster at gfs, courtesy of Sander, big thanks. redish / amber hazy color, small white head. smells spices, bit leathery, minerals, horse radish, oak, citric, light tannins. full body, soft carbonation. tastes tannins, spices, leathery, some horse radish, bit joghurty, some lactic notes. finishes lightly dry and medium sour with notes of tannins, joghurt and lactic sourness. hmm, expected a bit more from this, heavy on the lactic / joghurt notes, wine notes more noticeable through tannins then any kind of grape notes. Need to revisit, but right now a bit underwhelmed

Tried on 21 Nov 2021 at 16:07


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Very bright, deep red colour. It's got fresh and fruity cherry. In the finish it gets drier and a bit woody.

Tried on 07 Nov 2021 at 12:08


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours unclear, dark purplered to amber. Small white head. Scent is full, grape dryness, tannines. Mild herbal notes from the red grapes. Taste is full, tart, funky, mild oak, fruity. Very balanced - but as always with TS, I don't understand the amazing words people use for the beer. It's 'just' very good to me.

Tried on 26 Oct 2021 at 11:41


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Mark. Pours a cloudy dark ruby with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is grape must, oak, funk, barnyard. Slick body, grape, berry, funk, oak, nice tartness, enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2021 at 21:56


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