Monthly Archives: April 2025

Refsvindinge – Sort Enke

Refsvindinge Bryggeri was established in 1885, by the Rasmussen family. It is located near Ørbæk in Denmark. The brewery is still in the Rasmussens family possession, currently at 4th generation. It was mostly a malt beer brewery and the first pilsner was brewed in 1986. The current company construction was established in 1981 and 2004 as an anpartsselskab.

This 330 ml glass bottled beer at 5.7% alcohol level was gifted to me from family, as a birthday present, price unknown.

Thick flowing, deep brown and unfiltered like rye porridge.

No head or foam.

Aroma is dominated by the alcohol but also has notes of darkness to it.

Good CO2 level, balances will with the darkness and alcohol. Not so much fruit in the taste, from the wheat.

Overall rating 68 / 100

Refsvindinge – Den Grå Enke

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This 330 ml glass bottled beer at 5.7% alcohol level was gifted to me from family, as a birthday present, price unknown.

Brown color beer with orange notes to it, slightly hazy. No head or foam.

The aroma comes off with a smoked fruit. Which makes sense from the smoked barley.

Good CO2 level. Smoked wheated fruit in the taste with a slight bitterness. Alcohol does take over the after taste too much. Has some dark ale notes in the after taste as well.

Overall rating 75 / 100

Noval Silval Vintage Port 1999 (Tasted 2024)

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The name Quinta do Noval first appeared in land registers in the year 1715. António José da Silva, a Port shipper from Gaia, father-in-law of Luiz Valsconcelos Porto, acquired Quinta do Noval in 1894 after its devastation by phylloxera. He restored the property by replanting its vineyards.

A new bottling line and warehouse was completed in 1997 in Alijo, near to Pinhão. This project made Quinta do Noval the first of the traditional Port shippers to centralise all its activities in the Douro Valley rather than in Vila Nova de Gaia near Porto.

Decating started at 1530 in the afternoon.

The wine already seemed ready for a serious tryout at 1600 o’clock.

It is a clear wine, red in the color with brown notes.

Good aroma, only some alcohol, but more fruit and maturity in the notes.

Warmth in the taste, alcohol and tannins in play. Maturity and cask, goes in play with the dried fruit notes. Great big raisin in the aftertaste.

Drink now.

Overall rating 90 / 100

St. Paul – White

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The brewery “Brouwerij Sterkens” is located in Meer, Belgium. The brewery was founded in 1651 and is a family business through 14 generations.

I bought this beer from a wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 4 Euro for a 330 ml bottle at 4,8%

Beautiful yellow and white in the colour.

Gigantic sized head with a fine foam on the top.

Powerful and balanced fruit aroma with peaks of fruited, flowery and sweet hops.

CO2 is too weak, somewhat flat in the taste and mostly a mix of hops and flowers in the taste.

Overall rating 77 / 100

Danevang – Julewit

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Skanderborg Bryghus is located in Skanderborg, Denmark. This brewery was established in 2015.

I bought this beer at a local supermarket in Odense, Denmark. Price is guessed to be around 4 Euro. This biodynamic beer comes in a 500 ml glass bottle at 4.8% alcohol.

It flows thick as porridge, it very hazy and yellow in the color. Head and foam disappears fast.

Aroma is pretty anonymous. A hint of wheat, that is all.

Good CO2 level. Delicious wheaten fruit notes and full bodied taste. Thins out in the after taste, but good balance. It should have been branded as a weissbier, as it resembles that more, than a witbier.

Overall rating 77 / 100.

Svendborgsund Bryghus – Sol over sundet

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I bought this 500 ml bottled wheat beer with added elderflower cordial, at 4.9% alcohol, in a wine shop in Rudkøbing, Langeland, Denmark at the price of 6 Euro.

The presentation of the beer is great. Thick hazy yellow with orange notes.

A medium sized head with a fine foam.

Fruity and elderflower in the medium strength aroma.

Powerful CO2, a sweet fruit dominates the taste. Aftertaste is a bit more mysterious with notes of dark ale.

Overall rating 80 / 100

Quinta Do Noval Silval Vintage Port 1998

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Taste notes right after decanting

Clear thin red in the color, brown notes, but not going into the violet spectrum. Thin curtains on the walls of the glass.

Ripe fruit in the aroma with a dominating alcohol. Some spicy notes and darkness to it.

Good balance between tannin and fruit, warm and bossy from the alcohol. Leaves a good after taste of dried fruits. Hopefully it will become more full bodied the more air it gets.

Intermediate rating 87 / 100

Taste notes 3 hours after decanting

The color is a bit darker, it has become a more deep red.

Aroma has picked up a bit on the spices, but is still dominated by alcohol.

A bit more notes of the grapes in the taste, tannins relaxing a bit more but still a tad to the thin side.

Intermediate rating 88 / 100

Taste notes 7 hours after decanting

No significant change in color or aroma, since last taste note.

More dried fruits in the taste and a longer after taste. Alcohol has diminished a bit.

Overall rating 89 / 100

Dow Vintage Port 2004 Quinta do Bomfim #2 (2021)

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This vintage port comes at a alcohol percentage of 20% in a 375 ml glass bottle.

Taste notes right after opening and decanting

Clear and deep red in the color. Heavy curtains on the sides of the glass.

Powerful dark aroma with spices and dried fruits. Complex composition.

Soft tannins with a good dried fruits taste. Medium strength and with more dried fruits in the after taste.

Drink now.

Intermediate rating 89 / 100

Taste notes 3 hours after decanting

Much more balanced tasting experience.

Overall rating 91 / 100

Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port 2007

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Estimated cost of this Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port 2007 bottle of 375 ml is ? Euro.

Quinta do Infantado has been a estate-bottled port producer since 1979. Until that time, all exported Ports had to be shipped in bulk to Vila Nova de Gaia.