Category Archives: Beer

Refsvindinge – Sort Enke

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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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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.

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

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

Duvel – Belgian Strong Blond

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I bought this small, but powerful, Belgian Blond at the price of ? Euro, at a local wine shop in Denmark. It comes in a 330ml glass bottle at 8.5% alcohol. That certainly illustrates the STRONG!

This beer is bottle fermented.

Beautiful hazy yellow and very consistent. Great big head of foam.

Sweet fruit in the aroma and it comes off with a good strenght.

Powerful CO2, good balance in the taste between the full bodiedness, huge sweetness and slight bitterness in the after taste.

Overall rating 85 / 100

Ærø Bryggeri – Økologisk Pilsner

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Ærø Bryggeri got its name in 2020, but has a long history behind it. In the small village of Rise, on the island of Ærø, the brewery have made beer from 1926 up to 1961. It was first reopened in 2004, as a new stock based cooperation.

I bought this beer from tap, on the Island Ærø, Denmark. Local beer bought where it is produced. The price was properly around 8€ for a 500ml glass at 3.9% alcohol.

Good looking yellow to orange in the color. Slightly hazy and no foam.

Fresh and light hops in the aroma.

Okay CO2 level, lots of hops and slight bitterness. The bitterness gains more power in the after taste.

Brewed like a German pils and is non pasteurized.

Overall rating 82 / 100

Lowlander – White Ale

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Lowlander is a brewery located in the Netherlands. Lowlander brews with botanicals, meaning they put a large range of herbs and fruit into their brews. Founded by Frederik Kampman in around 2017 – 2018, as age of brewery is only given in years on their website, who knows?

I bought this 330 ml bottle at 5% from a wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 4 Euro.

Light yellow in the colour with a white tone to it. There is a few big chunks of sediment, be careful with drinking bottoms up.

No head or very little foam.

Medium strength aroma that has a sweet and fresh fruit aroma, good balance with the hops.

Okay CO2 level, dominating wheat in the taste with notes of sweet fruit, just a slight hint of citrus and bitterness. Good balance.

Overall rating 75 / 100

Bryggeriet Frejdahl – Fjalar

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Frejdahl is the brand result from a cooperation between brewer Christoph Behnke and designer Jim Lyngvild. The beer is brewed at Bryggeriet Vestfyen, located in Assens, Denmark. Bryggeriet Vestfyen has been in operating since 1885.

I bought this wheat beer from a wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 3.5 Euro for a 330 ml bottle at 4,8%

Hazy yellow without a glow to it, comes off with thoughts about sewers in the colour.

No foam head on the top.

Fruited wheat that is dominated by a flowery hops in the aroma.

Good CO2, wheat and hops in the taste and after taste. Not a bitter ending, but still with a dominating hops.

Overall rating 74 / 100

Thisted Bryghus – Thy Humle Økologisk

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Thisted Bryghus was founded in 1908 where it bought up the broke Thisted Aktiebryggeri that had existed for a mere 10 years before it had to close. The brewery is mainly owned by local people holding shares in the brewery. Thisted bryghus is located in Thisted in Denmark.

A friend brought a case of different Thisted Thy beers to a dinner and we got through a lot of them. This is a 330 ml bottled biodynamic hops ale at 4.6% alcohol.

Dark yellow in the color of this clear filtered beer. No head or foam.

Weak hoppy aroma.

Powerful CO2, hops and darkness in a fine balance, aftertaste in dominated by the bitterness.

Overall rating 79 / 100