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Thanks again riven, some absolutely class beers, great laugh overall <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->

So, what beers were considered the best of the evening?

&amp;quot;Adeptus&amp;quot;:37j2xxr4 wrote: So, what beers were considered the best of the evening?[/quote:37j2xxr4]

Alot of the beers names are were not remembered by me anyway but definatel Niels I think was taking notes,
The Brouwerij T'ij is hard to see past both beers from there were as excellent as I remembered,
The first couple were various bok beers that I found exceptional, one was the lightest beer I have ever had sit on the palette, amazing I though while still having a really full flavour,
The Westvleteren was outstanding, I was thinking it was all hype and that the beer couldn't possibly be that good, but it really is delicious straight away the aroma was all up in my grill and backed by buckets of flavour.
Niels has a tripple I believe that I for found exceptional, and as I'm new to home brewing gave me a huge amount of hope, because this beer was really great.
Late on there was also a crazy fruity, almost tropical juice looking beer that was just outstanding, in a very different way, incredibly fruity, quite thick and just something you could drink all day long.

Yep Niels Trippel was very refreshing , like good espresso it evaporated on the tongue , causing pleasant warming sensations , without any harsh alcohol . Not having ever drank a trippel , if they are anything like what Niels had made maybe I've been ignoring them unjustly and should start giving them a go.








( Cheers Denis for the Kind words <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) --> )

yeah it was a great tasting and cool to meet all of you... thanks to Riven for all the great beers and anecdotes from the dutch beer scene.... wanna go there myself <!-- s:-) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:-) -->and thanks to Dave, the BierHaus is a great place for tastings!
I took notes on the different beers... my personal favorite was Brouwerij de Molen Rasputin... heavy imperial stout with lots of burned malt,lots of liquorice, dark coffee and chocolate, well balanced sweet and bitter and warming alcohol. As well the other beers from De Molen, Amarillo and Heen&Weer was great. The good thing is I will be working in a stand next to de Molen at the coming weekend Beerfestival in Copenhagen <!-- s:-) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:-) -->
I aggree with Denis, the beers from Brouwerij 'tIJ Struis and Columbus was great as well... with a nice sour touch in the finish.
As far as I rememer the favorite of Dave and others were Stadsbrouwerij De Hemel, Marikenbier, ligth with bitter finish. well this was before Rasputin, maybe it changed their minds.
And I think both Wallacebiys Eden Ale and my beer shows that handbrews easily can compare with some of the commercials <!-- s:-) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:-) -->
Denis, i will post the recipe on the forum on the the next days.

I didn't particularly like the amarillo, but the Rasputin was indeed excellent Beer, a real stand out for me ( then I am partial to stout !!) That and Niels Trippel ( and not saying that cause Niels has been so nice to me there - I was genuinely intrigued and surprised by his beer it had lovely flavours and unique characteristics, It challenged my beer boundaries )


I missed the start of the tasting though so I missed some of those early beers , I did get to taste some good beers I'd never have expected from holland .



Dave is Sound, runs a great Bar , can't be denied .
Riven is A1 to have brought all those back , and I shall be talking to my own man in Holland to see if I can get one or two brought in for special occasions !!