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Ten Of Clubs / Kleveretien
Brouwerij Het Nest
- From:
- Brouwerij Het Nest
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Ranked #102 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #16,799 - Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 10.34%
- Reviews:
- 18
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 29, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 09, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 15
The "Ten of Clubs" is a dark ale with a hint of anise and loads of character. Some may call it "Abbey-style," but we just think of it as great beer.
Aged in oak barrels and brewed from an original recipe by Het Nest - a group of friends making excellent craftbeer to promote the Flemish town of Turnhout Belgium - the world wide center of the playing card.
Aged in oak barrels and brewed from an original recipe by Het Nest - a group of friends making excellent craftbeer to promote the Flemish town of Turnhout Belgium - the world wide center of the playing card.
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Ratings by dvmin98:
Rated by DVMin98 from North Carolina
2.79/5 rDev -27.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.79/5 rDev -27.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Too much anise for my taste. Couldn't finish a glass.
Feb 28, 2015More User Ratings:
Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
4.13/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This beer nearly killed me! (Ok, I exaggerate a bit.) it was VERY active when opened and I tried to stem the flow by drinking some!
What was left was pretty good! Rich dark reddish brown color with with good head and lacing. Dark berries and some anise spice smell and taste. A bit of dark chocolate too. A pity more was not saved. I am enjoying what is left.
Nov 17, 2020What was left was pretty good! Rich dark reddish brown color with with good head and lacing. Dark berries and some anise spice smell and taste. A bit of dark chocolate too. A pity more was not saved. I am enjoying what is left.
Reviewed by avalon07 from South Carolina
3.83/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
L: Poured from a stubby bottle to a goblet. Had a dark, mahogany brown color and a thick, cloudy consistency. There was a half inch of creamy, off white, fairly long-lasting head. Not a whole lot of lacing, though.
S: A pretty good, but not great aroma of dark fruit, caramel, malt, and licorice.
T: Tasted of a tinge of caramel (sweet, but not cloyingly so), some light licorice notes (not a huge factor), a good amount of malt (a solid backbone), and a bit of dark fruit (raisins, in particular). Like the aroma, this is a solid flavor, but not as dynamic as you'd hope. Needed a bit more oomph. Still, not bad.
F: A well-carbonated beer with a sharp finish. Medium-bodied.
O: An uneven beer, but one with some good qualities. Worth a try.
Nov 05, 2020S: A pretty good, but not great aroma of dark fruit, caramel, malt, and licorice.
T: Tasted of a tinge of caramel (sweet, but not cloyingly so), some light licorice notes (not a huge factor), a good amount of malt (a solid backbone), and a bit of dark fruit (raisins, in particular). Like the aroma, this is a solid flavor, but not as dynamic as you'd hope. Needed a bit more oomph. Still, not bad.
F: A well-carbonated beer with a sharp finish. Medium-bodied.
O: An uneven beer, but one with some good qualities. Worth a try.
Reviewed by Cwrw from Canada (AB)
4.07/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Pours out with a lovely full mocha/red-coloured head, beer is pretty opaque with a tinge of mahogany. Great head retention right from the get go, and it stuck around. Beer looks great.
So, the aroma reminds me of a mix between an imperial stout and a quad, which is funny, because I have seen this beer listed as BOTH scanning through the internet. Even the official website is somewhat ambiguous about just what style this is supposed to be.
Aroma has some nice chocolate, sweet malt, like an imperial stout, but also some yeasty funk which makes me think of a quad. I get plenty of licorice in the aroma, I can definitely smell the anise. Mild coffee, some lactic hits, and raisins and dates. Nice.
Taste follows up on the aroma. A bit of yeast funk, plenty of chocolate milk and licorice, along with a very slight, dusty note of the hopping, but it is definitely on the sweet side. Mouthfeel is great--really silky smooth and full. A red-wine finish almost, a tiny bit of sourness and plenty of yeasty funk. The 10% alcohol is almost impossible to detect--it doesn't even SMELL boozy. Hey, tastes great man.
Good stuff from a brewery I wasn't aware of before today.
Jan 10, 2020So, the aroma reminds me of a mix between an imperial stout and a quad, which is funny, because I have seen this beer listed as BOTH scanning through the internet. Even the official website is somewhat ambiguous about just what style this is supposed to be.
Aroma has some nice chocolate, sweet malt, like an imperial stout, but also some yeasty funk which makes me think of a quad. I get plenty of licorice in the aroma, I can definitely smell the anise. Mild coffee, some lactic hits, and raisins and dates. Nice.
Taste follows up on the aroma. A bit of yeast funk, plenty of chocolate milk and licorice, along with a very slight, dusty note of the hopping, but it is definitely on the sweet side. Mouthfeel is great--really silky smooth and full. A red-wine finish almost, a tiny bit of sourness and plenty of yeasty funk. The 10% alcohol is almost impossible to detect--it doesn't even SMELL boozy. Hey, tastes great man.
Good stuff from a brewery I wasn't aware of before today.
Reviewed by MAB from Canada (AB)
4.11/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.11/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Day 14 of the 2019 Advent Calendar.
A spectacular beer, which I doubt will be surpassed by any others in this same calendar.
Opaque brown in color, a little (tan) head remains after the first pour.
Chocolate and malt flavor but not excessively sweet. There's a certain fruitiness as well but nothing cloying.
There must be hops doing a balancing act, but very little hop flavor. It's t he perfect marriage of malt and hops.
10% ABV and it goes down like water on a hot day. Brilliant!
Dec 15, 2019A spectacular beer, which I doubt will be surpassed by any others in this same calendar.
Opaque brown in color, a little (tan) head remains after the first pour.
Chocolate and malt flavor but not excessively sweet. There's a certain fruitiness as well but nothing cloying.
There must be hops doing a balancing act, but very little hop flavor. It's t he perfect marriage of malt and hops.
10% ABV and it goes down like water on a hot day. Brilliant!
Reviewed by hoptheology from California
2.04/5 rDev -47.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
2.04/5 rDev -47.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
Dark ruby body with a frothy head.
Licorice and alcohol nose, slight coffee.
Flavor is horrible. Lots of alcohol, anise, followed by pure NyQuil. That green stuff.
Feel...hot, boozy, semi dry.
Overall one of the most awful beers I've ever tasted. I don't like taking medicine unless I have to. Drain pour, here.
Mar 16, 2017Licorice and alcohol nose, slight coffee.
Flavor is horrible. Lots of alcohol, anise, followed by pure NyQuil. That green stuff.
Feel...hot, boozy, semi dry.
Overall one of the most awful beers I've ever tasted. I don't like taking medicine unless I have to. Drain pour, here.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.95/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottled and possibly bottle conditioned
Pours a dark cola near black body with big foamy tan head
Brown sugar and ash aroma
Flav our is esthers and seaside rock
Nice mouthfeel too
Mar 10, 2017Pours a dark cola near black body with big foamy tan head
Brown sugar and ash aroma
Flav our is esthers and seaside rock
Nice mouthfeel too
Reviewed by JackieKu from Taiwan
4.4/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
330 ml bottle. Best before 2016-09-11.
A: Dark brown. Poured 4 fingers high of head, moderate retention.
S: Medium toasty caramel. Some soybeans and raisin.
T: Medium toffee flavor. Slightly coffee. Chocolate aftertaste. Medium low sweetness. Low sourness. Moderate bitterness.
M: Medium full body. High carbonation.
O: Great caramel, coffee, and chocolate texture.
Mar 04, 2016A: Dark brown. Poured 4 fingers high of head, moderate retention.
S: Medium toasty caramel. Some soybeans and raisin.
T: Medium toffee flavor. Slightly coffee. Chocolate aftertaste. Medium low sweetness. Low sourness. Moderate bitterness.
M: Medium full body. High carbonation.
O: Great caramel, coffee, and chocolate texture.
Ten Of Clubs / Kleveretien from Brouwerij Het Nest
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
79 ratings
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