Jessenhofke RSRV
Jessenhofke NV

Copenhagen 26/2 2022. 33 cl bottle from Beerdealer web-shop. Dar orange label with some plantlike vines and the very consonant rich name of the beer in bold, white letters.

Pours opaque, murky dark brown with a big off-white head. Stable. Settles as a thin but consistent layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Clinging to the sides of the glass. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is fairly intense with a sweet - almost sugary - malty scent mingling with a potent odor of sweet alcohol. Dark malts and dark sweet fruit. Plums and raisins. Brown sugar and toffee. A bit of dark, sweet rum peeking in.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, smooth, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is intense with a strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong sourish bitterness. Aftertaste is sweetish with a boozy streak. Lingers for a while. Finish is boozy caramel.

Potent boozy Quadruple packed with dark fruit, sugar and alcohol.

 

Review: 33Cl stubby bottle of Jessenhofke's RSRV, Belgian Quadrupel : ABV: 10%

Coming in a lovely little stumpy black bottle with RSRV in big white distinctive lettering. The RSRV signfies Reserva, i.e higher quality than usual. An organic beer that is of high fermentation.

On pour get a nice creamy head with a reddish brownish colour. Has to be said it looks fantastic. A really great looking beer. Head looks good and the beer has a real depth to it.

Some good lacing and head maintains well. 

Was great to swish the beer around the glass, looking at the beautiful colours and the light carbonation fizzing about. A magnificent appearance and great body.

The aroma is slight, of fruits, caramel, the sweet malts, and the hops, ok on the nose.

On the taste, the initial mouthful was lovely, brilliant, creamy and definitely the beer started with the "wow" factor. 

Fruity taste with the organic hops lingering in the background. Caramel is there too. Also got a strong taste of the candy sugar.

It is a full bodied beer, rich in taste, like a good hearty meal that takes a while to finish, this is beer to savour. 

It is hoppy, it is a strong Belgian after all, but it very manageable and the hops caress your taste buds, smooth enough to drink and enjoy. 

For a 10% ABV I thought the alcohol was very well hidden and inoffensive which was some feat.

Overall it was a beer that was pleasant and enjoyable to drink. A nice Belgian beer experience from a bottle. 

 

Dark caramel-brown colour, hazy but otherwise translucid, with a very small tan-coloured head. Smells a bit like a Flemish red, at first - grapes, vinegar, stuff like that - followed by some nice bourbon, maple syrup. The taste is somewhere between an English barleywine and a quad/dubbel, with notes of caramel, apple brandy, maple syrup, bitter hops and alcohol. Medium body, mild carbonation.