tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post837569130085880843..comments2024-01-20T04:48:07.301+01:00Comments on The Bitten Bullet: De Molen Tsarina Esra ReservaBarry Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-76956684813086051112009-11-29T14:13:56.231+01:002009-11-29T14:13:56.231+01:00A super, super beer from what must be one of the w...A super, super beer from what must be one of the world's most inspirational brewers! I'm so pleased I have a bottle.Dominic, Marble Beersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-50823075447363501642009-11-29T11:43:19.208+01:002009-11-29T11:43:19.208+01:00It's one of those flavour tick-list beers: Fig...It's one of those flavour tick-list beers: Figs? Check. Chocolate? Check Peat? Check. Pepper? Check.<br /><br />Love it.<br /><br />He blended this with a couple of other Imperial stouts to make the even-more-intense Cuvée No. 1. Lots of people liked it but I thought it ruined the fantastic equilibrium of Tsarina Esra.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-33937901460719772132009-11-29T01:28:49.853+01:002009-11-29T01:28:49.853+01:00I had this at the British Beer Festival. It's ...I had this at the British Beer Festival. It's a cracking beer but the festival was the wrong occasion for it. I imagined it would be wonderful if you'd come in from a days hike in the cold and thick fog. Then you'd sit down at a real fire and drink a snifter of this. Not too much mind. You might also have changed into an outfit involving some tweed.Bionic Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630751922629714247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-65049576548389478382009-11-28T21:39:18.330+01:002009-11-28T21:39:18.330+01:00Definitely! The label is in Dutch, but it does say...Definitely! The label is in Dutch, but it does say "Gerijpt op Bordeaux vat", which my bad German tells me should be "matured in Bordeaux cask". I wonder was that adding to the fruitiness.Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-54342265690015636082009-11-28T21:35:42.973+01:002009-11-28T21:35:42.973+01:00Nice beer! Think it was aged in Calvados casks whe...Nice beer! Think it was aged in Calvados casks when I had it? Great beer tho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com