Christoffel Robertus - Bierbrouwerij Sint Christoffel B.V

RuckusDu

Colorado

3.2/5  rDev -12.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

A - tiny light beige head which feel to nothing. Body is a deep brown with only the slightest red.

S - malt and bread. Just plain earthy.

T - what is this? Sour like green raspberries and less malt and bread. Could be good if I was expecting this.

M - pretty weak. Light on both carbonation and body.

O - Hard to say on this one. Maybe it has gone bad, but the sour has potential in this had I known it was coming.

Serving type: bottle

06-23-2012 13:13:41 | More by RuckusDu

metter98

New York

3.85/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: The beer is very hazy brown in color with some reddish highlights and has some large visible particles of yeast floating in suspension near the bottom of the glass. It poured with a thin off white head that quickly died down but left wispy lacing on the surface and a thick ring of bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: The smell has aromas of malts, dark fruits, sweetness and yeast.
T: The taste is very similar to the smell; it is quite malty with a bit of sweetness but neither of these flavors seems to be overpowering and are well balanced with notes of dark fruits and yeast. No bitterness is detectable.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a bit smooth on the palate with a low to moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I really enjoyed this beer because it is very drinkable and tastes like a “light” version of a Belgian Strong Dark Ale that has been aged and has lots of yeast sediment at the bottom of the glass.

Serving type: bottle

02-29-2012 01:53:35 | More by metter98

Hachiman

Japan

3.1/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Poured a cloudy dark brown with a minimal head. No lacing.

Smells of raisin bread with a alcohol note.

The taste is disappointing. Some sweet malt but nothing that matches the deep color of the brew.

Mouth feel is watery and dilute.

Overall, if you see a Christoffel Blond, grab it; if you see this, best leave it alone.

Serving type: bottle

08-27-2011 01:22:47 | More by Hachiman

CwrwAmByth

United Kingdom (Wales)

2.35/5  rDev -35.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Poured from a 330ml bottle into a goblet glass.

Pours a murky light brown colour with barely any head.

Smells of barley, reminiscent of animal feed.

Taste matches the scent, malted barley and nothing else really except a bit of alcohol.

Overall an unimpressive beer. Too focused on malts to be pleasant to drink.

Serving type: bottle

07-16-2011 11:43:17 | More by CwrwAmByth

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

3.93/5  rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle at In de Wildeman in Amsterdam. From notes.

A - Poured a cloudy, dark brown with a one finger head that looked beige. Minimal visible carbonation and a film of retention with a ring of head.

S - Great maltiness. Fruity, sweetness, and a bit of sugar.

T - Seemed a bit more like a bock. Nice fruity malt. Some dates and red grape there too.

M - Mild carbonation, medium body, and a sweet finish. Weak carbonation for a lager IMO.

O/D - Nice strong-ish dark lager. Quite tasty and refreshing while being complex. Sweet and interesting.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2011 19:12:09 | More by tbeckett

atlason

New York

2.98/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Poured from flip top bottle into 0.3l Jever flute.

Pours a hazy brown color that is slightly gray ? Head is pretty but not big, barely 2mm thick with low retention.

Fresh malt and citrus nose with slight hay. Initial very acidic whiffs.

Taste: This beer is very heavily malted and seems to have lot attenuation. Hops are barely noticeable. Instead, the beer is balanced by acidity, much like a big wine. Acid profile dominated by malic acid, i.e. apple crispness. Quite unusual beer.

Mouthfeel is viscuous and a bit sour.

Drinkability is low due to unusual character and heavy maltiness.

Overall an interesting experimental beer but does not seem like a great embodiment of a classical style.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2011 06:52:13 | More by atlason

BlackHaddock

United Kingdom (England)

4.45/5  rDev +22.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Brown flip-top bottle, best before June 2011, drank and reviewed 7 Jan 2011.

Poured into a Duvel glass.

The body was a murky red/brown colour, more red than brown. The tan/cream coloured head was impressive for 20 seconds, it then began to fade away to leave a collar and some wisps within a minute, what a pity, my only fault.

Molasses and toffee apples were the smells I got, along with a mini-sourness, like cooking apples boiled without sugar.

The toffee and malty molasses dominate the taste, semi-sweet with a morsel citrus/hop bitterness in the background.

The bite was good, well carbonated without being at all gaseous or fizzy. The best beer of this type I've had so far. That includes Andechser Dunkel.

Impressed from start to finish (apart from the head fade).

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2011 21:35:46 | More by BlackHaddock

speter

New Jersey

3.48/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

The website clearly calls this a bottom-fermenting Munich lager. It is most certainly not a dubbel. However, you'd not be far off calling it a bock.

A: Pours dark brown with a large fluffy tan head that leaves nice lacing.

S: Roasted malt, raisins, and prunes.

T: The front and center are pure malt. Towards the finish, there's a hint of the raisin and prune overtones, which carry over to the aftertaste. Very late on the aftertaste, there's an astringent quality.

M: For all the malt and carbonation, this one's surprisingly watery.

D: Not one I could have multiple bottles of, but it's not a half bad bock.

Serving type: bottle

11-06-2010 01:48:43 | More by speter

ChrisCage

Alberta (Canada)

3.98/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A- Interesting flip top....not sure if the red liner was supposed to stay in or not, but alas, I was able to pour the brew out of a smaller opening. Comes out a creamy brown color that resembles the same look that root beer has once the ice cream melts into the liquid. The head starts out with about a medium fullness, that is off white and settles rather quickly into a layered patchwork over the brew. Decent sticky lacing clings to the side of my glass.

S- Whoa this has dominant aromas of dried fruit, and in particular, dried prunes! There are underlying tones of warm blackstrap molasses and toffee as well as caramelized bananas fried in a dark rum reduction. The sweet toffee/malt richness is balanced ever so slightly by a faint roasted/bitter hop finish.

T- To me, this starts out a little funky...being primarily of not quite ripe berries and I do detect a slight tart pineapple flavor in there as well....interesting. The balancing sweetness is of roasted malts and chocolate and maybe just a hint of coffee?! I like the flavors of this beer as it is just so different!

M- This is a smooth, yet refreshing medium bodied beer. The carbonation is kept fine and unpronounced. It is clean on the finish for the most part, leaving only a small chocolaty coating on the back of my palate.

D- I enjoy this brew and think it might go well with a rich meat-centric meal...on it's own, one, maybe two would suffice. It's sweet, slightly tart and robust all at the same time. I definitely recommend giving this one a try and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2010 02:36:26 | More by ChrisCage

RuudJH

Netherlands

3.68/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer (defenately a double, not a vienna lager), brewed in Netherlands, found at a local liquor store.

Dark brown colour, beige head, good lacing in the glass.
Smell and taste of caramel/burned sugar, some dark fruit notes. Roasted malts and nuts, faintly coffee.
Bittersweet in the aftertaste. Smooth and easy 6% 'er.
Good carbonation makes this thirstquenching.

A nice ale. Easy uncomplicated, but not a bad drink at all.

Serving type: bottle

10-15-2010 10:58:33 | More by RuudJH

BeerSingh

India

3.73/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Wow...this beer is a Vienna Lager..??? I actually thought it was a dunkel..didn't have a clue as the label just said "double malted" (which made me initially think that it was a dubbel). Love opening these bottles, the swing tops go pop. The beer was poured into my new St Bernardus glass - the beer fell right uptil where it says 33cl - a dark ruby brown with lighter peripherals. The head was pinkish brown, finally settling to a negligible sheet over the cherry kissed body.
The smell was dominated by malt & gave away notes of cherries and plums. This is when I though this was not a Belgian Styled beer. Not much yeasty spiciness, no funk..aha this was a dark bottom fermented beer. I was also wondering earlier where the yeast was ?? I went ahead with the sip - very fresh and damn malty, sweet. The syrupiness and the cough syrup character somewhat reminded me of Samichlaus, but this had a roasted malt accent to it. I would have loved it had the roasted character lead to some bitterness, but it fell a little short of perfection with no hop presence whatsoever. The sweetness lingered on and on, but each time you had a sip the robust maltiness started the cycle over again. No lacing at all.
The mouthfeel was syrupy, below average carbonation. This probably accentuated the sweetness. This was indeed a malt heavy beer. I can have this beer anytime, but probably wont go beyond one, as this tends to satiate your appetite for beer more rapidly than any other beer I've known so far.

Serving type: bottle

08-01-2010 15:07:08 | More by BeerSingh

mdwalsh

Iowa

4.05/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

The best way I can describe this beer is an imperial Sam Adams Boston Lager. It has much of the same taste and balance, but more intense and just a deeper, heavier beer.

The appearence is a slightly hazy brown amber with a nice little head, but not terrible large.

The aroma is bready, caramelly deliciousness. No hops really to speak of, but just a total maltbomb, delicious.

Taste is again like the aroma malty, devoid of hops. It could use a little more complexity.

The mouthfeel is a little dense for me. Smooth, but dense and not as refreshing as I like a Vienna Lager to be.

Serving type: bottle

07-31-2010 15:14:35 | More by mdwalsh

cyrenaica

Ontario (Canada)

3.98/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

330ml flip-top bottle
6.0% ABV
I tried this beer on May 29, 2009 at "Smokeless Joe's" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a dark transparent brown colour with a thin white head. The aroma was heavy on the sweet malt and grain. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was surprisingly good. Sweet grainy malt, with a nice smooth finish. Very enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

06-26-2010 00:58:15 | More by cyrenaica

brandonld23

Massachusetts

4.35/5  rDev +19.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

I bought the bottle at Marty's Liquor Store in Newton, MA 11.2FL. OZ. Pours heavy with a thick carmel looking head. When drinking the head has a lasting effect on the glass.

Has a smell that resembles most stouts, and a light berry aroma.

The taste begins with a light berry taste and ends with a roasted taste.

The mouthfeel is velvety bliss.

All-in-all a very good selection. I would seek this out again.

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2010 02:07:16 | More by brandonld23

DerBayer

Germany

3.83/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a cloudy chestnut colour with massive but rapidly vanishing of-white head

The smell is strongly malted with faint hops and some bready maybe wheat aroma

The taste is very pleasant with much sweet malt and chocolate and vanilla notes up front balanced by some hop bitterness

The mouthfeel is creamy and smooth with medium to low carbonation

Drinkability is OK but the beer gets boring after a while

Serving type: bottle

11-06-2009 20:02:41 | More by DerBayer

Georgiabeer

Georgia

3.93/5  rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Had this at the Brick Store Pub. Pours a hazy chestnut with little or lacing. The head does stick around for a bit. Quite sweet in the nose. Candied malt and honey. The taste is surprisingly quite a deal less sweet. In fact, I'd say it was more grainy and with a firm but subdues malt background. Truer to the style than I thought would be possible given the smell. Not a terribly exciting beer, but pleasant enough is a bit more robust and on the maltier end of the spectrum for the style.

Serving type: bottle

08-01-2009 05:45:06 | More by Georgiabeer

peabody

Kentucky

3.45/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Whoa, watch out, this bottle is set to blow! Couldn't stop the suds from coming out of the top of the bottle.
Pours out a nice dark ice tea color with all kinds of creamy off-white head that quickly dissapates leaving some lacing on the glass.
Smell is hoppy and yeasty with a sweet caramel candy aroma.
Taste is a little weak. Starts out dirty with some hoppiness then quickly loses all it's kick leaving just some sugaryness on the palate.
Mouthfeel is clean for the most part but a little boring.
Drinkability is OK but this beer needs something more flavor-wise.

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2009 00:45:42 | More by peabody

wl0307

United Kingdom (England)

3.4/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Coming in a 330ml brown swing-top bottle, bottle-conditioned; BB 04/2009, served lightly chilled in a straight pint glass. "Bottom fermented" and "double malted", this beer is "matured during 8 weeks", as specified on the label.

A: popping open with loads of froth storming out of the bottle, landing in the glass a very dark copper hue with murky appearance (all the yeast sediments, naturally), while a super thick and well aerated dark beige froth on top of lively and constant streams of tiny fizz.
S: a rather assertive edge of sour lemony fruits skirts the thicker body of caramely and thickly brown-sugary malts, raisins and prunes, and unidentifiable dark fruits. The thick foam gives out some dusty hints, like any well-lagered bier should have and pretty nice.
T: yeasty and sour-sweet fruity with an effervescent mouthfeel, not well-structured as the flavour is already compromised by the yeast sediments, but still like a good-quality unfiltered lager with the slightly bready/thicker hints of malts and yeasts. The aftertaste actually gives out a clearer sketch of the main taste of the beer, of which the darker/Munich malts are expressed in the undertones of chocolates, aromatic Chinese red beans, wholemeal bread graininess and even random aromatic wood-chips, on top of yeasty sour-sweet plumy fruits... a mild (and lightly spicy) but lingering bitterness from the hops lingers at the end of every sip, always accompanied by a yeasty kickback.
M&D: if ignoring the initially fizzy attack on the palate, the bier softens and reaches a rather smooth texture as it settles; apparently this bottle is better than my first encounter 3.5 years ago, but still I'm not convinced which style this should be categorised as my experience with "Vienna Lager" is all foreign and never Vienna-/Austria- made. All in all, this is a medium-bodied, "nutritious", moderately flavoured and easy-drinking sour-sweet dark lager - "proud of being different", I bet the brewer is!

* Tasting Date: 18/05/05

3.5 A: coming in a very nice-looking brown 330ml bottle and served in a big tulip wine glass, it pours hazy, longan-fruity tea colour, with a minimalist, milky white beerhead.
4 S: lightly peachy and a bit tangy-berry note; with refreshingly sweetish fruity hop at the back. Very delicious nose...
2.5 T: a bit sour at first...with tart fruity palate against the backdrop of light maltiness; somehow it reminds me of some almost expired fruity salad; with very short aftertaste...
2.5 M & 2.5 D: overly thin body; overly simple and a bit conflicting mouthfeel; overall another nose-outweighing-palate sample--couldn't bother to taste it again.

Serving type: bottle

12-26-2008 18:14:51 | More by wl0307

Nickls

District of Columbia

3.68/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - Pours with a thin white head that quickly dissipates. Brownish/dark with ruby/pink hints of color with slight carbonation bubbles rising up. Very murky and can't see through it.

S - Great malty sweetness and fruitiness, and just a tad bit tart

T - Definitely malty (close to a lot of flavors I associate with a dopplebock), cherry-like tartness. No real hop presence, and fairly fruity.

M - Medium to thin, with very little carbonation

D - This is decently drinkable, but the fruitiness and cherry-like flavors were a bit much for me considering the style. That hindered the drinkability for me.

Overall, not bad stuff and definitely a different take on the style. I would even say this would be classified closer to an oud bruin style. Try it if it's around, but don't go out of your way.

Serving type: bottle

11-07-2008 01:12:35 | More by Nickls

Dukeofearl

California

3.95/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

25 cl flip top bottle purchased at Hi Time Wine in Costa Mesa, CA. in May 2008 for $4.39.

Pours a brownish-tan with reddish highlights and decent but thin off-white head. Nice enough looking.

Aroma of sweet malts, lightly kissed with cherry and dark fruits, and an ever so light Flemish Red-style sour. Flavor plays on this, and there is a gentle sweet-sour counterplay, fruity and woody that I quite like. May not be typical for the style, but I like it.

Mouth includes a lot of carbonation, and the sour part actually starts to wear on the tongue towards the end of the glass, almost turning harsh.

Good, I could drink this and be happy, but not a favorite.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2008 23:52:11 | More by Dukeofearl

oelergud

Virginia

4.33/5  rDev +19%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Stubby Belgian style brown 11.2oz glass bottle with a resealable rubber cap. Brown label showing what could be a brewery seal with hop and barley around it.
Translucent dark maple body. Tan somewhat rocky head. Good lace and retention.
Very malty sweet scent. Bread, grain, abit of spice and dark molasses.
Dark bread and bittersweet molasses flavor. Nuts and nutskin hoppiness. The aftertaste is long lasting and filled with dark bread falvors, some grain and abit of smoke.
Medium to full body. Good coating and abit harsh. Some residual sugars.
This is a delicious lager, full of malts and complex flavors.

-Oelergud

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2008 00:30:59 | More by oelergud

beerbrains

Nebraska

3.05/5  rDev -16.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured this Christoffel Robertus into the glass supplied in the gift pack. It poured a ruddy brown with a thin off white head that quickly dissipated. Carbonation is somewhat lackluster (possibly an old bottle).

Smell of dried fruits, raisins and apricots. The taste is malty sweetness with dark dried fruits. Slightly sour aftertaste.

I can see this pairing nicely with a stilton.

Serving type: bottle

01-29-2008 07:03:20 | More by beerbrains

bort11

Missouri

3.1/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

11.2 oz flip top bottle poured into a Christoffel stemmed glass that came as part of the gift set. Almost no head at all. Color is a murky caramel.

Smell is a sweet caramel malt. Taste is also caramel with a touch of orange peel in the back.

Mouthfeel is light, mild carbonation. Drinkability is low, just because it is not very interesting. I've had much better Vienna Lagers, which isn't my favorite style to begin with. Well, at least the glass that came in the gift set is nice.

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2008 03:35:26 | More by bort11

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

4.3/5  rDev +18.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

2L Bottle shared with family (really fresh bottle): Poured a deep clear brown color beer with a nice nig foamy head with excellent retention and some good lacing. Aroma of caramel malt with some sweet ester is very interesting. Taste is very smooth with some creamy notes with some sweet caramel malt notes. Body is full with a huge malt backbone and some great carbonation. I have to admit to being really surprised about that one.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2008 16:01:31 | More by Phyl21ca

pootz

Ontario (Canada)

4.43/5  rDev +21.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

2 liter flip top Jug filled 3 weeks ago.

Decants the perfect looking Vienna; shimmering ruby-brown with a decent creamy off-white cap that lasts and laces. Perfect color and texture for this rare style.

Aroma is lushious decadent toasty vienna/Munich amber and red malts...malty to the max, light wisps of alcohol and light sweetness like sponge cake.

Lush velvety soft mouth feel, big chewy toasted malts, very mellow, light woody tones, a wee hint of cocoa and a light drying finish with clean dark lager taste.

This is still my favorite vienna...the one by which I measure all others...it’s authentic and as true to style as you can get...Anton Dreher would be pleased with this brew.

Serving type: bottle

11-21-2007 00:04:54 | More by pootz