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Emelisse list

Emelisse Rauchbier (Netherlands) – Probably the most elegant rauchbier I’ve ever tasted; more beer than smoke, yet just enough of the latter to make the style unmistakable. I quite like it, and unless most in the genre I have no trouble drinking more than half a normal-sized bottle. (10/11)

Hoe the line

[abbey]Koningshoeven Tripel Trappist Ale (Netherlands) – Caramel, metal, spice, and density, but they hollow as the beer persists. Just barely good. (3/09)

Koningshoeven Quadrupel Trappist Ale (Netherlands) – Dense and powerful, like drinking dark brownness with a Scotchy, peaty core. Very intense. I quite like it, but in small doses. (3/09)

Hoeven hoof

Koningshoeven Bock (Netherlands) – Powerful and metallic, but perhaps overly jacketed. The expected density is not overwhelming, but the beer never really goes anywhere interesting. (3/09)