Klein Duimpje Erik de Noorman
Erik de Noorman is a heavyweight, warming, dark amber beer with a full, malty, broad palate and a subtle fruitiness and spiciness. It also marks the the biggest beer in the Klein Duimpje range,with a hearty 9.5% ABV. A kind of massive Triple Ale.
3.3
154 reviews
Hillegom, Netherlands
Community reviews
This smelled the part but was otherwise disappointing. And older bottle, this was flat, not just mellow. The flavor was good but kind of boring. Just not quite great.
Bottle. Light amber, cloudy, small to average and fully diminishing head. Moderate, malty and sweetish aroma, light caramel, some barnyard and notes of plastic. Body is medium, malty and lightly sweetish, light caramel and some barnyard. Finish is average, malty and lightly sweetish, light caramel and light sourness with some barnyard and light alcohol. More like "Erik de Horrible".
Bottle at home
Almost clear copper body and ad off-white head. Aroma of sweet, slightly sour red fruit. Taste is herbal, maybe juniper berries, rather sweet bit with a bitter dry backtone (the berries). Decent body and carbonation.
330 ml bottle. 9.0%. BB Nov/12. From Belgium. Courtesy of Brandman.
Hazy darkish amber colour with a small gryish white head.
Strong malt, grain, plastic, blue cheese and mild hops in the aroma.
The flavour is quite repulsive. Alcohol. Strong malt. Hmmm... blah... bad this is.
Hazy amber body, white head. Aroma has bit cheese, some caramelly malt. Some plastic. Flavour has fruity maltiness, yeast, raisins alcohol. Unpleasant.
Bottle at De Paas. Pours clear amber orange with a light tan head. Aroma of weedy hops, citrus, caramel, coriander, some alcohol and fruits. Flavour is over moderate sweet and light bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Bottle with Kev and Keith, bottle was about 2 years old and was the first beer I have had from this Dutch brewer. Pours reddish prange with minimal head and tiny bit if lace. Aromas of apples, spicy yeast, dark fruit, cinnamon. Taste is plum, figs, teriyaki, cinnamon apple, wood, cherry candy. Medium on heat level, full bodied barleywine.
6/III/2012 33cl bottle from Mitra (Eindhoven) @ home - BB: XI/12 (2012-218)
Clear amber, light beige, small head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very ripe fruits, a lot of honey, sweet malts, spices, sugary, flowers, dried fruits, some chocolate. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very fruity, overripe fruits, sweet malts, bit vinous, caramel, honey, some banana. Aftertaste: sweet malts, some citrus, honey, slightly bitter ending. Not bad, probably better when very fresh.
Amber honey pour with thick, poofy, white head that slowly collapses. Thick liquid yeasty nose that is tightly wound and potent with esters and bread crusts. The body is yeasty and citric, sour orange underpinning with light breadiness. Eventually, some caramel malts puncture through the oranginess and prick the palate. A fruit-forward Belgian. Somehow this brew falls a bit short of expectations.
Bottle. Poured out into Klein Duimpje glass. Forming little to no head, could be because the beer was too cold. Alcohol and malts present in aroma. Fruity yeasts are also present. Subtle, round flavour. Ok balance. Nothing to special, certainly not bad at all.
2011 - 09 - 06 330ml bottle. light amber colour. almost no head. chocolate in aroma. alcohol present. sweet taste
Old rating, I think from 2009 or 2010. Hazy yellow/orange color, small white head. Average smell, nice taste with hints of hops. Kind of soft texture, medium carbo, medium body.
Unfiltered amber brown body and small white-ish head. Fruity aroma, some pear, winegum, sweet bread and pine. Quite smooth body, probably the high ABV doing its work even though you don’t really taste the alcohol. Slightly sticky. Sweetish and a little disappointing flavour at first. Aftertaste is better balanced, with some hoppy character. Dangerously easy drink, this one. Like how it’s named after me but they should spell it right next time. :-P (33cl bottle)
Okay, so my name is Eric, I’m a big fan of Norse mythology, so this beer should be full of win. I’m drinking a 750 mL bottle poured into a snifter glass. Opening the bottle, and cork comes out easily. We’re off to an ominous start.
My attempts to agitate the beer don’t result in any kind of head formation, though the beer itself clings to the outside of my glass. It’s certainly a pretty color, with a deep consistent amber color.
As I sniff the beer, my first impression is sugary sweetness, not unlike a light caramel. It’s very sugary, with a toffee undertone followed by more caramel. The malt aroma isn’t as heavy as others can be – this is actually relatively light. It also has a certain booziness without the same estery profile that I usually associate with Belgian beers.
My first sip gives me the impression of Belgian candy sugar, and loads of it. Caramel dominates the taste, much like the nose. There are muted notes of raisin somewhere in the background, but this is a caramel bomb. With a beer like this you would expect it to be sweet throughout, but instead, the beer is quite dry, oddly so, particularly in the middle of the beer, but it its defense it does finishes with lingering caramel malt sweetness. This thing also has an almost sour or funky component that seems out of place given the rest of the flavor profile.
The body of the beer is really light, bordering on watery. I don’t’ care if this is a Double, Barleywine, or something in between. I expect more body from this beer and the body is almost inexcusable. It wouldn’t be so bad, but the carbonation levels are quite low, which make the thin profile all the more apparent.
Overall this is an odd mishmash that starts strong, with a promising aroma but goes downhill from there. The taste in and of itself isn’t bad, though it could use a little more sweetness to help balance things out. However, the body of the beer is severely lacking and the carbonation doesn’t help to mask that. On the bright side the alcohol is pretty much undetectable, which is quite a feat. It’s certainly not a bad beer, but just not what I expected it to be.
Bottle from Skjold Burne. Medium head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, yeast, caramel, malt, hops and some alcohol.
Tap @ KBC Den Bosch 2011. Didn’t see the bottle, but i have to say it’s quite a piece of art, judging from the picture on this site. Great smell and taste, quite hoppy. Great mouthfeel, it’s lacking a bit in smell. But still, one of the best beers i had at KBC.
Draught @ KBC’11:
small white head, disappears quick.
Light hazy orange colored beer.
Smell pilsner malts, fruits, pumpkin.
Taste sweets, fruits, bitter malts, hops, light creamy, orange.
Sweet bitter aftertaste.
Soft mouthfeel, low carbo, medium body, light oily texture.
Bottle. Poured a clear medium orange color with a white head. Smelled of alcohol, caramel, toffee, and a bit of corn. Medium bodied and sweet with a warming alcohol effect. Corn, caramel, and grain alcohol flavors.
Bottle at Churchkey, shared with Greg, Jordan and staff. Dark amber color, nearly flat. Aroma of caramel and spice. Taste is shockingly malty with overtones of spice and subtle chocolate. Very nice.
bottle at home ... murkt loads od sediment copper ... bubbly white head ... big sweet yeasty fruits ... little toffee nose ... again sweet and yeasty ... big candi suger ... maybe bit too much but im still quite enjoying it.
33cl bottle.
clear blond colour. Nice smooth flavour. a great beer from KD
(Bottle, In De Wildeman, Amsterdam, 2 Aug 2010) Amber colour with frothy, white head. Malty, fruity nose with dried fruit, apricots, pineapple and treacle. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dried apricots, pineapple, orange, caramel and a slightly spicy finish. Almost full body, moderate bitterness and lots of malty sweetness (possibly a touch too sweet actually). Nice and tasty.
This beer has a amber body - hue apperance and a coarse white scum collar. I have drunk the beer from the a bottle and it had no carbonic acid. The initial flavor taste is spicy with a light dry spicy afther tast.
33cl, at 9%Vol, Dutch brewery, from Melger’s Haarlem, complex brew, spicy, yet balanced, cloudy, small head, good brew
Why is this in the Belgian Strong Ale category when the bottle plainly says its a Dutch Barley-Wine Style Ale? I’m going to judge this as a Barley Wine. Huge malt aroma. Hints of dates and figs in the aroma. Very faint alcohol aroma. There are even hints of toasted marshmallow. Wow, I could just sit and smell this beer. Head dissipated quickly. Light brown color. Malty sweet. Not any alcohol flavor. Body is thinner than I expected. Not much carbonation. All in all this is a very drinkable barley wine. There is no alcohol flavor or aroma to speak of, but you know it is there when you finish your glass. I’m sitting here with 1/2 of a 750ml bottle to finish. I think I’m going to bed when I do. This is a bottle of beer to share.
Had this at De Wildemaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands 21-06-10 Pours orange amber with busy carbonation and a large frothy white head. Yeasty nose, sweet & fruity, plenty of oomph. This is quite different following a week or so of Pils and Weizens. A little finishing spiciness and a warmth across the tongue. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5
amber coloured sparkling body with a white head a spicy malty fruity aroma a spicy malty fruity sweet taste with a alcholic bitter finish
Clear amber coloured beer with small white head and lots of carbonation. Malty alcoholic aroma. Full sparkling palate. Finish is malty bitter and alcoholic.
Bottle from De Gekrakte Ketel (sic). Poured a slight gusher. Hazy amber gold pour with an ok off-white head. A rather cooked stone fruit aroma. Full bodied with almost chewy carbonation. Flavor is cooked stone fruit, herbs, and yeast/spice. Finishes with some bitter edges on fruit. Balanced. Good stuff.
Pours a really hazy orange with a small head, some good lace, and plenty of floaties. The aroma is peach, ripe apple, plenty of floral notes, a mild soapiness and some good spiciness. This is a really nice smelling beer. The flavor is dominated by an herbal hoppiness and this isn’t nearly as sweet as mentioned in other ratings. I mean it is sweet, and there are notes of brown sugar, burnt caramel, and molasses throughout but this is not cloying at all. There isn’t a lot of complexity beyond the spicy/herbal/mildly sweet thing but I think this is a really well put together beer. The palate is a bit thin. This is a tasty beer.