Brigand IPA

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Belgian Ale
Ingelmunster, Belgium

At De Heeren Van Liedekercke
Wonderful amber color; creamy head. Light malt aroma, caramel flavor, dry, quite harsh. Medium bitterness. Not interesting.

Deep amber with a medium creamy head, weak aroma of fruits and caramel, flavor of malt, liquirice, vanilla and overwelming bitter finish, medium body, OK.

Bottle. Sure enjoyable Belgian IPA. Of course not as hoppy as an american IPA, but i think this could pass as an APA. Sweet malt balances the hops. Grapefruity finish. The least belgian of all the belgian IPA:s i’ve tried (you can’t smell or taste the usual belgian yeast character.)

0.33L bottle, clear copper colour with slight yellowy taints, small creamy stable head. Hoppy piney aroma with some yeasty notes and honeish malt. Malty flavour with a pronounced but not too dominant floral bitterness, quite short aftertaste. Intresting.

Bottle 33cl: Golden-amber colour. The hops flavour / bitterness are not so heavy as expected. Quite sweet with wheat aroma and herbal flavour.

Bottle: weak malty notes, kind of bland with bitter hoppy notes, weak apple sweetness, quite one dimensional, ok.

Bottle, at Copenhagen Beerfestival. A clear, golden beer with a beige head. Piney, resiny nose with some maltyness. Nice maltyness in the flavor, quite sweet, with pale malts, resiny hops and a decent bitterness. Bitter finish. Medium to full body. A quenching beer, but sort of boring. Not very successful blend of belgian ale and hops too I think. (090517)

Bottle. [Beer festival 2009] Small fizzy white head that mostly diminished. Spare display of lacework. Clear golden color. Aroma of fruit, yeast, grain, caramel and what could appear as a hint of floral notes from the hops. Light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Light to moderated sweet flavor with again a hint of bitterness. Light sweet fruity and mild floral finish.