Brigand IPA

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 33cl. @ [ Ulfborg Tasting ].
Clear medium to dark yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, toasted, moderate hoppy, perfume, grass, grapefruit, light to moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081202]

Bottle 33 cl. Clear golden with an off-white head. Sweetish fruity nose with a whiff of hops. Medium body, lightly sweet malt and fruit with a dry and lightly bitter finish. Nothing much IPA about this. 300509

From tap at Heks, Deventer. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully gone head. Light hoppy and mild caramel malty aroma. Apple and slight citrusy hops flavoured with a distinct bitterness. Slightly out of balance. Bitter and citrusy finish.

Bottled. Deep golden colour, mediumsized white creamy head. Aroma is fruity hops, earth, some slight rubbery notes and mild bready notes. Flavour is flowery hops, earth and some slught alcohol. Also quite big on the yeastyness.

Bottle at Københavnske Øldage 2009. Clear golden coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of caramel, hops and grass. Fruity flavour of caramel, hops and grass with notes of grape fruits. Hoppy finish.

Draught, 6.5%. Clear grey brown colour. Sweetish flavour with a slightly rough grassy hop flavour. Strangely caramelly flavour.

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

Bottle at KBH Festival, 2009. Clear amber with a creamy white head. Yeasty, fruity and hoppy nose. Dusty feel overall. Some bread and grassy hops. Medium bodied. Drinkable.

(33cl bottle) Pours a clear orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of grass, caramel, florals, and biscuit. Flavor of grass, earth, and caramel with a dry, metallic finish.

33cl bottle from Dranken Geers. Clear amber colour with thin white head. Some estery yeast aroma. Bit fizzy. Yes some hop, some very decent mid malts on this too. Quite drinkable. Yes it’s alright. Could do with being bit more hoppy mind.