De Ranke Hop Harvest 2011

Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke
Style: Belgian Ale
Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Eh però belin a me non è affatto dispiaciuta e dire che il giorno dopo che l’ho comprata ho cominciato a sentirne parlar male povero me che infarto che mi veniva.

Is there a greenish hue to this golden beer, or is that my imagination? The aroma is green for certain. Weedy and floral like standing in a summer garden. Expecting a June bug to fly along and crash into my face in any second. Taste is quite bitter with a dry, resinous finish. That dankness hampers drinkability IMO but I do enjoy the burps afterward.

Tap. Smells like an imperial german pilsner - VERY grassy. Smooth body, some phenols with a more trditional belgian sweet body finishing freshly bitter. Grassy, flowery and perfumey. Decent length. Nice and different.

Bottle from Systembolaget Sweden. Fresh malty with pale and wheat malts and fresh hop aroma. The taste is typical belgian with phenols but not typical belgian with lots of fresh hop taste and big bitterness. Tropic hop taste and medium to light bodu makes this a good refreshing beer.

Aroma floreale e fruttato tipico dell’Hallertau (luppolo nobile tedesco). Al palato sembra, all’inizio, un XXBitter, ma l’Hop Harvest 2011 evita di prenderti a pugni la lingua come la sorella sopracitata. Si evolve successivamente in un elegante sapore di agrume e zest di arancia. Finale secco e una media persistenza amara nel retrogusto che la riconducono di nuovo alla XXBItter. Resta tuttavia una birra equilibrata e dissetante. Ottima.

Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a medium sized white head. Malty, citric aroma. Yeasty bitter flavour.

Bottled. cloudy stráw colour, mid sized head. Fruity nose with plenty of grassy hops. Dryish with medium body and rounded spritzy mouthfeel. Long grassy resiny bitterness. Quite intense.

Bottle. Hazy cloudy yellow. Big head. Big earthy hop aroma. Hop hop and hop flavour. Clean golden ale with huge hop flavour.

From a 75 cl bottle at home in Skövde. Clear yellow beer with an offwhite head. Hoppy and a bit grassy aroma. Hoppy, bready flavour with a bitter finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Pours clear golden with a big bubbly white head leaving some lacing. Aroma is hoppy grassy malty fruity and sweet. Flavor is very nice; clear balanced, hoppy bitter, grassy, malty, good fruityness, very tastefull. Finishes with a great bitter longlived aftertaste v

Bottle. Pale yellow beer with a small white head. Yeasty aroma, hay, sourish notes, hops. Grass flavor, yeast, bread, hops, hay, sourish. Bitter grass finish.