De Ranke Hop Harvest 2012

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 750ml.

Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, moderate hoppy, moderate to light heavy yeasty, tropical fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, hoppy and yeasty. Nice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130111]

Draft. A hazy amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of fresh hops, grass, dust, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, malt, herbs, dusty hops, and hay, leading to a bitter finish. The body is light.

From tap at Ørsted Ølbar. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty and light fruity hoppy. Estery to phenolic, brutal bitter. Phenolic and light plastic. Dry and bitter far finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Pours a hazy golden with a white head. Fresh, herbal and spicy hop aroma. Medium body, a heavy yeastiness and dry and bitter hops. Ends quite bitter. But still: Belgian yeast and solid hops to me is not a good match. 271212

Draught at Ølbaren. Clear amber coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of hops, spices, yeast and citrus. Fruity flavour of hops, grass, citrus and yeast. Hoppy finish.

Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty yeasty grassy flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy finish.

Tap @ Christian Firtal, Odense. Pours cloudy amber with a creamy head. Grassy and yeasty nose. Some barnyard and even some mild brett. Grassy, bitter and dry hoppy finish. Smooth.

Draught at Ølbaren, Copenhagen
Hazy deep blond color with creamy head. The aroma is delicate, hoppy, a bit spicy and fruity. Smooth mouthfeel, good malt flavor and very good, true Belgian yeast spicy character; strong bitterness, with resins and some hop fruitiness (bitter oranges).
A winner for elegance and harmony, with a bold character.

Bottle @ fonefan berliner weisse, cream ale multistate tasting. Nice creamy head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are crisp clean malt, grass and hops.

Draught at Ørsted Ølbar. Clear yellow/golden - white head. Caramel. Light phenolic. Carrot - fresh bit in a carrot. Light hay. Light dryness. Fruitiness. Light to medium bitterness. Dry grassy. Too yeasty phenolic.