De Ranke XX Bitter

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Draught @ <a href=http://ratebeer.com/events-detail.asp?eventID target=_new> Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Unclear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate to light heavy hoppy, citrus - lime, grass, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (020308)

The aroma is a fresh hoppy and grassy one. The color is a hazy orange and it has a beutiful head. The flavor is sweet and very hoppy bitter. The palate is quite filling. A great beer - but not that Belgium.

(Bottle 75 cl) Was this brewed by Deca for De Ranke all the time? Or did De Ranke do their own brewing in the early years. Well, this was clearly an early version - paper wrapping says Lot # 000001. Pretty, hazy honeygolden with a frothy almost fat head. Very refined spiciness in both flavour and aromas. And calling this "bitter" is no lie. It’s close to paralyzing my taste buds, hence I don’t really sense the subtlety of this brew. Pity as I’m really an Orval afficionado. Must come back to this. 100299

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with huge white head. Aroma is hoppy, light citrus to lemon aroma. Flavour is light citrus fruity at first. Mild note of Belgian yeast. Dominant hoppy. Goes into a quite dry finish. Solid bitterness mixed with a light citrus fruity note.

Draught. Hazy yellowish nutbrown colour, creamy white head. Wheat, yeast and sour fruit in aroma. Huge hoppy fruitish flavour. IPA-like.

Sampled draught atAkkurat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Pale yellow. Flowery, spicy and sweet. Bold mouthfeel and harsh, resiny very bitter finish.

Bottled. Golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Hoppy aroma with fruity notes. Hoppy flavour with fruity notes. Long dry bitter finish.

UPDATED: SEP 9, 2008 Bottle. Citric flowery aroma. Golden colour, slightly cloudy. Very big, creamy white head. Nicely bitter flavour with a clear flowery taste to it. Long lingering bitterness in aftertaste. Quite dry. Reminds me more of an English ale than a Belgian one. Nice. 7 3 7 4 16

Draught at Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà, rome. Citric hop aroma. Hazy golden colour. Small, big-bubbled white head. Very dry flavour, very clean. With good spiciness and nice bitterness. 6 3 7 3 18

Cask at GBBF08. Fruity aroma, not that hoppy. Cloudy orange colour, very small white head. The flavour starts off slightly hop citric, then turns more bitter. Ends on a bready hop note. 7 3 7 3 15

UPDATED: SEP 14, 2008 Date: 04/11/2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

Appearance: frothy head,
Aroma: spicy malt aroma,
Flavor: bitter malt flavor,
Overall: a cross between a belgian and an IPA
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Mode: draft
Source: brick store

Appearance: cloudy dark yellow, big creamy white head, thick lace,
Aroma: big hoppy and spicy aroma,
Flavor: dry malt flavor, lots of phoenolic spicyness, lots of hoppy flavor, the phoenolics and hops double team to keep it very dry and bitter, long bitter and spicy finish,
Overall: abusive

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.4/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *4

Blond color, creamy head. Nice aromatic hop in the nose; light cheesy ammonia. Poor malt, but very good hop extraction, tastes really like the flowers. Aromatic palate, of course; dry. Unusual, but I like it.