4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle, 33 cl. Amber colour Some fruity notes in the nose. Dry and later bitterness. Light body very drinkable.
Good stuuf at this beer categorie.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled, which is the best for de Ryck beers. Light hoppy aroma. Hazy, orange color, large beige head, very nice lace. Very light sweet, bit fruity, nice hops, light, light dry finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 14, 2007 Hazy, orange color, large beige head, very nice lace. Bottled, which is the best for de Ryck beers. Light hoppy aroma. Very light sweet, bit fruity, nice hops, light, light dry finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: SEP 3, 2004 0,75 litre bottle. Aroma has hops and some caramel. Sweetish hopbitter flavor with caramel and toffee. Just a bit thin, but a good lacing. Recommended.
Re-rate:sampled both at the brewery tap and at De Gouden Leeuw St Lievens Houtem. The brewery (free) sample sufferd a bit from diacetyl. The S.L.H.-one had a beautiful hop character and a refreshing citric flavor. Grapefruit aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 30, 2009 Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised by the low scores here. This ain’t no fancy tasting beer. But it is an excellent drinking beer. It’s a light, crisp, dry pale ale with more noticeable bitterness than biscuity malt presence. Begs to be gulped in quantity. Not surpisingly, better fresh on tap.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
11.16oz at Toad in the Hole. Hazy amber with medium fizzy head. Spicy, leafy-herbal, and slightly metallic nose. Firm carbonation and crisp bittering cut deeply into the gentle toffee and vanilla base. So gassy it almost fails to refresh, but the fine lingering hopping does me right.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from beers of europe. Amber pour with a white head which gradually vanishes. Aromas of baked apple, barley sugar, herbs, citrus. Flavours of caramel, candy sugars, oranges, malts. Bitter-sweet mouthfeel, Finishes hoppy and sweet.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
75cl bottle. Hazy amber with a small head. Nose : bread and small note of hay. Nice, mellow esters of apricot. Sip : Watery with strong carbonation. Little sweet with bread aromas, A bit sour end with some metallic like esters. Overall, this beer is fine whenever you feel like a weak alcohol pale liquid refreshment.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Consumed at Kulminator Cafe in Antwerp, 2002 bottle. This pale ale poured with a massive white head that dissipated quickly. The color is darker than most pale ales. Mellow flavor, medium body, high carbonation, with a slightly bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From everything I've read, this is a very rare beer even within Belgium, from a small family-run brewery that produces 6,000 hl per year. I guess it was fortunate that I sprang for a glass of this when I saw it on cask. The label said, using the Flemish word, that it was "unfiltered". Actually, it may have been a Dutch word for it, and the family name was spelt De Rijk--some internet materials confirm that this beer is available at one Amsterdam pub using the same "De Rijk" spelling--the name and abv match, and it is described as a Belgian family brewery. Weird provenance. Even if the cask was unfiltered, it is still a very clear, with a vibrant golden color. Thin head. Interesting aroma, and lots of it, though not especially complex. I got bubblegum, fresh licorice, some candy out of it. It left me pleased but a little underwhelmed. (gravity pour at GBBF 2003)
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