East End Bouillon de Houblon (aka Mike’s Hop Broth)

Formerly brewed at East End Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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From growler. Really great tripel aroma. Yeasty with honey, bubblegum and a nice bit of hoppy character. Fruity with resin and orange peel, coriander. Hazy golden amber with foamy off-white lacing head. Medium body with medium carbonation, light alcoholc warming. Starts sweet with with lots of malt sugars, a bit of honey and some bubblegum flavor. Yeasty and hoppy bitterness kicks in next with some acidic tang. Finish is sweet with light astringent chalky after, cheesy bread notes. Nice tripel with a hoppy kick.

A- Body is a uniformly hazy, nearly opaque, golden yellow hue. Pours with a 2-3 finger foamy white head-but this eventually subsides to a thin collar with little lacing left behind in the glass. S-Nose is mild to moderate and offers white grapefruit, floral hops, earthy hops, a musty yeast character as well as a citrus sweetness. T- Citrus, floral hops, other light juicy fruity flavors and a slightly funky yeast backbone make up the initial flavor. The floral hops really come through for the finish as well as a blast of big citrus juiciness. What is left to linger is a moderate residual hop bitterness, a slight alcohol heat, and floral and citrus flavors. P-Moderate tingly carbonation and medium to light weight slightly smooth yeasty, and quite juicy citrus body. O- I love Belgian IPAs and this one is very well done. What I like about it the most is that the alcohol heat is minimal. The citrus really shines through in this one as well. Luckily I have the rest of the growler to polish off the next few days. Great homebrew! Pretty clear why this one the competition. Too bad its a one-off and won’t ever be available again. Serving type: growler Reviewed on: 03-27-2010 02:28:48

If you are going to make a Belgian IPA, this is what it should taste like. He has kept all of the great floral hop tastes in this cloudy golden beer, and achieved those fruity alcoholic notes of belgians without the extreme bitterness so often created. Wow.

This poured a murky yellow color with a big white head. Aroma was belgian candy sugar, very sweet, but balanced out with a nice amount of citrusy hops, very fresh aroma. Flavor was load of hops, with a nice candi sugar and yeasty finish. Good Stuff.