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Brewed by Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Jumet, Belgium

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RATINGS: 274   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.35   EST. CALORIES: 255   ABV: 8.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
HAPKIN has a very good fresh, flowery, Saaz hop aroma, a very big creamy head, a soft malt character, and a spritzy, perfumy fruitness drying toward the finish.


3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
heemer77 (4753) - Urbandale, Iowa, USA - JUN 17, 2008
Thanks for sharing xnoxhatex. The body was deep yellow with a white head. The aroma was floral with some sweat and paper. The taste was sour with some pears and earthy sweat. There was cinnamon spice along with a buttery finish. Certainly interesting.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
xnoxhatex (1305) - Grand Rapids/Chicago, Michigan, USA - JUN 15, 2008
33cl from Belgium. Clear yellow with huge fizzy white head. Aroma is fruity, yeasty, a little alc but not over the top, very nice. Fruity, yeasty, quite a large noble hop presence, very nice. Medium body with nice carbonation. This has a very nice fruit presence and you can’t taste the alc presence at all. This tastes a whole lot better than I rated it.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
ha1ag (609) - Maastricht, NETHERLANDS - APR 20, 2008
bottled, golden color, thick foamy head leaving nice lacing. Fruity aroma with hops and stings of the 8.5% alcohol. Dry fruity finish. VERY nice!

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
wyzzywyz22 (1472) - Wirral, Merseyside, ENGLAND - APR 19, 2008
Bottle. Pours golden with a big foamy lingering head. Yeasty, hoppy aroma with hint of caramel. Full bodied flavour, malt and hops nicely balanced with hint of honey. Dryish finish. Masks the 8.5% alcohol very well.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
Doppelganger (1383) - Dry County, Arkansas, USA - APR 9, 2008
Bottle, from imdownthepub. Thanks Glen! Warm gold pour, nice clean white cap of foam. Strong honey-focused aroma with a bit of fresh hay and blackberry. Sherry sweet flavor, cloves, chalk, a bit of a sticky-sweet finish, in spite of the lively carbonation which seems like it should help. Lots of flavor volume here, but a bit sticky and unfocused. Bit disappointed that the label’s promise of lots of Saaz didn’t quite seem to show.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
weaselkenievil (1089) - Cheshire, ENGLAND - APR 8, 2008
Bottle at Belgo in London. Cloudy gold type colour with a big head, like Tony Robbins that bullshit guru. Feel a bit let down, like I’d like to do to Tony Robbins head. Thought it was a little average. Malty, some fruits. Not bad like the girl who had a little curl, but not good like the prawns in garlic they have not got on the menu tonight. Bastards.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
KimJohansen (10337) - Copenhagen V, DENMARK - APR 7, 2008
Cloudy golden with huge white fluffy head. Rather week dry aroma with yeasty and fruity notes. Sweet vinious flavor with yeast, peach and orange peel notes. Ends sweet.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
thewolf (8239) - Kolding, DENMARK - APR 2, 2008
Bottle. [thank you, Yespr]
Pours hazy pale yellow with a great, big, frothy white head with super lacing. Aroma is sweet, lightly fruity (mostly oranges) and weak caramel. Nice, creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is soft, quite vinious, sweet, a touch metallic, yeast, biscuits and sweet doughy malts. Okay beer.


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