Hapkin

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

(Bottle, Stockholm beer Festival, 22 Sep 2007) Golden yellow colour, slightly hazy, with white head. Fruity, spicy nose with notes of peaches and floral hops. Fruity, spicy taste with apricots, tropical fruit and floral hops in the finish. Rather sweet, turns drier towards the end. Medium body. Not a lot of surprises, but a decent belgian ale.

Bottled@SBWF2007. Yellowish golden colour with mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is fruits, some yeast, hops and slight notes of alcohol. Flavour is fruits, alcohol, hops and some slight acidic fruity notes. Big spicyness in the aftertaste.

Bottle. Clear light yellow orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate yeasty, fruit, alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is lively to soft. (220807)

Bottle. Straw coloured with a strong whit head. Aroma of sweet malt and hint of floral hops. Flavour also tended towards sweetness with an alcoholic kick at the end. A pale shadow of Duvel.

Appearance: golden color. Great head, white color, dense and persistent. Very fizzy. Aroma: soft malty, mainly resinous-hoppy and metallic touch. Spicy reminiscences like coriander. Dry-sour fruitiness like grapefruits. Flavor: sweet malty start; citric-fruity progress like orange and grapefruits; hoppy finish with soft to medium dryness, herby and coriander touches. Malty and dry-citric aftertaste. The sweet malts hidden the alcoholic power. Palate: medium body with silky texture. Medium carbonation. Refreshing and nice hoppy, however a not meaningful Belgian beer.

Clear yellow-orange beer with a huge white creamy head. Spicy aroma. Also spicy taste. Notes of oranges. Also some yeastiness. Ending in even more spices and some hop bitterness. Dry mouthfeel. Medium bodied.

Pours a cloudy golden color with a medium, bubbly, white head. Ordinary and boring aroma and flavor of honey and yeast. The body is light to medium with a creamy texture and soft carbonation.

A hazed golden translucent ale with a thick froathy white head. Aroma of wild herbs, coriander, and light sulfur. In mouth, a crisp hoppy belgian ale, with sustained bitterness, tingly mouthfeel, not a lot of residual sugar, herbaceous, and alcohol finale. Simple bodied. Bieropholie import, BB spet. 2007.