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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.


3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
oldrtybastrd (3228) - Doha, Qatar/Great Falls, Montana, USA - APR 3, 2010
Shared this one w/SkyCop32. Pours a medium golden yellowish color. Aromas of fruit, yeast and some pepper. Flavors are sour, yeasty, and a touch of sweetness at the finish.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
cgarvieuk (7981) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - MAR 26, 2010
bottle at hop duvel ... amber ... thin white head... soft toffee little orange nose ... overy fizzy ... creamy fruits ... little yeast .

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Travlr (4513) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - MAR 17, 2010
Bottle. Enormous glass, matching enormous head. Decent hop-malt balance, dry bitter finish. Nice one.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
GT2 (3414) - Washington DC, USA - MAR 15, 2010
Bottle in Ghent into a sweet, enormous glass. Pours yellow with a white head that has excellent retention leaves good lace. Aroma of pale malts, perfume, and light Saaz hops. Taste is a bit metallic from older Saaz hops along with pale malt, spices. Pretty good.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Countbeer (1686) - Best of Eindhoven ohne Brauhaus, NETHERLANDS - MAR 8, 2010
Bottle: Big airy foam head that disappears pretty quick, like Duvel. Smell some spices, lemon and hops. Color between lemon yellow and pilsner yellow. Taste of lemon, spices, fruits, yeasty, light hoppy, pretty fresh (like a white beer).

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
gunnfryd (6495) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JAN 3, 2010
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is alcohol, sweet, yeast, hop, malt. Flavour is sweet, alcohol, yeast, hop, malt, fruit. citrus, spices. Medium to full body. Nice beer.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Parket (521) - Bruges, BELGIUM - JAN 3, 2010
bottle, yellow/orange colour with unstable white head. Smell: fruity. Taste: much alcohol, sugary, spicy with most of all coriander. Far too sweet for me and too much alcohol taste.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
yngwie (8703) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - DEC 31, 2009
Bottle. A clear, golden beer with a small, off-white head. Pale malts, citrus fruits, some alcohol, white sugar, a little yeast and hints of acetone in the aroma. The flavor is a tad better and clear, with fruits, citrus, spices, white sugar and grains. Some alcohol, and a fine bitterness in the finish. Warming, medium to full body, quite dry and effervescent. Overall, a decent beer, but too hot I think. 090925


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