Hoeve Bier

Brewed by Brouwerij Strubbe
Style: Belgian Ale
Ichtegem, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

25cl. Dorée/orangée, col blanc. Arôme de vieille levure, malt léger avec note de caramel, houblon en retrait. En bouche, malt cara, levure avec pointe grillée, houblon laissant uen fine amertume allant vers le citron, léger grains sur la fin avec un côté sucré.

(bottle, 25cl) Hazy, golden colour with a dense and off-white foamy head of medium size. Dusty, slightly sweet malty and sour fruity aroma with notes of citrus, grapefruit and apple. Moderately sweet and slightly sour flavour, medium to light bodied with a modest carbonation. Biscuity malt-character with pronounced fruity notes, leading into a mildly sour-fruity and delicately spicy finish. Rounded Belgian Ale. 05.VI.11

Malty, fruity and light yeast taste and smell. Orange coloured beer with an ok head, but should hold a bit longer. Sweet, a bit unpleasant mouthfeel

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2011 750ml bottle. Deep and coppery with a high, uneven head fed by torrential carbonation. The aroma has cherry sherbet and apple-flavoured confectionary, the flavour some teasing flecks of Flemish complexity (iron, wood, berry-like acidity), largely demolished by a brown sugar, apple bubblegum and grenadine sweetness impossible to really warm to. There’s also that mouth-drying, low cal soda hint suggesting artifical sweetener has been used- becoming unbearable over a pint of the stuff. Drinkable, but too sweet like a cup of tea with 3 sugars and a sweetener sweet. Frustrating beer; better than some of Strubbe’s other stinkers, but I’ll need a bottle of Punk to take the taste away.

Amber coloured with a small white head. Skunky aroma, watery and sweet taste. (Bottle 25 cl)

Amber coloured beer with some light carbonation and a small white head. Light herby touched aroma. Medium to full palate. FInish is light bitter sweet with some fruity and hoppy hints. Medium Belgian ale.

Bottle 250ml.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, molasses, moderate yeasty, fruity, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091114]

Bottle at Strijdershuis, near the marketplace in Bruges. Chestnut colored with a large tan head that settles slowly to reveal good lacing. Aroma of scotch and malt with a background hint of spice. Flavor begins with the malt and spice, then progresses to a sort of butterscotch, then a slightly bitter and dry finish. Nicely complex and interesting. Decent enough body, a little light for the style. Nice addition to the varied and interesting Strubbe range.