Hoeve Bier

Brewed by Brouwerij Strubbe
Style: Belgian Ale
Ichtegem, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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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.

8/V/2012 - 25cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 24/IIX/12 (2012-476)

Clear light orange to amber beer, nice creamy off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, bit fruity, candy, spices, some cinnamon, cider. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet apples, jonagold, bit sugary, some spices. Aftertaste: sweet apples, almost cider like, little bitter, some spices.

Dec 2010: Hoeve Bier - Biere de Ferma. This bottle was bought at the Noel Cuvelier farm/beershop in Abele near Poperinge. Cork and caged 0.75 litre green bottle, poured into four tulip glasses in one single pour. Almost clear amber in colour and looks, a small white head sat on top of the body. The aroma was of Belgian yeasts and hops. Hop bitterness and bite in the taste followed by a sweetness in the aftertaste. Very drinkable, the 6.5% sat well within the brew and it just felt right and correct.

25cl bottle @ home, shared with Joes. Hazy, cloudy orange color, huge white head that disappears quickly. Smell lightly malts, sweet, some alcohol. Taste malts, sweetness, hints of honey. Medium carbonation, low to medium body.

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]