Jopen Adriaan

Jopen
Brewed at Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Traditional Ale
Haarlem, Netherlands

It is fascinating to read the variety of impressions that this beer generates! I thought it was very interesting and terrific. From the bottle, it doesn’t look very nice-- murky cloudy yellow-brown with a mediocre head and poor retention. Huge aroma of butterscotch and warmed butter. Sweet palate, very butterscotchy with some cardamom, ginger and vanilla cookie, and a vaguely fruity note that I couldn’t put my finger on (maybe the herbs, maybe the yeast...). Thin-bodied, but that’s okay as it was still a pleasure to drink. Recommended for its different character.

Murky, pale straw body with a poor lasting head. The aroma seemed to be of soft wheat notes, with my other half picking up honey. Soft in the taste as well, thin body, some ginger, yeast, citrus and soft carbonation. Pleasant and easy drinking with no big characters standing out, but nothing really making you yearn for more.

tangerine color. smelled like smoked sausage and tasted like new york seltzer water.

very intriguing style and beer altogether. tasted of ginger water, well water, pices like nutmeg and allspice. some honey and wheat flavors with a bitter taste and some acidity.

Cloudy orange color,small white head that faded quickly leaving little behind.The aroma is wheat kind of fruity and lightly spicy,so far so good.Fruity flavor upfront with a nice carbonation lvl that makes the flavor dance a little on the pallate.The flavor changes in the middle and end with it going from a sort of mild sweet to a sour side,almost reminding me of Berliner Kindl Weiss in a way.It’s a fairly interesting brew that i think i could get used to on some hot summer days due to it being very easy to drink and smooth.Nice brew for the summer.

Highly impressive dutch beer. This gruit stuff is really good. Its what makes the aroma and taste so unique. This beer is not heavy and very different to any witbier that I have tried. I recommend this all the way.7/3/8/3/17

Re-rate: I wold guess this is the same batch as my first rate. Got it at a place where this could have easily been sitting for a few years. Pours with a small head and a hazy orange/copper color. Aroma is a bit aged cardboard with light too old sourness but a lot of strong musk, light mustard, and spicy honey, A bit overwhelming at first, but once you get past the aged and musk there are cool little aspects. Taste is musky, light spoiled-orange tea, some sweetness and a cheap honey aftertaste. Coriander and tea aspects linger for a while as well. Easy drinking despite the thicker and slicker mouthfeel. Doing good despite the age. 7/3/7/3/15

nice, gentle.. spicy taste,..fresh no overwalming bits, recepy from 1407, old dutch traditional beers are rare.

I really wasnt digging this. A murky yellowish brown appearance similar to pond water. The aroma was ginger root, unknown spice rack stuff, and lemons. The flavors were really funked out like chili powder? vinegar, honey, and I dunno some herbal tea. This was weird as hell. Pass