Jopen Adriaan Witbier

Jopen
Brewed at Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Haarlem, Netherlands

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

UPDATED: AUG 23, 2011 The Jopenchurch in Haarlem doesn’t serve this as well as they bottle it (although the cozy church setting makes up for that) but it’s a special beer with a very strong aroma.

Tap at Jopenkerk, Haarlem: Hazy yellow brew with an water-like taste and with an very faint spicy taste.

I got this for a try at a very old style of beer. I was not disappointed for what it is but glad that things have progressed. It is strange to have a beer with no hops and even the malt seems thin but this is decently drinkable. If i lived 500 years ago i would be alright to kick back a few. More herb and spice like than i thought but it doesn’t fill the palate like hops. An interesting history lesson but certainly not for everyone.

Bottle 30cl. More or less typical Belgium-style Witbeer, has although its own character. Nice!

[3/7/11] Bottle at Arendsnest in Amsterdam. Hazy pale golden. Aroma of fruits, some bready notes and some spiciness. Sweetish flavor with wheat fruitiness and light spiciness in the finish. Light-bodied.

Pours a cloudy, murky, yellowish color. Much like a wit, but cloudier. Small white head with a little lacing. Spicy. Mostly peppery with a clove like aroma. Some flowery aroma as well. Sweet, but not overly. Carbonic bite. A little bit of lemon. Banana. Pepper. Not bad. Flowery smell comes through in the tastes just enough to notice it. Smooth, carbonic bite leaves a bit of bitterness. A little sweetness left in the mouth, but not much. Just the right blend of bitterness mixed with sweetness for a spiced beer. Pretty drinkable for a spiced beer from days long gone. The flowery taste might get annoying, but it’s good for a little bit.

Bottle. Golden, cloudy, small and fully diminishing head. Light to moderate lightly sweetish malty – wheaty aroma with lots of spiciness (coriander, citrus). Body is light to medium, malty – wheaty flavor with light sweetness, same spiciness just little bit less than in aroma. Finish is average, dryish and wheaty with spiciness. Old style dryish wheet beer with nice spiciness.

Bottle. Rocky white fair mostly deminishing head. Powerfull hoppy aroma, maybee elderberry present. Nice taste and average finish. A little watery.