Jopen Gerstebier

Brewed by Jopen
Style: Belgian Ale
Haarlem, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Shared bottle at local tasting. Pours murky golden, no head. Aroma is malty, traces of acetone.Taste is light sweet fruity, strange bitter end.

Flaske hos Ole Anders mai-13: lukter løsemidler synes Sigmund men vi er ikke helt enige. Lys gylden og litt uklar, kortvarig skum. Antydning til bringebærsyltetøy i en ellers noe diffus smak.

330 ml bottle, kindly shared by abemorsten. Hazy pale golden colour, moderate white head. Aroma of solvents, grain and Belgian yeast. Grainy flavour with some fruit, stale jam in the finish. Hardly any bitterness.Not very pleasant.

Hazy blond with quick fading head. Has quite a raw, malty flavour with a fair amount of yeast too.

Bottle from beernavigator.com. Best before date nov 2013. Very nice aroma. Didn’t have much expectations on this one since I can’t remember if I had it before. Large head. Enjoy the aroma that has some honey in it together with the more typical belgian sour aroma. The honey goes away pretty soon. Rotate the glass and it comes back. The taste is more typical belgian ale. Could have it again but its not that exciting. Malts but no real hops.

330 ml, brown long neck bottle. Poured into a tulip glass at home. ABV 4,5% Orabge colour, very muddy and hazy, with lots of tiny bits floating around in the body. One finger at most of white head, with very low retention. Oh, wow, bad aroma of goat cheese that has gone bad along with boiled cauliflower. I would rate it even lower, but it’s saved since I didn’t puke. Same on the taste, a bad cheese flavour, along with wort. Light to medium body, light carbonation. Overall, I believe this is the worst beer I’ve tried from Jopen, a brewery that I honestly like. Maybe the worst beer I have ever tried too, as I can’t remember another beer giving me nausea feelings, except of a gluten-free one. 8/20 only because it made me realize how lucky we are beer brewing has advanced.

draft @ gollem antwerp pours amber, white foam. smells hoppy and light. sweet, light , hopped mouthfeel . very refreshing, drinkable.,still its ni IPA-ish beer, even though you do get hops in this . maybe a very hopped pils or siomething like that?

33cl bottle. Dark golden colour with a white head. Aroma is slightly floral with fruity notes. Flavor is light sweet with fruity notes. Carbonation and body are medium.

Bottle@Home. A bit too grainy and a bitter boring. But certainly more hoppy than a regular lager (belgian ale??).

Hazy amber brown, fading white head. Aroma and taste nice combination of hop and caramel malts, with some overripe fruit. Body is not that well, bit watery.