Jopen Stripbier 2008

Bottle 75cl. [ As Jopen Rock n Roelbier ].
Unclear medium orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, moderate hoppy, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, and a warm chilli burn in the finish. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090320]

Bottle 30 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Comes as "Jopen Rock’n’ Roel Bier". Slightly hazy amber golden with a rough, off-white head. Aroma of fruit and a little yeast with distinct chili accents. Actually the chili burns all through the finish. 200309

Bottle, 7% as Rock n Roel Bier. Weak fruity aroma. Cloudy dark yellow colour. The flavour is quite average, but clearly has some chili. The chili level is good, warming, but not burning too much.

Bottle as Jopen Rock n Roelbier. Hazy golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of spices with notes of chili pepper and yeast. Fruity flavour of spices, hops and, chili pepper with notes of caramel. Burning finish of chili pepper.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow to orange with a diminished white head. Mild caramel malty and light herbal to hoppy aroma. Flavour is mild caramel to slight yeasty and herbal. Dry and spiced chilli finish. Slowly increasing yet dense finish of chili.

<i>Sampled as Rock’n Roelbier.</i>Slight gushing to thick yellowish head over metallic, orangeish beer. Some lace forming. Hefty liqueurish nose, quite some alcohol jumping out, and faint spices, especially pine, spruce and cypress. Sharp liqueurish taste, alcoholic, caramel and dry spices. Warming up, it gets real peppery, chilli-like. Remarkable throatwarming, that is more than alcohol at 7%, reinforced no doubt by the spices. Bit oily, but not really slick. Medium bodied. I’m not convinced by the peppery onslaught. A beer is somewhere supposed to be thirst-quenching, not the opposite, no?

Amber, orange colored brew. Spicy aroma. Flavor is spicy, a lot of peppers in the aftertaste. Too peppery to be enjoyable.

On tap @ Arendsnest, a few weeks ago. A hazy copper/golden coloured beer, creamy head. Aroma of soft and sweet malts, spices, sugar. Taste is of a soft and sweet blonde, creamy and rich, with a subtle red pepper taste. Peppers come out more pronounced in the back of your mouth when you wait a while between sips. Soft and creamy mouthfeel. Very nice.