Jupiler

Brewed by Brasserie Piedboeuf (InBev)
Style: Pale Lager
Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium

I found this all over the Netherlands and Belgium. It seems to be their go - to when they’re not drinking the stronger trappist ales. Pours clear and golden. Not much head. The alc content is not too strong. Probably a great one to just have with lunch or a light meal. I agree with Patrick, it was very similar to the Kolsch style found in and near Koeln.

draft - Pours clear gold with a lingering white head. It has a mild pale malt aroma with a touch a fruit. The taste is sweet pale malt with some light fruit esters. It’s light bodied though fortunately not too watery. The flavor profile put me in mind of a kolsch for some reason. There’s nothing too good here, but it was better than I expected.

Bottle, 25cl. the beer is served in a typical lager glass, but with ribbles, which make it look a bit ugly, commercial and does not represent high quality. The beer itself, however, looks very good: a very beautiful, clear golden colour, with some bubbles beautifully rising, and when well served a beautiful white had that lasts. The smell is a bit hoppy and a bit grainy, but is too weak. But you smell the beer, which is positive for a lager beer. The taste is hoppy, grainy, but also yeasty with a light bitter aftertaste. Also, the beer is not complex at all to drink. The beer has a light sharp taste, which some people might not like, but it’s a perfect beer to drink in hot weather: because of its dryness it’s very refreshing. This is certainly not a top beer, and there are certainly better lager beers, but for a commercial lager beer this is a pretty good one.

Too dry and bitter for my taste. A fresh, hay-like sharpness with little respite. Smells like a beer should though and it looks nice. :-)

Pretty boring pilsner, butt good enough to get you drunk. Almost everyone in Belgium likes this.

Can in Ghent on the river. A decently strong and drinkable Belgian brew. Very good taste, and good ’ol summer day drinking.

had this on tap in Brussels at La Roy on Grand Place. Straight forward Golden colored Lager, no head, some lacing some hops at the finish. More than a Pale Lager.

25cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, not complex brew, yet refreshing, not balanced, clear, small head, nothing special