3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
33 CL bottle from Drankencentrale Geers Oostakker. Dark amber with a
large white head. Aroma of bread and sweet malts. Tasts sweet and bitter
at the end. ***
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Aroma of wood, dry leaves and liquorice. Slightly unclear amber colour with beige head. Very, very dry and bitter with lots of grapefruit which also adds a glimpse of citrus. One of these IPAs is enough, but a very powerful Galena hop.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, shared september 15th 2012. Amber body, creamy offwhite head. Aroma is spicy, pepper, with caramel, tea and herbs. Taste follows the herbal tea style, with malts, and a nice bitterness balancing it out. fruity finish. This is one of the hops making this series really interesting.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Another average Ipa not sold on this hop lacks the balance that i like. average
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Smells of light citrus, faint malt. Pours cloudy ruby with great head and lacing. Average carbonation, medium consistency. Taste has light bitterness. Tap at Blue Monk.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tap at blue monk. Pours a hazy orange yellow with a thick off white head. Smells piney and grassy with hops. tastes fresh, pretty straightforward hops up front that are mild pine. Finishes bitter. Overall good, nothing extraordinary but solid.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Cloudy orange colour with a nice white head with a good lasting and lacing. Aroma is the most captivating of this beer, caramel, yeast, moderate toasty, malty, toffee, orange peel and wooden notes. Flavor is dominated by caramel hints, a moderate bitterness, toffee notes. Dry in the finalwith a good presence on the palate, dense and creamy.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
large frothy offwhite head. good lacing. mostly diminishing. translucent thick amber body. aroma: wood, mod hoppy, orange. if: moderate bitter sweet. ff: light sweet harsh bitter.; long duration. palate: lively carbonation, light medium body, watery texture, metallic finish. dulçor laranja, amadeirado, amargor forte, lupulo, casca de laranja e carqueja. 120s
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Whole Foods, Bowery 330ml ($6): Pours a murky brown with a nice beige head as per normal. Aroma is light citrus balanced against the typical Mikkeller malt. Taste is slightly bitter, with a citrus touch. Lightly sweet malt. The Galena hop ain’t fascinating. I could see how it could add something nice to another hop, but by itself, I am not surprised that this is not often used.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
This pours hazy amber, with medium off-white foam head. This beer was brewed in 2011, so is not bitter nor hop-aromatic anymore. Because of Dranken Geers: huge beer shop but not serious for the shelflives! More than 3-4 months for a single hop IPA is a non-sense. All the identity and typicity of the beer is in its hop variety. Hop flavours and bitterness decrease really quickly.
It smells old ale with some remaining hop notes but very light.
Clean with a good mouthfeel, great beer but not an IPA anymore.
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