Op-Ale

Brewed by Brouwerij Affligem / De Smedt (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Ale
Opwijk, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle, Belgian Belly. Amber with a fading off white head. Sweet and malty, but a nasty soapy/chemical/ metallic tang evident which was a major turn off and condems this to the bowels of dirge like mediocrity.

golden orange coloured body with a off white head a spicy hoppy fruity aroma a spicy mettalic bitter taste with a dry bitter finish

I am surprised this beer is still on the market. Bottle. Copper color. Cookies, just a hint of flowers and butter in the aroma. Citrus flavor, slightly flowery and perfumed, with some metal notes. Nutty, bready and raisinny. Decent Belgian ale.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow to orange with a slowly collapsing off-white head. Spiced and mild mouldy aroma. Flavour is dry malt, light yeasty, vague metallic note and spiced towards a bitter finish. Belgian kinda pilsner.

Appearance: Golden orange. Nice amount of head. Aroma: Bit of yeast. Some hops and fruit. Taste: Slightly sweet, and bitter. Strange Info: 330ml bottle, 22/2-2008, 188/500

Op op op din din din? Op op op ale ale ale! (leggete come volete se con o senz’accento); l’ho comprata da 33cl da Bonanni in via S. Vincenzo. Stasera volevo stappare qualcosa di poco impegnato; le prime impressioni non sono state ottime, tipo l’acqua quando lavi l’orologio nel bicchiere. Metallo schietto, però pian piano si stempera in un dolcino un po’ ruffiano e in una nota cerealosa però comunque MENO cerealosa di quella porcheria della Palm che Iddio ce ne scampi e liberi in saecula saeculorum amen. Quando uno ne beve un po’ alla fine si abitua e non diventa neanche così disprezzabile. Tuttavia non speciale, per niente (anche se ce lo scrivono sulla bottiglia per ricordarci che è ad alta fermentazione); è la mia 400esima birra qua su. Festeggiamo.

Bottle. Clear light to medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, moderate yeasty, bubble gum, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. (091207)

Bottle, 5%. Quite hoppy aroma, fruity and flowery, but with a hint of sewer. Clear dark amber colour. The flavour starts off with a hint of said hoppiness, but quickly turns uninteresting and sourly/roughly bitter. Rough and sewery.