3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Refrigerated bottle poured into a glass. Pours deep golden with big white head. Taste is malt (mostly dried light fruit), some breadiness, and finishes spicy hops. Much closer to an english IPA than an american IPA. Overall good.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours clear orange with a large, frothy and rocky cream colored head, high retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie), average hops (spicy), and average esters (dried fruit) with notes of peach, alcohol, sugar, and vanilla. Flavor is heavy malt (bread, cookie), average hops (spicy), and average esters (dried fruit) with notes of peach, alcohol, sugar, black pepper, and vanilla. Full body, moderate warmth and carbonation, light creaminess with a dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at cafe centraal, pours clear yellow with nice white head. Aroma of tropical fruit, bread, some mild slice. Taste up front is some spicy and fruity hops, an earthy bitter middle finishing sweet. No sign of 10.5%, nice brew.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Csakajosor.hu. Poured with a honey yellow color and a medium, lacing, collapsing head. Coriander, banana, peach, hops, wood cask apple and yeast in the aroma. Medium dense body with high carbonation, hoppy aftertaste. Good one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gold with thick, fuzzy, white head. Sweet and syrupy. Apricots, malt, and refreshing hops, mild spiciness. Yum!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This is a rather dangerous beer. Way too drinkable for being 10.5%. A little sweet, smooth. A little bit fruity. Serving: Bottle and Tap
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap at HopCat. Pours hazy golden amber with fluffy white head, from under which come aromas of unripe tart cherry, apricot, and booze. Estery Belgian flavors, strong alcohol burn. Medium body, a fun brew.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured from a 11.2 ounce bottle into a Chimay goblet.
Appearance: Pours an opaque caramel color with a 1 finger bubbly white head. Nice lacing.
Smell: Yeast, cloves, banana and alcohol. I don’t detect the hops I normally associate strongly with an IPA.
Taste: Sweet malt with banana, spices and a very mild bitterness. Light hint of alcohol. This tastes nothing like what I think of when I think IPA. Reminds me of a tripel. Aftertaste is bittersweet.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with a high amount of carbonation. Very smooth.
Drinkability: High drinkability despite the high ABV. This one could get you in trouble.
Overall: Excellent beer overall. Delicious flavor. I’m not really familiar with Belgian IPAs so I’m not sure if this is typical of the style but it doesn’t feel like what I expect from an IPA. Not necessarily a bad thing. This is delicious. I recommend trying it out.
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