’t IJ Columbus

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

On tap at Loosje. A very creamy, powerful ale. Orange flavor and orange color. Tastes of honey, peachy and very spicy, w/ coriander taste.

Bottle. Cloudy orange and explosive out of the bottle. Aromas are sweet, brown sugar with caramel, ripe pear and yeast. Flavours are sweet malts with herbal and spicy notes. Some underlying caramel with warming alcohol and a dry finish.

Pours a light brown with a big head. Citrus pokes through brown malts on the nose. The flavor is good... spicy, with some subtle nuts and sourness. Another great beer from Brouwerij t IJ

Bottle. Brown beer with a strong head. The aroma is sour and the flavour is rich, spiced, bitter, dry and roasted. Overall a good strongly spiced beer.

Bottle from utobeer at home. Alround rating: yeasty candy suagr, spicey esteryness, floral and peppery hop. A generally good belgian ale.

Golden hue with foamy 1/4 inch white head. Decent lacing. Some strange barnyard funkiness along with yeast overtones. Malty finish along with a sharp hop jolt that fades quickly. The front has a hint of alcohol along with a hint of banana and spice.

Bottle (well actually bottle and a half, as the first one exploded all over the barmaid) in Falstaff, Maastricht. Nose is icing sugar and yeastiness, meadow and some grassiness. Mout is slightly dull and dusty with some strong liquorice and maltiness, slightly sweet, with some healthy hoppiness punching its way through towards the end. Warming, but the alcohol is quite manageable. Enjoyable.

Smells of sweet, candied fruit and farmyard. Pleasantly grassy, flowery to accompany a honeyed, sugared flavor, almost offsetting the powerful sweet dimension. As it warms it gets some more hay, starchiness, graininess. Somewhat rough hewn this beer is. But good.