’t IJ Columbus

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

33 cl bottle @ home, BBE 20.07.2011
Lots of foam when pouring. Aroma is nice, fresh and sour with leathery and earthy notes. Also some sour apple. Reminds me of orval. Way too much CO2 on palate, it foams so much in my mouth that I can hear the noise. Flavour is sour with earthy notes and some warming alcohol. This has some elements from an aged belgian ale. Interesting and nice.

Bottle 33 cl, Cracked Kettle. Pours clear orange amber with a great creamy beige head leaving nice lacing. Aroma is malty, hoppy, fruity, yeasty and cloves. Flavor is malty, acidy, citric, fruity, bitter and dryish. Finishes with a nice bitterness and sourish fruityness.

Pours hazy yellow with a medium head. Aroma is pretty light, mostly malts. Flavor is malts and hops. Doesn’t taste like a 9% beer at all, so good.

Bottle. BBE 0812. Reddosh amber with a huge, off-white head that doesn’t completely dissipate at any point. Aroma is banana, spiciness (black pepper), salted and roasted peanuts, fruit esters. Taste is banana, black pepper, tones of other spices, Belgian fruit, salted and roasted peanuts. Palate is full and fairly carbonated.

hazy amber coloured body with yeast particels and a off white head a spicy fruity yeasty malty aroma a spicy malty yeasty fruity bitter taste with a alcholic bitter finish

Bottle. Pours a light hazy golden, with a full head. Aroma is burned malt, with notes of cereal and dark, dried fruits. Flavour has lots of dark fruits and heavy malts, combined with a good bitterness. A fabulous beer.

On draft at the brewery. Hazy orange color with a white head. Smooth and drinkable. Fruity and malty.

Dark orange with foamy head (it spilled out right as I opened the bottle). Aroma of yeast, clove and honey. Spicy and with a persistent taste.