’t IJ Natte

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass

Cloudy brown pour with sweet and fruity aroma. Nice fruity malty taste and somewhat bitter finish.

Bottle. Ivory large sized head that was mostly lasting, fine-small sized bubbles, good amount of lacing, carbonated, cloudy, and a reddish brown hue. Nose was malty, caramel and sweet and mimicked in the flavor. Very tasty and quaffable. Smooth palate. Medium body. Truly enjoyed this brew and definitely would like to have this one again. Try it if you have the chance.

smells of cherries and wet hay .. . tons of fizzy foamy head, yes, another infected bottle .. . yellow caramel colour .. . what am i supposed to do, infection nation .. . thanks to Gert Jan, but pretty gross . .. screw you guys, i’m going home..

Light brown colour, tan head. Aroma has red fruits. Flavour has malts, red fruits and some candy. Weak.

Fruit and malt in the nose, hazy ruby, with a small toffe ehead. Flavour is red plums, almonds and caramel. Very well balanced, complex, nicely bitter. Fine example! Thanks again mds.

330 ml bottle. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Dark amber colour with small off-white head. Grainy floury malty aroma with mild hops and yeast. Yeast, malt, sourness and berries in flavour. Not that good after all. Floury malty brew with some mild sourness.

Bottle conditioned. Chestnut red with a fluffy head that is shortlived despite a yeast dredging over carbonation. Fruity fig aromas mingled with yeast, Roast notes in the mouth with apple flavours and a sweet fruity finish with more apparent yeast.

Pours a lightly hazy deep amber color with ruby-orangish highlights when held up to the light. It is toped by a frothy, finger-thick, amber tinged tan colored head. The aroma is an interesting mix of fruit and fresh-yeasty bread notes. Both the fruit and some alcohol notes combine to remind me of brandy, though only a hint in the finish. The aroma is quite complex, though it is certainly on the sweet side of things; I get notes of caramel soaked raisins, concentrated malt (almost extract like), a hint of cherries, and a rich almost aged character that has a touch of sherry. There is something almost vegetal in the aroma too, and I can’t quite place it.

The taste is only lightly sweet, at least in relation to the sweet smelling nose. There is still a fair amount of dark fruit notes though, I get notes of raisins and prunes predominantly. There is not much to balance the fruit notes either, I would have like a bit more yeast derived spiciness, or perhaps even a bit more body and strength. As it is, this beer has a medium to light body, and despite a slight bit of spiciness is fairly clean as well. There is a hint of aged malt character here as well, most noticeable as a slight sherry note and a sort of meaty stew-like note. This beer seems to end a bit thin, and perhaps even a bit drab. I have definitely had much better offerings from this brewery, though this is certainly not bad.