3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Brown bottle, 33 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), best before fourth quarter 2013, savoured on June 30 2010; eye: golden, lightly hazy, no effervescence, good white head that falls and turns into an island of melting ice cream, average lacing; nose: hops, malt, spices, grapefruit, light orange, light honey; mouth: hops, malt, spices, grapefruit, light orange, light honey, alcohol, surprisingly sweet finale with presence of astringency, medium body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, light astringency, lightly grainy texture; overall: better than expected
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Bouteille brune, 33 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), meilleure avant quatrième trimestre 2013, savourée le 30 juin 2010; œil : dorée, légèrement voilée, pas d’effervescence, bonne mousse blanche qui tombe et se transforme en un îlot de crème glacée fondante, dentelle moyenne nez : houblon, malt, épices, pamplemousse, léger orange, léger miel; bouche : houblon, malt, épices, pamplemousse, léger orange, léger miel, finale curieusement sucrée avec légère présence d’astringence, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, légère astringence, texture légèrement granuleuse; en résumé : meilleure que mes attentes
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
August 2010. From bottle. Pours amber color with a white head. This is not your traditional IPA but more IPA meets Belgian yeast and style. Still an intersting brew, but not for me.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. An unclear, orange-golden beer topped by a dense, finger-thick head. The aroma has some pine cones, but it’s mostly in the Belgian style of strong blondes or tripels. Sweet, fruity and sugary flavor with a decent bitterness. Full-bodied, quite smooth on the palate. A decent beer, but it lacks quite a lot to match the really nice Belgian Ales meeting American IPA hopping. 120525
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Des particules inertes flottent comme dans une gelée. Opaque et or, elle est dominée par un mince collet de mousse qui ne s’essouffle pas. Au nez, les épices et les fines herbes se couchent sur un lit d’alcool légèrement citronné. Dès l’entrée en bouche, la perception d’alcool s’effondre rapidement sous des prétextes épicés et sur une trame de poivre piquant. Puis l’alcool nous hante à nouveau, du haut de ses 10%. Les paysages bucoliques de Bruges se fondent bien dans cette bière surprenante. Ma découverte du Mondial de la Bière 2009 à Montréal.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Strange hazy blond yellow colour. Bottle from 2008. I think this beer must have been better some years ago. Strange fruity aroma (grapefruit, banana, bubblegum). Bitter aftertaste. Very strange example of an IPA.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
33 cl bottle @ hotel room, Brussels. Rated on 18.07.2010
Aroma is somewhat fruity with grassy hops and some caramel. Flavour has lots of grassy hops, some fruits, biscuits and hints of nettles. Decent, a DIPA in Belgian way.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
33cl bottle. Dark orange colour with some redish tones and a large head, which finally vanishes. Looks and smells really good, but I expected better taste. It’s like a mix of IPA and barley wine, not bad but too sweet for me. Alcohol is also present in taste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is hop, nuts, malt, alcohol. Flavour is hop, nuts, malt, alcohol, dried fruit, yeast. full body. OK beer.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Looks slightly hazy orange with lots of effervescence and a bubbly fluffy head decent lacing and lots of sediment which was left with the dregs while I drank the first half of the beer (but never wasted!) I take a whiff and get a lot of hops, citrus peel, and yeast, not bad at all! Tastes a lot like it smells but even heavier on the hops than I was expecting. Tastes like they Possibly use American hops in this one, not sure though. Grapefruit flavors are abundant, the fruit and zest more so at the beginning and spicy bitter peel coming through at the end. Also some alcohol warmth coming through at the end, can’t be surprised with this one coming in at 10%. I did find it a bit too effervescent at first but that of course calmed down as I drank. I liked this one quite a bit but I would not see myself drinking more than one in a night. A bit overkill on the palate. A very good beer that goes beyond the boarders of the typical Belgian IPA and one hopheads should all be down with.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I guess this is a European style DIPA. Poured at a good temperature with a smallish, off-white, foamy head that soon settled and no lace. Color is a cloudy brown amber and not that appealing. Aroma is first yeast, then grain, hop, malt, musty. Flavor is sweet on top then carbonic tang and hop/yeast bitter. Body & carbonation ok. Finish is like flavor, longish, and boozy. Not one of my favs. Won’t finish it.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Vinens Verden. Huge frthy head with excellent duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are grass, earthy hops, flowers, malt and notes of fruits.
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