Urthel Hop-it

Brouwerij De Leyerth
Brewed at De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ruiselede, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottled 750ml. A hazy golden beer with a bubbly white head. Aroma is yeasty and fruity. Taste is yeasty and malty with hop/herbal notes. Some acidity, but well balanced

[33cl bottle, North Bar - Leeds, 31/12/09] Aroma is sweet and fruity. In the mouth there is a huge alcoholic hit, perhaps even punching above its weight in that department. Very bitter finish: a lasting hopppy bite. Not refined enough to be a great.

Bottle, coincidentally i am drinking out of the signature glass for this beer at the moment. Had this a eulogy some time ago with strasko. Hazy copper with a white head. Earthy dusty floral hop tones. Yeast y bread y character some sweet notes but more floral dry and dusty with a modest warming. Nice ale.

On my last trip to Belgium I was interested to discover what I could about Belgian IPA’s, and when I saw this on the shelf in a store there I picked it up not really knowing anything about it, but inticed by the name. Pours pale gold with a rather large, sticky white head that lasts for a while and some lively carbonation. Clear at first, and then I notice the flakesi saw floating around in the bottle, and then eventually it turns foggy as the yeast decends into the glass. The nose is not that great: light malts with typical light fruits, to include banana and some lemon and cloves; grassy, spicy hops are there, but not dominantly so... It gets better in the mouth. The same light fruit and sweet malt characteristics are there, with a few additions, maybe some vanilla, but there is a solid hop kick all the way through. The more of this I drink, the less I notice the hops, and the more I notice the malty, fruity characteristics... not quite what I was expecting (or hoping for,) but not bad.

Flaske: Flot klar Gul orange øl med et livligt skumhoved. Duft af europæisk humle og gær. Kæmpestore floaties i bunden af flasken der bestemt ikke skal hældes med ud, men flot udseende når de ikke er med. God balance imellem gæren og humlen og livlig karbonering. Fin og meget drikbar øl.

Bottle, Uddingston, 2009-12-25 AP: Brown body, wee head. AR: yeast, caramel F: yeast, caramel, a bit to much of alcohole flavors slipping through here (and yes I started with less alcoholic stuff-before this heavier stufff), and agin with this kind of beer there is some odd fruity combination that I can’t put my finger on.

This is one of my favorite beers. I see this and I buy it. The fact that this beer is 10.5% and yet so quaffable is gorgeous. This is a beer. Has a nice funk to it. Those that say this beer is "OK" are wrong. I’m not being arrogant. It’s not my opinion, it’s fact. This is a well made beer. Produces a full flavored, boisterous, crisp, through the nose burp, if executed correctly. Do yourself a favor....don’t eat food with this beer. In fact, drink two of these on a empty stomach to appreciate the flavor and alcohol content.

VERY hoppy with none of that malt- balancing sweetness shenanigans. This beer smells great and had excellent foamy head.