Viven Imperial IPA

Brouwerij van Viven
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Sijsele, Belgium

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium to dark orange amber color with a large, creamy to frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers, citrus, orange, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100730]

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a huge orangey head. The aroma has notes fo hops, grass, and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of over ripe fruits as well as medium notes of malt and yeast, leading to a dry bitter finish. Very raw in its interpretation. Thanks yespr for sharing.

33 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is peachy, citrusy and mild grapefruity. Grapefruity, citrusy and mild peachy flavoured. Nicely balanced with a medium dry malt base and mild yeasty note. Ends dry and slight yeasty.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours deep golden with a slight haze and a dense off-white head. Juicy and peachy American aroma hops. Medium body, very very fruity, some leathery and peachy accents and an almost astringent bitterness. A good IPA - if not exactly an IIPA. 150610

Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized beige frothy head. Aroma is very fruity and florally hoppy along with quite caramelly notes. Flavour is fruity and floral hops along with some mild grassyness. Also quite malty and alcoholic. Yet in a quite nice balance. Quite dry as well.

Bottled at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Hazy ruby, mid sized head. Sweaty minty grapefruit aroma. Mid sweet, near full body, rounded mouthfeel. Hugely hoppy - sweaty lychee and grapefruit. American style hops, marzipan from yeast. Tangerine and white pepper in a quite bitter finish.

Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity hoppy bitter aroma. Sweetish fruity hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.

Bottle @ Willems. Pours cloudy amber copper with a thick lasting creamy white head and lacings. Nose is us hops. Citrussy and grassy. Very dry and hoppy flavor. Grapefruit. Dry power bitter end.

Bottle from Bier Tempel, Brussels
Cloudy amber color, with compact head. Nice aroma, fruity, mellow. Good body strength, with malt flavor but most of all spicy Belgian yeast, luckily without sweetness, and instead with strong bitterness. Maybe the final is too bitter.
Never completely seduced by Belgian IPAs, because of the clash of ingredients, this one anyway is quite well brewed.

Bottle at t’Brugs Beertje in Brugge. Cloudy amber - white head. Citrus. Fruity. Caramel. Toasted. Medium malty. Grape fruit. Peppery notes. Grassy. Piney- Nice high hoppy. Nice bitterness. Clean and good.