Belgoo Luppo

Brewed by Brasserie La Binchoise
Style: Belgian Ale
Binche, Belgium

Draught @ ZBF 2009, St.-Niklaas, Belgium.
Unclear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, moderate hoppy, flowers, citrus. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Fresh. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090307]

The beer floods out of the bottle upon opening. The color is hazy golden and the head is huge and white. The aroma has notes of yeast, citrus, malt and fruit. The flavour has a light sweetness and notes of malt, fruit, citrus, yeast and it has a somewhat unbalanced and crude, dry grapefruit bitterness in the finish. The softness from the oats is lingering in the background.

Bottled (bbe 03/2010) at Apotek, Turku. Very hazy light yellow with tiny flakes floating about, a tad coarse huge pale head. Nicely hoppy nose, chalk, white pepper, hint of honeyish sweetness, yeast. Flavor is a lot stuffier, with some alcohol, stodgy yeastiness, chalk, same hops, clean mildly grapefruity bitterness and sugar in the finish. Strongly carbonated attacking, yet a bit hollow mouthfeel. Yeast makes it a bit mellower, and cuts out the best edge of the hops. Nowhere near the better hoppy Belgians.

bottle, very nice golden colour with stable and big, foamy white head. Hoppy and fruity smell. Taste: very hoppy and yeasty, lemon peel, very bitter. Monotonous and too bitter brew for me.

Cloudy yellow, with a big white head. Aroma of spice and tropical fruit with a mineral note. Really hoppy flavour, with tropical fruits and yeast. While not a fan of Belgian yeast being too overpowering, I quite like hops.

330ml bottle (Olutkellari, Helsinki)
Cloudy orange, large head. Dry hoppy aroma. Pleasant cabonation. Very hoppy retronasals. Simple malty body, dominated by the hops. A big tingle, and then some nettles. There’s a touch of booze, and it doesn’t have the sweetness to cover that. A bit one dimensional.

Cloudy golden with a large white head. Sweet aroma with hoppy and malty notes. Picked up fruits aswell. Flavour had peaches, malt, yeast and hoppy notes. Finished mildly dry.

On tap at the White Horse, Parsons Green, 2nd May 09. Cloudy amber looks. Wonderful fruit & alcohol aroma. Great flavour with lots of herb and blackcurrant flavours.