t IJ Paasij

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Belgian Ale
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bottle. [thank you, Skortila/Caesar]
Pours hazy yellow-orange with a big, creamy, whipped-egg-whites head. Stunning duration. Some small floaties in the liquid. Aroma is heavily yeasty, lots of biscuits, oranges, lime and fine herbs. Medium carbonation. Fine creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is nicely dry, very malty sweet, some peppery edge. Good citric bitterness. Nice beer wonderful head. Now, I’ve looked at that foam for 5 minutes, and it hasn’t diminished yet!

Very hazy caramel colour with a small white head. This really isn’t a good looker. Curiously herby aroma, slightly metallic, which also doesn’t contribute much. The taste, rather rough and earthy, has some sour fruitiness, a definite hint of pepper, and some sharp background bitterness you hardly notice at first.

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a hazy orange with a small white head and a thick sweet aroma of fresh citrus-fruits and spices. The taste is sweet, fruity and spicey, like a more full-bodied triple. I like it!

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy orange coloured ale with subtle sweetness and fine spices for the taste.

33cl bottle at vonks slijterij zaandam, full suprise! very full grainy and hoppy in the bottom, ..peach and banana in the aroma, very gentle bitter. I’m impressed.

Tap at brewery: Hazy pale orange color, big fluffy head. Big yeasty body, some banana and fruitiness. Spicy peppery end with a hint of hops. Fine balance. Big beer that stands on its own. I’ve found that the IJ beers are much better on tap than in the bottle, and at the brewery they are stupendous.

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, big creamy white head. Aroma is spices, hops, some herbs and earth. Flavour is spices, earth and yeast. Some grass is also noteable. Aftertaste is grassy and earthy.

Bottled
Hazy orange color, very nice cloudy head. Very fruity aroma (dominating aroma is apricot). Very fruity mandarin flavor. Light spices, sugar and light alcohol. Great beer! Mixture of Belgian trippel and American saison.