 chris_o (4395), London, Greater London, England
May 8, 2008 Updated: May 18, 2008
On tap at t Brugse Beertje, Brugge, April 2008. Hazy blond colour with a moderate fluffy head. Bags of orange peel in the aroma, developing into a big, bitter Seville orange feel on the palate. Lots of spice flavours, although whether that is due to added spices or just the inherent nature of the Belgian yeast I’m not too sure. I suspect the former. There aren’t too many Belgian takes on an American IPA style around and the results are certainly interesting. I’m not remotely interested in whether this merits the double IPA tag but I did feel that the heavy hop rush and the Belgian spiciness could have been a little better integrated. Still a very tasty and intriguing beer. Might try to get some bottles to age.
ekstedt (1694), Göteborg, Sweden
Jul 8, 2008 Bottle (33 cl) from Ølbutikken. Cloudy golden with medium white head. Caramelly malt aroma with tropical fruits, yeast, and some barnyard notes. Medium bodied and smooth. Heavy bitterness.
MrRomero (1865), Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Germany
Jul 4, 2008 33 cl bottle from Le Vaudree II, Liege: poured cloudy yellow with a huge rocky off white head. Big yeast and herbaceous hop aroma. ome barnyard notes. Taste is very yeasty with light citrusy hops and massive bitterness. This is not an American DIPA if that’s what you’re looking for..
madsberg (4360), Bangalore, India
Jun 25, 2008 Bottled. Golden coluored. Unclear. Dense and frothy off white head. Yeast, elderberry, light banana, loads of sweetness and some stearin notes in the aroma. flavour of alcohol, sweetness, yeast, some light herbs and again some elder. Medium bodied. Dry. Light bitter end with a lot of sweetness. More of a belgian ale than a DIPA IMO. Still a quite decent brew though, with a high drinkability.
faroeviking (3911), Faroese Beer Republic above, Denmark
Jun 24, 2008 Updated: Jun 26, 2008Botella. Vintage 2007. Cloudy deep golden colour withy a huge creamy and rocky white long lasting head leaving a very nice sticky and creamy lacing. The aroma has a pleasant sweetness with yeast and hops along with ripe fruits and spices. Good mouthfeel. The flavour is quite sweet with ripe fruits and yeast, some spice, alcohol, hops and a pleasant bitterness. Dry bitter sweet finish.
plovmand (370), Helsinge, Denmark
Jun 21, 2008 Bottle. Pours yellow with big white head. Citrus, hoppy nose. Fresh fruits in taste with spices from the belgian yeast and lots of hops and citrus. Very enjoyable.
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