Urthel Hop-it

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

Bottle. Yellow clear colour with some yeast floaters. White head. Aroma: fresh, hoppy, rubarbs, grass, yeast. Flavor: fresh, rather hoppy, herbs, citrus, fruit, yeast, noticeble alcohol.

Pours a cloudy, bubbly orange with a medium ivory head. Aroma is generously hoppy with even a little cannabis skunkiness. Flavor is indeed very hoppy; It’s definitely a Belgian-style ale, but with a lot of bitter hops. Strange, I’ve never had a Belgian this hoppy, but it works out okay. Very fruity to boot. Full mouthfeel, hearty viscosity. Different, but good. I like it. Overall, good to very good.

Bottled. Clear deep golden colour. Metal, roses, almond paste in aroma. Really lacking in hop aroma considering the label that promises a hoppy beer. Bit too much of alcohol in aroma also, not the pleasant one. Hm, it’s very Belgian with the phenols and all but really unrefined. Alcohol feel is overwhelming. Not much hops here. The classic Triple almond paste again, along with caramelly features. Pretty dry beer. Nope, this was far from good.

33cl bottle: I expected much more hop character from a beer called Hop-it. Flowery, peach-fruity aroma with some perfumy notes as well as a light banana character from the yeast. The appearance is hazy orange with a fluffy white head. Flavour shows some caramel/honey maltiness with a touch of herbal hops. Medium bodied with some noticeable, warming alcohol and a dry, but not heavily bitter finish. Aromas and flavours are rather restrained, a bit of a disappointment.

Hazy yellow orange with a rapidly disappearing white head. Aroma of freshly mown grass. Aggressive hop flavor, but well balanced with malt, so it does not seem over the top. Very full bodied, and long-lasting bitter finish. A winner.

On tap at Monk’s Table. Pours a clear gold with moderate white head. Sweet nose of fruit and spices. Flavour is also fruity with real citrus presence, spices. Strong, bitter finish. Alcohol really becomes apparent as it warms. Nice beer.

Very tasty, very assertive BSA which is never a bad thing. The beer pours out a hazy golden orange, with a dense, creamy egg-white head that loved me long time. Aroma is sweet, malty, bready, perfumey and a bit punchy (fruit punch). No noticeable alcohol in the nose, which may have been covered by the sweetness. Body has a big 1-2 punch of sweetness and heavy malts, syrupy fruit cocktail note, alcohol and some subtle spices. Very nice.

It poured a hazy golden liquid with a big white foam that lasted a long time. It left a thin layer of foam on the side of the glass and the final part of the liquid contained allot of yeast. It had a fairly strong smell of yeast and fruits, mainly apples and other similar fruits. It had a taste of yeast and fruit, the hops that I expected wasn’t very strong. I just felt a hint of hops but the bitterness was fairly high. It wasn’t very smooth and it didn’t have a very nice reaction in my mouth. Felt a bit like eating caviar and then brushing my teeth, however not that intense. Slightly below average belgian ale in my opinion.