XXX Bitter
Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.45
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XXX-Bitter is a variation on the existing XX-bitter, where we add an additional 50% more hops.
Taste: Full-bodied bitter beer. Despite its higher IBU-value, the large amount of aroma-hops makes this beer taste smoother than XX.
Taste: Full-bodied bitter beer. Despite its higher IBU-value, the large amount of aroma-hops makes this beer taste smoother than XX.
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Tried
from Draft
at
Kingsmead Street Bottle
on 21 Feb 2026
at 12:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
0.75 l bottle from 'Craftbeers', bottled in December 2024. Hazy, golden with a medium large, foamy, almost stable, white head. Slightly sweetish, fairly grassy-spicy, rather fruity-floral aroma of lemon peel, grapefruit and fresh grass. Slightly sweetish, gently bitter, quite dry, rather grassy-spicy and fairly fruity-floral taste of grapefruit, lemon peel, gooseberry, fresh grass and grains, followed by a medium long, quite bitter, rather dry finish. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Massively refreshing brew, nicely aromatic and dry, very well-brewed. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
from Craftbeers
on 05 Feb 2026
at 17:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Thinnish bod, med carbo. Rather neutral, with low sweet, very dry,med-light bitter.medium spicy, phenolic. Peppery, clovey, the whole deal. Not much hops character imo. Light grassy eatthy thing. Good but not great.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerGeek Bar
on 06 Jan 2026
at 20:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
3/19/25 bottle HC&B
Tried
from Bottle
from
Hop Cask & Barrel
on 20 Mar 2025
at 01:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Taproom De Ranke. Pours a slightly cloudy golden blonde, white head. Aroma is hoppy, herbal. Not massively bitter to taste, not as much as I expected given the high bitterness of XX bitter, perhaps bottle would be different? Excellent balanced bitterness all the same, harvest malt, really good.
Tried
from Draft
at
De Ranke - Taproom
on 16 Mar 2025
at 10:59
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
"De Ranke XXX Bitter", Flasche von Jef - vielen Dank! - Dunkelgoldgelb, nur anfangs klar. - In der Nase sehr aromatische aber gebremste zitronige Hopfung, leicht mediterran-herbal, leise belgische Hefe, ein Hauch von Honig. - Antrunk füllig hellmalzig und intensiv zitronenschalig und grasig hopfenherb. Weich perlend rezent, vollmundig. Im Abgang dichte, ja wuchtige aber doch gedämpfte zitrusfruchtige Bittere. - Deutlich anders als das knackig bittere XX, konzentrierter hopfenaromatisch und doch dezent belgisch. Große Klasse! (22.2.2025.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2025
at 19:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Аромат спертый слегка, немного фруктовый, нотки сухофруктов. Цвет по началу золотистый, но позже со дна бутылки появляется хороший осадок. Пена просто потрясная, белая, кремовая, шикарная. Вкус разочаровывает, пустой, очень горький после глотка. Немного фруктов и все. В целом очень горький, не вкусный бельгийский эль. Честно не советую.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:33
8/10
Sweet and delicious.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Nagy, tartós, hófehér hab, borostyán szín. Virágos, füves, kissé szénás, enyhén citrushéjas illat. Zöldfűszeres, komlós, enyhén citrushéjas ízvilág. Könnyű, erősen szénsavas, közepesen keserű. Kellemes, jól iható, az átlag golden aleknél komlósabb sör.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2024
at 16:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
@ Tilquin Fruit Extravaganza 2024
Tried
on 12 Oct 2024
at 13:48