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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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
75 cl bottle @ PBF ?, BBE 19.02.2019 Aroma is quite mild with grassy hops and some fruity tones (apricot?). Flavour has grassy hops. Balanced, but I expected this to be much more aggressive. Does not differ from XX that much.
7+4+8+3+16=3.8
Draught @ In De Wildeman
Aroma has soapy fruits and hints of herbal hops. Flavour is hoppy with grass, herbs and some citrusy fruits. Perhaps a bit more aggressive on hops than the bottle, but still no big differences with XX. 7+3+8+3+16=3.7
7+4+8+3+16=3.8
Draught @ In De Wildeman
Aroma has soapy fruits and hints of herbal hops. Flavour is hoppy with grass, herbs and some citrusy fruits. Perhaps a bit more aggressive on hops than the bottle, but still no big differences with XX. 7+3+8+3+16=3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2014
at 05:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 750ml. [ As De Ranke XXX Bitter ].[ Courtesy of Jan ]. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate yeasty, white pepper notes, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass. Initial flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, grass, wheat, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140118]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2014
at 09:46
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Flaska från SB. Gyllenfärgad, disis, stort vitt bestående skum. Stor doft av belgisk jäst, gräs, hö, örter, kryddig men också en citrusblommig fruktighet. Lätt och elegant och örtigt kärv på samma gång. Frisk, torr, välhumlad, lätt honungssötma, syrliga och lätt beska äpplen, citrus, koriander. Perfekt på midsommarbordet. Jag älskar xx bitter och det här är ändå bättre. Så bra balans, så fina smaker, ovanligt välhumlat och ändå typisk belgiskt. Ett nytt favoritöl.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2014
at 00:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nose is floral, musty, cloves, slight orange peel. Intriguing. Taste, is resin, grapefruit rind, floral, slight herbal, cloves and lots of pepper in the lasting dry finish, finish. Mouthfeel is good. Nice beer which clearly has links to new world IPAs but I’m a little baffled by the hype.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2014
at 13:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
28th May 2014
Tasting at Chez Bruce. Thanks to Pau for this one. Hazy gold beer, good pale cream coloured head. Palate is light and dry and mildly crisp. Light floral start. Fresh air malts. Bitterish grapefruit and a touch of bitter aniseed. Light dry finish with a good bitter linger. All right.
Tasting at Chez Bruce. Thanks to Pau for this one. Hazy gold beer, good pale cream coloured head. Palate is light and dry and mildly crisp. Light floral start. Fresh air malts. Bitterish grapefruit and a touch of bitter aniseed. Light dry finish with a good bitter linger. All right.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2014
at 01:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Paul. Pours lightly hazy yellow-gold with a lingering, frothy off-white head. The nose has pleasant, understated Belgian yeast expression, light grass, pale doughy bread, hay. Light sweet flavor with nice, salty pale bread, somewhat assertive grassy hops, lemon rind. Light to medium bodied with soft, massaging carbonation. Grassy bitter finish with Lilly offsetting pale bread, more lemon rind. Nice but the bitterness is a bit much in the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2014
at 11:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Bruce’s. It pours clear golden with a thick white head. The nose is fresh, doughy, pretty spice, hay, toasted grass, light pear and sweet apple notes. The taste is crisp, doughy, hay, spice, grass, light alcohol, decent bitterness, pepper and a touch of citrus rind with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Nice bitter Belgian number.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2014
at 10:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample from tap, CBF 2014. Clear, golden colour with a medium sized, white head. Fruity aroma with spices, fruits, hay, yeasts and citrus. Taste is sweet. Medium body with a creamy texture. Finishes dry and bitter with a very pleasant fruitiness. Good one.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2014
at 04:10