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Brasserie Houppe – Brasserie Artisanale de Namur (prev. Brasserie L'Échasse) in Namur, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.74
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle in Namur. Pale yellow with a large white head. Aroma of citrus wheat. Flavour is light citrus, Belgian yeast on a wit perfume base.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours cloudy straw yellow with huge white head. Aroma is malt, grapefruit, spruce and orange. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is oily with medium carbonation. Finish is long and balanced sweet and bitter with notes of grapefruit, orange and malt
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
One of the Houppe beers, from a brewery in Namur which has steadily grown since it was erected about a decade ago (did not realise it was that long already), apparently classified here as an Anglo-Saxon golden ale though the label does not mention this style designation anywhere. Foamy, very thick, eggshell-white, plaster-lacing, frothy and firm, stable head on an initially lightly misty, pale straw blonde beer, more hazy with sediment. Aroma of freshly mown lawn, fresh lemonbalm leaves, spiced crackers, chamomile, some vague lime zest, white soap, cilantro leaves even, matcha, gypsum, raw Florence fennel, herb cheese, dried savory, spring water. Crisp yet somewhat neutral onset, very clean, fruity hints of green pear, unripe plum and some early signs of bitterness, propelled forward by minerally carbonation adding gypsum- and potassium-like effects, smooth body, thinnish but not more so than what one can expect at this ABV; white-bready and vaguely cracker-like pale maltiness in a dryish, slender, somewhat understated way, but the finish is enriched with a very fresh-herbal, grassy hop profile, with a lasting, quenching, bit peppery bitterness and an array of herbal aromas retronasally, ranging between fresh lemonbalm, parsley, savory and bergamot - the latter being an echo of citrusiness which eventually becomes a tad lime zest-like. Minerally side notes and something vaguely 'powdery' travel along this green, herbal hoppiness into a confidently drying bitterness. Quite a refreshing hoppy ale on a late summer evening, I suppose, but the herbaceousness of it is perhaps just a bit much for me; certainly original to Walloon standards, though, and offering a green tea-ish effect with citric edges (rather than citrusy hops with a herbal edge, which was probably the intention). Lacks the orangey aromatic power of a true APA (which is how RateBeer classifies it) and I also miss a tiny bit of biscuity maltiness, but having said that, this is, all things considered, a fairly original, crisp and elegant Belgian summer ale with a clear 'postmodern' signature.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl bottle. A clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of mild apricot, stone fruits, some belgian yeast. Taste of mild juicy hops, apricot, hints of belgian yeast, pale malt. Mild bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 4.8%. Good fruity hop aroma. Hazy light golden colour. Very big stable rocky white head. The flavour has a light grassy hop note. Low bitterness. Light body. Mild citric finish with a herbal touch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear pale blond colour with lasting foaming head and strong carbonation. Lots of malt comes through. A little fruity and bitter hop. Touch of yeast in the finish. It's very refreshing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
@ Stokerij, Ghent. Hazy golden colour, white foam. Citrussy, light tart, some lemony and fruity hints. Rather dry, easy drinkable.
