HOPgeklopt
Brouwerij 'T Duo in Putte, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Berliner Weisse Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.90
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DirDec (2083) ticked HOPgeklopt from Brouwerij 'T Duo 6 years ago
Alengrin (11609) reviewed HOPgeklopt from Brouwerij 'T Duo 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8.5
Now here's something different, at least to Belgian standards: a Berliner Weisse with Citra (in cryohops form) and Wai-Iti, a very expressive modern New Zealand variety... Sounds like some Scandinavian designer beer, but actually comes from 't Duo in Putte southeast of Antwerp. Opens with a menacing hissing sound, but contrary to my expectations, does not gush. Does form a very bubbly, high, coarse, foamy, egg-white head, but very irregular, very large-bubbled and very unstable, collapsing to shreds of loose bubbles in instants; immediately cloudy lemon juice yellow blonde with deeper ochre hue. Very expressive, powerful aroma of lime sorbet, lemon candy, Fanta Zero Pink Pomelo or something alike, stale sweat, pineapple yoghurt, crushed fresh woodsorrel leaves, homemade apple juice, ripe apricot, sourdough, gypsum, green apple, withering sorrel leaves, bread crumbs, turnip tops, old potato note. Very brisk onset, lemony sourness but nothing too puckering or acidic, lots of lime sorbet, raw pineapple and green apple flavours, hint of unripe banana, spritzy carbonation, very minerally and lively; the ongoing lactic sourness is quite sharp and 'active' in drying the palate, while this crisp green apple and lime aspect continues over a softly bready and very soapy wheat backbone. Ends dry, very dry even, due to a combination of the sourness with an admittedly gentle, drying, citric and zesty hoppiness, which provides more retronasal aroma than actual bitterness; again the lime factor is accentuated, with a fresh sour 'plant'-like note to it. Very chalky aspect too, a bit too much so in combination with the wheaty soapiness, but in any case this typifies the style, as I came to experience in many instances. Some lingering orange flesh-like sweetness at the back too, but it's the lime-like sourness and that very explicit chalkiness that keep dominating. Wow, didn't see this one coming... At least very original and 'international' for what I am used to here in conservative Belgium, very expressive and in-your-face, daring and fun to drink, with highly refreshing qualities - a welcome alcoholic soda pop on a hot summer night like this. Could do with more head retention and less of that very minerally chalkiness, but otherwise a pleasant surprise and a welcome distraction in an evening of solely Belgian beers, but definitely non-Belgian in style and intention, in spite of the thoroughly Flemish name. Berliner Weisse has very rarely been done in Belgium and only in recent years so any comparison with 'other Belgian Berliners' is all but meaningless, but from a more international perspective, this reminds me of some of, to name one, To Ol's experiments in this style - that can't be a bad thing, can it?...
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed HOPgeklopt from Brouwerij 'T Duo 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled @ Zythos Bier Festival 2018. A hazy pale golden beer with a mid sized most good lasting white head. Aroma of apricot, tangerine, fresh fruity hops. Taste of mild citrusy hops, fruity hops, soft tart fruits, refreshing.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed HOPgeklopt from Brouwerij 'T Duo 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as 'T Duo HOPgeklopt (by 'T Duo):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
28/IV/18 - shared @ Zythos Bierfestival 2018 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-563) Thanks to the ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!
Pretty cloudy pale yellow beer, creamy small off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of grapefruit, citrus, hoppy, bit cheesy, funky, weird. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty acidic start, kettle sour?, lots of citrus, pretty bitter, nice stuff going on here! Aftertaste: more acidic notes, grapefruit peel, pretty bitter, lemon peel, nice stuff!