Gaspar

15cl draft sample @ Essen Kerstbierfestival 2011 Decent white head. Hazy amber pour. Nice beer.

2010 Vintage (likely) / 33 cl. bottle @ Kulminator / Although I do like the brewery probably more as a concept and people than for their beer, I am definitely curious about trying more Alvinne beers, Gaspar is part of that curiosity / One of their standard offerings which sometimes are less interesting it is their winter beer, one of the 3 winter beers that they make if I am not mistaken, the number being a reference to the 3 wise men / This was most likely brewed at the previous brewer since when I visited the brewery they had only made 1 beer there and were in the process of finish one special and bringing back some of their standard offering, this one has been probably around since last Christmas / 115 IBU’s strong making this one the bitterest beers in Belgium, only Struise has to the best of my knowledge topped that / Pours a slightly hazy orange with a big white head (luckily not as big as some Alvinne beers)/ Smell is pretty much the same as taste & Taste is hops and lots of them with a lingering bitter aftertaste, lots of citrus in the hops and the taste as well, bitter lemon peel, slight lacto (interesting), definite spices and Belgian yeast, underneath the bitterness at the end all of the previously mentioned flavours briefly get somewhat sweeter but only slightly & briefly / Carbonation is pretty high in this one but cannot say that it is particularly bothering me / Not a bad Belgian IPA but not a spectacular one either

Location: 12 oz bottle from Colonial Wine and Spirits, 11/1/11

Aroma: The nose is fairly hoppy, with some herbal notes, citrus, lots of spice, and yeast
Appearance: The pour is a cloudy golden-orange color with a big, thick foamy white head
Flavor: The taste is similar, some dry malt, lots of spice, and somewhat unpleasant bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, the carbonation is average, and it has a lengthy and rather dry finish to it
Overall Impression: My first beer of November! I really wanted to like this one more then I did. It isn't bad, but there's just something slightly unpleasant about the flavor that throws it off for me. Outside of that, I really did find it enjoyable, but I have to hold that seeming miscue against it.

(bottle, 33cl) Cloudy, effervescent orange-golden coloured hue with a blond and huge foamy head. Yeasty and phenolic spicy aroma with something reminding me of baking yeast/mushrooms, accompanied by delicately fruity and herbal notes. Moderately bitter flavour with a shy malty sweetness, medium bodied, dry mouthfeel with a lively carbonation. Extremely yeasty and spicy taste with herbal and mildly fruity hops; dry and bitter finish with an alcoholic bite. Does not fit together imo. 21.VI.11

Nothing more to say for me. Read the comment of DutchDrebus and you can imagine what happened. Absolutely insane gusher, pure explosion the instant I barely touched the cap. Poor smell, taste not nearly as bitter as expected from the IBUs on the bottles label. Unforgettable experience, poor beer.

We we’re going to taste this at benzai’s computer room. What happened next can only be described as a life changing experience, since we still are very carefull and a bit scared every time we open a beer. For a few seconds we thought the world was coming to an end. Since we we’re drinking beer, it might have been a good time for that to happen though.. Let me describe the situation in a bit more detail. As soon as he set the opener to the bottlecap, the beer was like an orgasm after 2 years of celebacy while both of your hands were unavailable (for unknows reasons) the whole time. Crazy, extreme gushing. In porn they call this squirting and they usually cover the room in plastic, to avoid situations like these. If only we would’ve known... He had to throw away his computer keyboard, since it had lost the battle against the mighty invading beer troops. The whole room looked like a horse had been pissing for 15 minutes straight, while swinging his mighty horse dick around the entire time. After we came to our senses, after we were done screaming what the fuck and after calling our dear ones to tell them we love them, we looked at the bottle and we saw there was just enough beer in it to taste it, so we did. The beer was quite boring and nasty. The experience though? Priceless + 12 euros for a new keyboard. Also - rating number 500.

33cl bottle from beerplanet.eu mild gusher. cloudy orange, smooth fluffy beige head. strange aroma of hay, grass, exotic fruits, brett, sweet malts, flowery hops. flavor is dry, old-hops-hoppy, faint hay, hoppy bitter, but old hops. vaugely reminds me of orval. I never really liked very dry beers if they are not either hoppy (with taste other than bitterness) or sour. just plain dryness and brett like notes are boring as i see it.