This beer was brewn for the Stripdagen in Haarlem in 2003, and the label shows a picture of ’Dirk-Jan’, a popular cartoon in Holland. Clear golden color, medium head. Aroma is very fruity and spicy, only a bit caramel malty. Nice balanced taste of fruits like peach and orange with a more bitter and malty palate. Very nice beer.

(This beer might well be a collectors' edition from the more usual Koyt - painted 75cl bottle. But on all sites I tried, it is classified apart.) Colour: Brown-caramel; yellow-amber thick head, going down slowly. Nose: fruity and caramel at the same time, like fruit dipped in fluid caramel. Dark malts, and a touch of licorice. Alcohol apparent. Bitter taste, from burnt malts. Sweetness underneath. Again a little licorice retronasal. Mouthfeel leaves to be desired. Despite all the malts, there is a thinnish texture. Slight alcoholburn, spicy finish. From all recently tried Jopenbeers, the best by far. It has a vinous quality, equal to good Abbey dubbels, with a touch of Flemish Oud bruin. Just the mouthfeel/texture is lacking.