Krypton
Siphon Brewing in Michelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Contreras / WhiteFrontierWeizen - Hefeweizen Series
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Score
6.93
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KRYPTON is a Blood Orange Weissbier of 6% ABV, brewed in collaboration with Brouwerij Contreras of Gavere and White Frontier Brewery from the Swiss Alps.
It is part of a special six-pack of beers—the Noble Gas Project—created with twelve other breweries to celebrate the third birthday of Siphon Brewing.
Working with Siphon Brewing on the recipe and process beforehand and attending on brewday were Frederik De Vrieze of Contreras and Chris Treanor of White Frontier.
KRYPTON is a classic German Weissbier—with its banana and clove fermentation character and refreshing wheat flavours—enhanced with the addition of blood orange juice for a fruity, bitter and refreshing twist.
It is part of a special six-pack of beers—the Noble Gas Project—created with twelve other breweries to celebrate the third birthday of Siphon Brewing.
Working with Siphon Brewing on the recipe and process beforehand and attending on brewday were Frederik De Vrieze of Contreras and Chris Treanor of White Frontier.
KRYPTON is a classic German Weissbier—with its banana and clove fermentation character and refreshing wheat flavours—enhanced with the addition of blood orange juice for a fruity, bitter and refreshing twist.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Bitter Virtue. Pours cloudy orange with a cream head. Aroma: muted banana esters, citrus and spices. Taste: light to moderate sweet & light bitter, blood orange, peach, white bread, yeast, spices. Medium bodied with low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2020
at 21:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle from Etre Gourmet web shop. F: thin, white, not long lasting. C: gold, hazy. A: nice fruity, orange, banana, bit pineapple, peach, floral, bit spicy. T: medium malty base, bloody orange, pineapple, bit banana, spicy touch, bit herbal, bready, medium carbonation, very nice not for the style but tasty for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2020
at 18:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Flaska från Etre Gourmete. En disig nästan mjölkig gulaprikos vätska med lågt smutsvitt skum. Doft av surdeg, kalk, citrus, jäst, vete, lagerblad. Syrlig med mycket citruskaraktär, tuggig vete, bröd, jäst, omogon banan. Ganska långt från stilen, drickbar och trevlig men kanske en lite oren svavelton i all grumlig jäst. Ok+
Tried
on 20 Mar 2020
at 17:46
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Troebel geel bier met stevig schuim. Smaak is licht fris met een klein beetje zuur en fruitig met iets van sinaasappel en citrus. Lekker bier, maar naar mijn mening zou een goede hefeweizen iets zoeter moeten zijn.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2020
at 11:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cloudy orange colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have an abundance of orange citrus zest. Light sharpness comes from that. Light and refreshing.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2020
at 20:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hefeweizen with blood orange - so much for the Reinheitsgebot - in this adorable series of 'triple' collaborations Siphon has done, now with a very classically Belgian brewery (Contreras) and a Swiss craft brewery (White Frontier), none of which I think has much experience with German Weissbier... Medium thick, mousy and quite dense but still quickly opening, yellowish egg-white, hardly lacing head on a cloudy to even milky, apricot blonde robe with champagne-coloured hue. Interesting aroma of indeed fresh blood orange, white bread, green banana, fresh sage, sourdough, piccalilly, chalk, freshly cut apples, pineapple, soap, clay and something very vaguely sulfuric faraway in the background (DMS) - too faraway to be of any disturbance, luckily. Refreshing onset, very fruity with indeed obvious blood orange, estery hints of halfripe banana, pineapple and green pear, medium fizz with minerally effects, supple bready basis, doughy with a light acidic touch from the citrus lingering over it and maintaining the refreshment; soft herbal notes in the finish, tad sage- and even very vaguely tarragon-like, with a mild bitterness that feels more citric than hoppy; bready-yeasty notes linger on. Refreshing, fruity Weissbier indeed, very modern, not lacking in complexity whilst maintaining its easily drinkable character. Too bad for that vague sulfuric background note - and style-wise, this is quite far removed from your average Hefeweizen, but an interesting beer all the same, like every single entry in this fascinating series.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2019
at 18:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2019
at 15:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Geers. Hazy amber colour, white foam. Nose of banana, citrus, oranges. Taste is sweet, fruity, a bit sourish, refreshing. Interesting hefeweizen!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2019
at 19:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Fuggles Beer Cafe Tonbridge. Cloudy orange gold colour lasting white head. Wheat beer aroma. Esters and cereal aroma. Some orange some herb some clove flavours. A fruity rich denizen almost on the tropical fruit side. Good eventually
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2019
at 15:04