33cl bouteille de Ermitage. BB 26/11/2018. Verse sur un effet très trouble doré-orange presque boueux rappelant de suite un effet neipa - col est très épais remontant rapidement tout le long de verre et retombant aussi vite - possible prob de bouteille. Arôme sur un bouquet de fruits en purée - stone fruits avec léger tropical et agrumes - pamplemousse - effet grains et céréales bcp trop en avant tout comme un effet épicé de levure pas plaisant du tout; Retrouve une fine note houblonnée fleurie en rétro. Palais est accentué sur les grains avec un effet levure très conséquent. Le palais est très épais renforcé par l'avoine. Le tout laisse un sentiment d'épicé qui perdure à chaque gorgée. De fait, le houblon se retrouve noyé dans une mer de grains et levure avec un renforcement de poudre d'oignon. Effervescence, quant à elle, est faible ce qui ne contribue pas à mettre les houblons en valeur. Le fini garde un léger effet fruité rappelant un peu la pêche et pamplemousse. Le tout me semble fort brouillon dans l'exécution et loin de la qualité dont Ermitage m'avait habitué.

Bottle at L’Ermitage, Brussels. Very hazy golden with an off white head. Aroma of strawberry milkshake hop upfront with fruity hops, citrus, green weeds and caramel malt. Flavour is moderate sweet above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.

Bottle shared at l’Ermitage. Hazy golden with white head. Sweet malts, mango, guava, passionfruit, oats, aggressive grassy and weedy hops. Some oniony and garliccy sharpness. Moderate sweet and quite bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. Pretty dry too. --- Beer merged from original tick of L'Ermitage Suske In The Sky on 28 Aug 2018 at 09:49 - Score: 7

Bottle shared at the brewery. Hazy dark orange with bubbly off white head. Guava, strong dank hops and bitter grassy herbs, light caramel and toffee malts, light alcohol, orange, quite some bitter herbal notes and hop pollen stuff. Medium sweet and quite bitter. Over medium bodied with fizzy carbonation.

Strong IPA by Ermitage hopped with Galaxy and Comet, tasted from tap at Dok Brewing Company. Irregularly shaped, moussy, off-white, bit loose and large-bubbled, opening head over something that looks like raw homemade pear juice: a murky, sand-coloured, ochre liquid - guess I got the bottom of the keg... Aroma of a lot of freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice, mandarin, yellow kiwi, wet old bread, old crumbling biscuit, gin, overripe papaja, onions, minerals, milk gone sour, cheese rind, mud. Juicy onset with starfruit-, kiwi- and pink grapefruit-like impressions, hoppy from the start, sourish with sharpy stinging (over)carbonation, full mouthfeel; bready, soggy sandwhich- and crust-like maltiness, drenched in spicy, resinous, grapefruity, oniony hoppiness and eventually gin-like, peppery alcohol; ends powdery-yeasty with the hop bitterness fading a bit in the very end, making it less powerful than it probably should have been. Feels (and definitely looks!) flawed in more than one respect, well-intended but sleazily executed, Ermitage has done much better than this.

23 July 2018. L'Ermitage Tap Takeover at Dok Brewing, Ghent. Cheers to Anke!
Pours cloudy ochre with a thin, off-white head; no lacing; pure fruit juice. Fresh & intense aroma of pineapple, grapefruit, blood orange, papaya, passionfruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel. Light fruity sweet onset, notes of tropical fruit & orange, but quickly a medium hoppy bitterness takes over, with hints of grapefruit & grass; basic fruity & lemony sourness in the back. Dry, bitter, 'fruity hoppy' finish, bit earthy & resinous even, faint dash of alcohol. Medium body, slick texture, lively carbonation. Don't be fooled by the sweet & fruity aroma, this juicy IPA will give you a thorough blow of hop bitterness!

Keg at the brewery. It pours crazy cloudy murky blonde with small white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, tangy ripe stone fruits, peachy, papaya, lilt, ripe banana and green vibes. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, green, weedy, pine dust, earthy tannin, grapefruit, chalky, flowery bread, spring onions and alcohol with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. A bit brash and punchy.

25cl pour at Moeder Lambic Original, pours a very murky peach color, basically no head. Nose has tropical fruits, melon, stone fruit, peach and vanilla, muffin. Flavor follows, melon, stone fruit, cakey, honey. Finishes sticky, sweet. 8 3 8 4 14