Hop-it
Brouwerij Urthel in Ruiselede, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brouwerij PalmBelgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
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Score
7.08
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Urthel Hop-it is a very special and distinctive special beer of 9.5% with exceptionally high, but refined bitterness. Inspired by beautiful American traditions with special European aromatic hop varieties.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with Doug and footbalm at The Bayou
Appearance: Slightly cloudy yellow/orange with a big white head and some lacing
Aroma: Belgian yeast and citrus
Taste: Wheat, Belgian candi and citrus
A nice
Appearance: Slightly cloudy yellow/orange with a big white head and some lacing
Aroma: Belgian yeast and citrus
Taste: Wheat, Belgian candi and citrus
A nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2011
at 18:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle with Nick. Hazy gold pour, monstrous foam head. Some dry, grassy hops on the nose, bit of yeast and Belgian sugar. Very sweet flavor, good bit of candi sugar, some dough, light grass. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes warm, quite sweet, more dough and rich sugar. Pretty good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2011
at 12:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a medium head. Aroma is yeast, clove and a slight hint of lemon. Taste is nutty to start. Yeasty alcohol finish. No hops really, like an amped up hefe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2011
at 18:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle. This pours a cloudy, golden colour with very good head retention. The yeasty nose gives off notes of lemon and yoghurt. The taste is of zingy lemon and a green herbacious note (presumably from the hops) that perseveres rich through to the finish. The palate shows average structure, but a creamy texture and a sharp finish. Overall, this is a full flavoured beer which has you wanting to drink more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2011
at 05:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a 750ml bottle that gave a good shot followed by smoke when the cork and wire cradle were released. Pillow, white head with solid foam stand. Loose lacing on the glass. Cloudy, golden body. Subdued smell of fresh hoppy fruits and grass. Smooth flavour of citrus hops, including oranges, and honey sweetness added by a touch of coriander. More sweet than bitter on the swallow. Fine bodied. Shared with Finn H. and paired quite successfully with lutefisk (Tromsø, 06.01.2011).
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2011
at 11:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
New Beer Distributors 11.2oz ($3.50): Pours a really nice looking peachy color with bright white head. Not very strong fruity aroma, notes of champagne and hops as well. Strange hoppy bite throughout the taste of this beer. Some alcohol burn in the end of the beer. Light-medium bodied. Fruity notes that give it a winy feel. Spicy notes are also present. I didn’t love this beer, but it definitely had a good amount of complexity.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2010
at 14:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A yellow beer with big and white head. Aroma is fresh and fruitfull, yeast, some earthy sourness, oranges and overally slightly saison-like aroma. Flavour is quite dry with lot of bitterness, fruits and spicies, peppers and some warming alcohol when tasting at cold. Very easy to drink even so high alcohol content. With yeast the beer in more calm and I think it is better. Lot of hops, fruits, sourness; balanced, interesting and enjoyable beer.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2010
at 09:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 8
750 ml corked and caged bottle, shared with Brenn79. Pours orangeish yellow with quite a bit of floaties and some nice lace. Aroma is pepper, orange rind, cheese, buttered toast. Taste is bitter, then sweet; finishes bitter. Carbonation is high; full-bodied. Interesting. This beer seems like a noble, yet futile attempt by a Belgian brewer to create an iconic American style. It doesn’t quite work. I like the flavor and I enjoy the enthusasm, but this beer doesn’t reach the heights of the greatest American IPAs. I engoy this beer much more just thinking of it as a great Belgian ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2010
at 03:48