I Like it Bitter (Cluster & Galena ed.)
Brussels Beer Project in Brussel / Bruxelles / Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.93
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DIPA w/ Cluster and Galena hops. (also Herkules)
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Hopduvel, Ghent. A hazy golden amber pour with a tight white head; tropical fruit aroma; caramel body with some good tropical fruit flavours and some Belgian yeast; and a weighty finish with more fruit, some warmth, and well hidden alcohol. A pleasant DIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2016
at 13:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330 ml bottle at La Porte Noire in Brussels. Hazy, dark orange body with a big off-white head. Aroma is dry fruit, pine and grassy hop with caramel malt. Flavor is quite sweet caramel malt, dry fruit, some ripe peach and apricot, hay, some resin and average bitterness. Medium to full bodied and moderate aftertaste with sweet caramel malt and grassy hops. I miss some freshness and lighter fruit to balance the rather heavy malt, and I might have some more bitterness as well. Did not check the date here, but this feels like a “not very fresh” IPA. Not bad but nothing outstanding either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2016
at 11:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Moderately cloudy, dark amber colour with average to huge, firm, frothy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, off-white head. Floral, unspecific fruity hoppy aroma, minimally herbal and grassy overtones. Taste is bitter hoppy, slightly grassy, floral and unspecific fruity, minimally peppery, herbal-grassy spicy yeasty, malty basis lends body and makes itself altruistic available as hop flavour exposition support. Harmonious and well balanced, very drinkable, humble, suppliant, without frills - simply a good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2016
at 15:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Hazy copper/amber, small head. Spicy nose with citrus and caramel. Mid dry with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Resiny bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2016
at 13:08
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Brussels Beer Project I Like it Bitter (Cluster & Galena ed.) (by Brussels Beer Project):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
20/IV/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: I/2018 (2016-373)
Clear amber beer, big creamy yellow irregular head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, bit floral, soapy, sweet malts, honey, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet malty start, caramel, some honey, fruity notes, orange peel, pretty bitter, some tropical fruits, citrus, bit of banana. Aftertaste: bitter, sweet caramel, fruity, bit resinous, grapefruit, some banana.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
20/IV/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: I/2018 (2016-373)
Clear amber beer, big creamy yellow irregular head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, bit floral, soapy, sweet malts, honey, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet malty start, caramel, some honey, fruity notes, orange peel, pretty bitter, some tropical fruits, citrus, bit of banana. Aftertaste: bitter, sweet caramel, fruity, bit resinous, grapefruit, some banana.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2016
at 15:13
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from bottle at Borresteijn’s place. Slightly hazy, golden amber with a tan head. Sweetish-malty, slightly fruity aroma of caramel, nuts and some orange jam. Sweetish-malty, slightly bitter, fruity aroma of caramel, nuts, some honey and a bit of orange jam, followed by a short, moderately bitter finish. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 14:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl Bottle. Hazy amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of malts, citrus, some grapefruit, nuts. Flavour is light sweet, light malty, light floral, very bitter and herbal, tea, grapefruit. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 14:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from De Hopduvel. Hazy colour, white foam. Nose of grapefruit, exotic fruit and flowers. Belgian yeast, American hoppiness. Nice combination. Good beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2016
at 13:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent, Belgie, consumed at home Easter Sunday 27th March 2016 in the company of Isobel, Dom and Georgia. Pours hazy amber with a white head atop which is very clingy and sticky to the sides of the glass. Some grapefruit floods through, pleasant as opposed to a harsh bitterness, fruity with a dry finish. Aroma is a little bit earthy but there is a dab of spice. Pretty good but not as good as I’d hoped. I have three more bottles, I think I will retry at some point. A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov13 3.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2016
at 16:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml. bottle sampled & shared with Kraddel @ “The RARE Tasting”. Dark amber, little head. Nose is nice blue cheese hops but very oddly quite a bit of sweetness also here, getting some vanilla & dash of Belgian yeast, very odd but nice. Taste is a bit conflicting, some Belgian qualities upfront mixed with Belgian yeast but also blue cheese & mandarin hops, same odd vanilla, leading into more bitter herbal & light bitter insecticide qualities. Creamy & lightly body. Quite odd & conflicting but digging the blue cheese hops & odd vanilla sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2016
at 13:30