American style IPA from this contemporary Irish craft brewery, made with one type of (Irish) malt, hence ’single malt IPA’ instead of the more expected ’single hop IPA’... Bottle at Ganzerik in Ghent. Snow white, bubbly, coarse, moussy head over a cloudy orangey blonde beer. Aroma breathes a lot of ’old hops urine’ and stale sweat, next to more elegant impressions of moldy lemon, old orange juice, dried bread crumbs, kiwi, minerals, white pepper, unripe gooseberry. Fruity, crisp flavor, hints of orange, yellow kiwi and passion fruit, minerally carbo, bready malt core, sweetish and supporting a grapefruity and ’orangey’ finish, resinous and aromatic, paired with yeasty phenols and bittering adequately, with slight tonic water-like effect in the end. One of the vast number of average ’international IPAs’ that have conquered the world in the 21st century, could have been a Czech, Dutch or Italian IPA just as well, but by itself enjoyable enough.

Bottle. Amber beer with a strong white head. The aroma is nicely hopped, and the flavour is very deeply hopped with a lot of dryness at the finish. Overall a really nice IPA, really dry and hopped. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tap @ Fermentoren, Aarhus, 6% Hazy amber with medium white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, caramel and buscuit. Flavour is malt, caramel, hops, biscuit, grass, medium sweet, little grapefruit, little pine, little harsh and bitter.

250 ml. draft @ Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Hazy golden, creamy white head. Nice lacing. Nose is a milky base, wet milky hops. Taste is very milky, unpleasant old lemon & potpourri bitterness, aromatic oil, herbal,… Faintly watery. Bitterness is unpleasant here for me, strange potpourri, aromatic oil, almost faint lavender notes, whole is sweet & quite milky on top.

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Bottle at mum and dads, from Callans, 05/06/16. Clear golden blonde with a decent off White head. Nose is tangerine, straw, light floral hop, melon. Taste comprises lemon sherbet, citric tinged straw, soft bread, orange pith, tangerine, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light hop dusting. Easy drinker but a little light on hops for the style.

Aroma: Fruity hops and caramel malt and citrus. Flavour: Fairly fruity bitter with notes of grapefruit and citrus. Sweet berries and a dry bitter finish. Colour: Golden amber with a white head. From: Bottle @ Torben Matthews tasting May 2016.

Flesje gekregen van Benzai. Goudgeel bier met weinig schuim. Aroma is hoppig en kruidig (koriander ). Smaak is behoorlijk bitter. Deze bitterheid blijft lang hangen.

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter great flavor. Average heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate. Very nice.