XX Bitter
Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.15
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XX-bitter is our most bitter, high-fermenting beer. Despite its low alcohol content, it produces a very rich, long lasting, full flavour.
Taste: Very bitter but still balanced. Long-lasting, distinct hop taste.
Taste: Very bitter but still balanced. Long-lasting, distinct hop taste.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Shocked that I haven’t rated this. It’s a great beer. Kind of directionally headed toward Orval, which is high praise. Lovely Belgian yeast expression, sturdy hops, a little pine and grass, sound malty foundation, some fruity accents. A great beer generally speaking.
Tried
from Bottle
from
BEER Paris
on 04 Apr 2026
at 23:02
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2025
at 20:01
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
0.33 l bottle from 'Etre Gourmet', bottled in January 2025 (already nine months old 😑). Hazy, golden orange with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, quite fruity-floral, gently grassy and slightly yeasty-spicy aroma of lemon peel, bergamot, lemongrass, light banana and hints of clove. Just slightly sweet, gently bitter, rather fruity-floral, quite grassy and a bit yeasty-spicy taste of lemongrass, bergamot, pomelo, lemon peel, white pepper, some hay, light banana and traces of clove, followed by a short, gently bitter, quite dry finish. Almost medium-bodied, quite effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Great hop-forward Belgian ale: super fruity and grassy, quite dry, only slightly yeasty. Perfect summer thirst-quencher for the beer geek. Now I need to get my hands on the XXX version.
Tried
from Bottle
from Etre Gourmet (webshop)
on 06 Oct 2025
at 17:09
6/10
After run
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2025
at 16:15
7/10
Cloudy orange yellow pour. Sugar, fruits. Some butter citrus from the hops. Pretty enjoyable
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home in Alkmaar. Pours opaque golden with a thick white head. Aroma is sugars, peppery notes, some grass as well. Taste is light honey, candi, grassy notes, light phenols. Closes with a long lasting, dry and moderately bitter finish, grassy notes. Light bodied eith average carbonation. Maybe I should be turning to these dry, phenolic belgian pales more frequently?
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:16
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Great dry grassy hops! Lots of great lemon, grass, and some pine. Sharp bitter finish, really a super refreshing ale.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottiglia. Arco olfattivo dominato dall'orzo. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera elevata e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il manto birroso superiore resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di apparenza velata e anche qui la grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il colore è giallo dorato brillante. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è carico. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di amaro. Il retrogusto è intenso. Sul palato finiscono sentori di miele, orzo, cereali, frutta secca, erba, agrumi, pompelmo, mela verde e chinotto.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2025
at 06:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Аромат фруктового хмеля, немного цитрусов. Во вкусе преобладает вкус фруктового хмеля аля Ипа. Также имеется фруктовая горечь. Немного лимона, апельсина и цитрусов. Пиво достаточно газированное. Послевкусие фруктовое с легкой горчинкой.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2025
at 06:47