XX Bitter
(has 2 batches)
Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.16
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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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cloudy, amber-yellowy, small to medium off white head. Aroma is pale malt, grass-straw, bit of citrus and more spices. Taste is low+ sweet malty, bit of caramel, quite spicy and peppery,straw and some citrus, medium to strong bitterness, slight tartness. Very dry finish and a lasting bitter aftertaste. Medium bodied, moderate+ carbonation. Nice and refreshing.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2015
at 02:54
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft at International Tap House. Cloudy golden body with a frothy white lasting head. Aroma of Belgian yeast mustiness, herbs, floral hops, toasted grain, lemon. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation. Taste of floral hops and light mustiness followed by bitterness that lingers. Absolutely clean.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2015
at 15:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle from Ammersin 5, Vienna.
Amber, hazy body, with a medium, unstabke, frothy, off-white head.
Quite light aroma of yeast, apples, citrus, bread.
Taste is bitter, with yeast, dough, lemon zest, apples, spices, candy, bread.
Medium, slick mouthfeel, with a soft carbonation.
Finishes very bitter, dry, yeasty, zesty, a bit fruity, a bit malty.
Good, but not my style exactly. The bitterness is too dominant for me, a bit one-dimensional. I would prefer more fruitiness instead. Still refreshing and quite easy.
Amber, hazy body, with a medium, unstabke, frothy, off-white head.
Quite light aroma of yeast, apples, citrus, bread.
Taste is bitter, with yeast, dough, lemon zest, apples, spices, candy, bread.
Medium, slick mouthfeel, with a soft carbonation.
Finishes very bitter, dry, yeasty, zesty, a bit fruity, a bit malty.
Good, but not my style exactly. The bitterness is too dominant for me, a bit one-dimensional. I would prefer more fruitiness instead. Still refreshing and quite easy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2015
at 15:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,33L bottle (from Sip, Tallinn). Pours golden with huge off-white head. The head stays for some time. Aroma is very sweet, sugar, fresh fruits, peach. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruits, peach, herbal notes, citrus. Finish is long dry bitter with some lingering sweetness. Overall: good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2015
at 16:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
330 ml bottle with a best by date of July 2018. Aroma is slightly sweet with some faint caramel and lightly toasted bread, but otherwise the malt profile is cereal. Light floral hop notes with a bit of a spicy, herbal note. Pours a slightly hazy golden orange with a rocky, white head, about an inch tall that exhibits alright retention as it falls into itself. Light lacing and small legs. Flavor is also slightly sweet with hints of caramel and toasted bread, but mostly cereal and crackers. Moderately strong bitterness with a moderate woodsy, herbal, spicy hop note that is slightly rough. Dry finish. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright beer with a decent malt profile, but the hops are definitely not my preferred type with too much wood and spice notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2015
at 18:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Lukt: Høy, gjær og en anelse sitron.
Utseende: Dunkel lys gulbrun farge.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum, ring langs kant.
Smak: Syrlig høy, sitron med en noe tørr avslutning.
Hvor: Kjøpt@VP Nærbø, Nydt@Lokal hjemme tasting hos Gorm
Medium: Flaske@330ml, ABV@6%, Når@28.03.2015
Tried
on 28 Mar 2015
at 18:08