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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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Classic "blond bitter" since 1996, once Belgium’s most hop bitter beer and in a certain way a precursor to the IPAs we see appearing in Belgium nowadays. This ale has a stable, regular, cream white, rocky head and pale golden blonde colour, clear at first but misty with deposit. Strongly perfumed aroma of grapefruity, peppery hops, clear and strong dry-hopping, apple, flowers, sherry; fruity onset in a subdued, applish way, pale malt sweetness, quickly overcome by an oily, spicy, leafy, very long and powerful, dry hop bitterness. Classic and highly enjoyable if you’re a hophead like me.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2014
at 08:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy deep golden colour, two finger fluffy white head, good retention, good lacing. Aroma fruity, lemon, yeast, spicy notes, citrus and grassy hops. Taste full bitter, slightly sweet. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, smooth dry bitter finish, citrus notes, good.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2014
at 10:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
25 cl glass on tap for 4?. Pale yellow color, hazed, big white head. Hoppy nose. Aroma is pure hops, a lot of hops. Taste is strong bitter. Finish is intensely bitter and the bitterness remains on the tongue for 15 good minutes. Guess it?s around 80 IBU 7/5/8/4/14=3.8 Bottle in brussels as ’only whole hops’, a bit warm on travel. As above hops galore, solid malts counterpart with smoothing yeasts. This is top notch, hops reasons everywhere amazing finish. I may have missed something earlier but this is a favorite.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Sep 2014
at 09:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Pours hazy golden with white head. Hoppy fruit aroma and flavor. Dry bitterish finish. Not your typical Belgian, but nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Moeder Lambic Fontainas
on 07 Jul 2014
at 10:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from Vanuxeem. Pours slightly cloudy yellow with decent white head. Fresh floral spice, hay and citrus aroma. Massive hop bitterness in the taste with good floral fruits, a touch of yeast and a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2014
at 10:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Six Deg North. It pours hazy golden with a small white head. The nose is earth, toast, apricot, peach, yoghurt, barnyard, hay and spice. The taste is bitter, earthy, must, spice, apricot yoghurt, candied peel, hay and dirt with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2014
at 09:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
BOTTLE 33 CL from dcmchew. Thanks, Cristian Mihai.
Look: hazy bright yellow, giant white head.
Aroma: perfume, blond fruit (apricot?), herbal hops, toast, dusty, co2-like acidity.
Taste: light fruity, herbal, strong herbal hop bitterness.
Look: hazy bright yellow, giant white head.
Aroma: perfume, blond fruit (apricot?), herbal hops, toast, dusty, co2-like acidity.
Taste: light fruity, herbal, strong herbal hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2014
at 02:38