Karel
Kaapse Brouwers in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Brewed at/by: Brouwerij De MolenPale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
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Score
6.97
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A Rotterdam Pale Ale dryhopped with the American hops Citra & Mosaic. Karel is fruity in the nose with passion fruit, grapefruit, and a hint of hay and citrus in the background. The refreshing fruity flavors end in a slightly bitter and thirst-quenching aftertaste.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle 330ml @ Bakgården Både &, Kristiansand
Pours hazy orange/copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, orange and citrus. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long citrus, caramel and orange finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is very fizzy
Pours hazy orange/copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, orange and citrus. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long citrus, caramel and orange finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is very fizzy
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2015
at 02:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Kaapse Brouwers. Hazy orange color with small white head. Grapefruit, citrus fruit aroma. Taste is soothing, fruity-bitter, on the dry side, piney as well, but very lecker. A solid fruity beer, more IPA-like not only bitter. Smooth carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2015
at 11:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap Kaapse Brouwers, Rotterdam, Saturday 14th March 2015 in company of Dad & Barry Pours mid gold with a white film for a head, slight haze, it?s very nice but tastes almost like water next to the Lennie. Lovely tropical aroma, a little pineapple, once you’ve finished the Lennie this comes into its own it’s a very good session beer. A7 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.5
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2015
at 07:50
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hazy medium amber colour, good frothy off-white head, mostly lasting, fair lacing. Fruity citrus aroma, grapefruit, orange, lemon grass. Taste mildly sweet and medium bitter, fruity. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, fresh dry light medium bitter finish, quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2015
at 12:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle from kihoskh. cloudy orange, fluffy white head. flowery and aromatic bitter us hoppy aroma. good flowery sweetness, high bitterness. flavor is flowery and exotic fruity hoppy, Easy-drinking strong hoppy brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2015
at 15:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330 ml bottle @ Bakgården Både &. Slightly unclear golden with a medium sized off-white head. Aroma has citric fruit with malt. Flavor is quite refreshing citric fruity, oranges, grapefruit, medium malt sweetness and decent bitterness. Medium body and decent aftertaste. This felt a bit thin and ordinary at the first sips, but it’s actually quite good even if not the most original beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2015
at 11:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 4.9 %. Leggermente ambrata velata schiuma abbondante grossolana buona persistenza naso fruttato agrumato cosi in bocca un toconresinoso amaro medio
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2015
at 05:28
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a slightly hazy adarker amber color, topped with a fine and solid off-white head that lasts for a long time. Starts with a pleasant tropical fruity aroma, followed by citrusy hops. Taste starts with some mild fruity feel, followed by a more than decent hoppiness. Moderate bitterness and some herbal aftertaste. Great one.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2015
at 05:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
My first from this new Rotterdam-based beer company, which apparently brews at De Molen (creating high expectations somehow...). Labelled an "American bitter", this classifies as an APA and it is the first straightforward attempt at that style I encounter here in the Low Countries. A total of five hop varieties have apparently been used. Hazy orange colour with good sparkling, clouded brownish with deposit; head lightly yellowish white, rather thin (especially for such a hoppy beer) but nicely lacing. Very perfumey, citrussy hoppy aroma, like any decent IPA; impressions of fresh blood oranges, grapefruit peel, orange water and rosewater, sweet white wine, freshly cut red apples and dito pineapple, fresh ginger, redcurrant, mango, mint, hemp seed, pine needles, vanilla sugar... Fruity, rounded, crisp onset, soft ’citrusness’ from the start with a delicate, vanilla-like sweetness piercing through; medium carbo, slick mouthfeel, toasted nutty malts in the middle, more and more dry towards the end with a finish of resinous, utterly citrussy, complex, herbal and very floral hop bitterness covering some lingering nutty maltiness and quenching the thirst perfectly. Being much of a hophead, I was stunned by the downright beautiful aroma of floral and fruity ’fraîcheur’; this is a beer I could drink any day. Recommended for those into hoppy beers with average ABV, like session IPAs.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2015
at 09:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at CBC 2014. Hazy orange liquid with a medium white head. Aroma of flowers, citrus, bread and lemon peel. Taste is dry and light bitter with notes of flowers, brad and citrus. Light to medium bodied with medium carbonation. OK.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2014
at 06:35