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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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Label claims 4.9% ABV, as well as 46IBU Huge & dense broken white to cream head, irregular, over (cold)hazed amber beer. Fruity, sweetish nose with pineapple, passion fruit, rainwater. Thick head hampers the perception. Bitter, if nowhere exaggerated. Less fruity than the nose, dry, tad resiny, virtually nothing else. Very demure - too shy. Again a rather watery MF, the aftertaste becoming hopoils somehow dissolved in water. A tad too restrained, definitely. APA would be more bold in its country of origin.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2014
at 11:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle@Papsoes - pours amber with good white head and lacing. Aroma nd taste is fruity and malty, with some caramel, light toffee, great citrus hoppy notes on the palate, solid bitter finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2014
at 07:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a clear, deep golden with an off-white head. Lovely fresh, citrusy hops in the nose. Light body, a little heavily carbonated with a slight sweetness. But it’s really all about the hops, fresh, crispy aroma hops. Not very bitter though. Extremely sessionable. 130914
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2014
at 07:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Beerhive. Pours hazy amber, nice long-lasting white head, nice lacing. Light pale fruit aromas, pineapple maybe. Taste has light citrus bitterness, light sweet malt. Juicy. Finish is a bit thin, but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2014
at 09:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Male Ales or something. Pours lightly hazy red-amber with a big, creamy off-white head. The nose holds crackery malts, old pine and a bit of toasted caramel. Light-medium sweet flavor with more toasty crackers and caramel, some berries, grape, ripe orange, faint metallic bite, some earth. Light bodied with lively carbonation. Semi-dry to finish with further toasted crackers, dry earth, dry bread, some leaves and vaguely oily pine, citrus essence. Not a stunner by any means but it’s drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2014
at 13:33
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker. Golden colour, white foam. Medium carbonation. Aroma of citrus and tropical fruit (pineapple and passion fruit). Fruity but also dry and bitter. Hoppy finish. Well balanced. Very good American Pale Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2014
at 05:44
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Thanks to Rian for sharing. Nice fresh and floral in the nose. The beer starts floral with a not very deep mainpart. It ends quite fast. Hints of malt, nice bitterness but only very low. The floral aroma ends very soon as well. On the tongue remains a light and smooth bitter-style floral aroma.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2014
at 05:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with an yeallowish head. The aroma has notes of exotic fruits, hops, spices, and caramel. The flavor is sweetbwith notes of hops, fruits, lemons, and straw, leading tona bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2014
at 09:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Kaapse Karel (by Kaapse Brouwers):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
28/VI/14 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Grobbendonk) @ home - BB: 7/IV/16 (2014-673)
Little cloudy amber to orange beer, big creamy yellowish head, stable. Aroma: very fruity, pineapple, peaches, passion fruits, mango, sweet, some caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: fruity start, pretty bitter, citrus, pineapple, bit sweet, piny touch, bit sour, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: pineapple, lots of citrus, exotic fruits, pretty bitter, fruity. Nice brew!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
28/VI/14 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Grobbendonk) @ home - BB: 7/IV/16 (2014-673)
Little cloudy amber to orange beer, big creamy yellowish head, stable. Aroma: very fruity, pineapple, peaches, passion fruits, mango, sweet, some caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: fruity start, pretty bitter, citrus, pineapple, bit sweet, piny touch, bit sour, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: pineapple, lots of citrus, exotic fruits, pretty bitter, fruity. Nice brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2014
at 12:11