Hop Verdomme IPA
Brouwerij Kerkom in Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Belgian Regular|
Score
6.45
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This beer is a response to the very bitter beers that are being brewed all around the world at present. In this case, the denomination IPA does not stand for India Pale Ale, but for Incredible, Powerful & Amazing. Instead of mostly American hops, 7 Flemish hops from the Westhoek region have been used. Obviously, the taste is very bitter, but the beer has a “balance” that makes it very drinkable and invites you to have another round.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 330 ml at Kulminator, Antwerp. Pours hazy yellow with white head. Malty, yeasty, sweet, light hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Kulminator
on 25 Nov 2014
at 10:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Golden, yellow and fuzzy, big white head. Aroma is very grassy, a bit strange. Taste is very grassy and aromatic, the Westhoek hops are very present, a bit too dominant actually. Bitter and dry aftertaste. Like a Hommel on steroids.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2014
at 04:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours a hazy golden-amber colour with a frothy warm cap that stays, leaving some soapy lace. Sweet-and-light sour aromas with some fruits, grass, honey and Belgian yeast. Hoppy taste of grass, but not your typical American one. Notes of oranges. Interesting, but not one I would have again. I like Belgian IPA, but this is not one of them. The balance is a little all over the place.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Nov 2014
at 23:13
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Licht bruin troebel bier zonder schuim. Smaak is hoppig bitter en kruidig met sporen van sinaasappel en kaneel. Blijft lang hangen. Geweldig goed bier.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2014
at 07:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Huge offwhite lasting head shrinks into ice cream shapes. Clear deep yellow body. Wooden resiny aroma with spicy fruity notes. Dry-bitter dried fruit and funky resin taste with waxy notes. Mid-bodied. Dry resiny spicy aftertaste with butterscotch and honey notes. Nice and surprising. Very different. (0.25l draft at Heeren van Liedekercke, Belgium.)
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Aug 2014
at 13:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Keg at One Pint Pub, 20140727) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, Belgian style yeast and hops. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, Belgian style yeast, fruitiness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. Not bad Belgian style IPA. Bit one dimensional with very dominating hoppiness.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2014
at 10:25
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Tap at One Pint Pub, Helsinki. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, sweetness, syrup, some honey, hints of hops and malts. Way too sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2014
at 10:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As Kerkom Hopverdomme ].Clear medium yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy - creamy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, zest, light spruce, light to moderate yeasty, riped fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy, hop bitter, riped fruit, zest bitter, yeasty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is fizzy - soft, finish feel is light alcoholic - phenol. [20140224]
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2014
at 08:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Fairly estery, hoppy nose. The mouth is way too simple and unimpressive. This does nothing for me.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2014
at 04:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared. Pours cloudy golden with a big off white head. Aroma is bready, caramel and biscuity malt. Flavour is light moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with light carbonation. A bit lacking in hop aroma but maybe the bottle isn’t fresh enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2014
at 11:27