Troubadour Magma
Brouwerij The Musketeers in Sint-Gillis-Waas, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.31
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The amber-coloured specialty beer Troubadour Magma has the aromatic and hoppy-bitter character of an American Indian Pale Ale, but is softened by the fruitiness of a Belgian Tripel. Enthusiasts appreciate the explosion of fruity scents from dry hopping.
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9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Appearance: Hazy deep golden color with a fine thick white head. Nice lacing.
Aroma: Fruity, some yeast and citric hoppy. Mild malty.
Palate: Medium + body. Tad sweet and a fresh bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Pleasant citric hoppy, toffee, yeast (saisonish) and balanced mild round fruity flavour. Kind of plum fruity. Some spicy notes. Where did all the alcohol go? Dangerously well hidden.
Overall impression: Pure class. Note very typical DIPA! IPA meets saison and they live together in perfect harmony the rest of their lives. One more please!
Personal stats: Bottle from my Summer Santa JefVerstraete
Aroma: Fruity, some yeast and citric hoppy. Mild malty.
Palate: Medium + body. Tad sweet and a fresh bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Pleasant citric hoppy, toffee, yeast (saisonish) and balanced mild round fruity flavour. Kind of plum fruity. Some spicy notes. Where did all the alcohol go? Dangerously well hidden.
Overall impression: Pure class. Note very typical DIPA! IPA meets saison and they live together in perfect harmony the rest of their lives. One more please!
Personal stats: Bottle from my Summer Santa JefVerstraete
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2014
at 02:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Location: Draft at Max's on Broad, 5/3/14
Aroma: The aroma has some citrus hops, malty notes, and some yeast
Appearance: This one pours an unclear reddish-orange color with a beige head and average lace
Flavor: It has a flavor of citrus hops and yeast, with some malty flavors as well
Palate: The body is medium, it has a decent mouthfeel, and a somewhat dry finish
Overall Impression: This one is almost liked a hoppy version of a Belgian Blonde Ale. It works okay, but it wasn't a favorite for me.
Aroma: The aroma has some citrus hops, malty notes, and some yeast
Appearance: This one pours an unclear reddish-orange color with a beige head and average lace
Flavor: It has a flavor of citrus hops and yeast, with some malty flavors as well
Palate: The body is medium, it has a decent mouthfeel, and a somewhat dry finish
Overall Impression: This one is almost liked a hoppy version of a Belgian Blonde Ale. It works okay, but it wasn't a favorite for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2014
at 17:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours hazy dark amber with a frothy, lasting, off-white head. The aroma contains malt, peach, orange, grapefruit, caramel, hops, spices and yeast. It tastes medium bready & caramelly sweet and medium hoppy bitter with a long, dry, hoppy finish. The alcohol is well hidden. Medium body, oily (magma-like, indeed) texture, soft carbonation. Well balanced, complex, tasty and refreshing at the same time. A modern classic. (Edited 5/6/17)
Tried
on 27 Apr 2014
at 05:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Donker geel bier met stevige hopsmaak en volop schuimend. Bitter en fruitig, citroen en framboos. Ondanks dat dit bier licht overkomt blijft smaak lang hangen, uitstekend bier.
Re-rate4-6-16: Opnieuw gedronken, etiket vermeld belgian triple IPA.
Re-rate4-6-16: Opnieuw gedronken, etiket vermeld belgian triple IPA.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2014
at 07:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle from Les Crepes de Sophie, Shrewsbury. Not as good as I remember from a couple of years ago when a kind fellow at De Proef gave me a crate! Perhaps my palette’s matured a bit since then. Who knows. This pours a wotsits orange with a good simcoe aroma. Has an appealing tanginess but it’s orangey resinous qualities become a bit cloying and alcoholic towards the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2014
at 23:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at De Zandloper, Brugge, Belgium. An orangey/straw coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Sweet, bready, hoppy, tropical fruit aroma. Tastes sweet, hoppy, bready, malty, butterscotch and rich. Absolutely delicious, I drank so much of this in Brugge last week.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2014
at 03:30