Koyt

Jopen in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Traditional Beer - Gruit Regular

Score

6.88

ABV: 8.5%

IBU: 18

Ticks: 196

Jopen Koyt is brewed according to the Haarlem Brouwerskeur from 1407 (city recipe). This beer is brewed with gruit, a medieval spice blend with ritual-picked gale. According to a myth, gale can be hallucinating, to avoid this, gale must be picked by naked witches at full moon. You bought the ingredient gruit from the gruit gentleman (later corrupted to the Gruijter = grocer). Picked gale is decisive in the herbal mixture of Jopen Koyt.

This reddish-brown beer has a strong spicy (menthol) aroma and a mildly sweet taste. The dark malt provides caramel tones. The spicy aspect appears again in the aftertaste.

Join Us

Show

All Activity

Only Reviews

Arsol (4727) reviewed Koyt from Jopen 3 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Mørk brun med beige skum. Lukter karamell, urter og malt. Smaker krydder, mørke frukter, malt og alkohol.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2025 at 15:39

7.1

Inoven (3737) reviewed Koyt from Jopen 3 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Glas gedronken tijdens lezing over bier en bierbrouwers.
Diep donkerbruin bier met mooie schuimkraag.
Aroma van kruiden en rozijnen.
Smaak van karamel, drop en zoethout.
Nasmaak is houtig en licht bitter.

Tried on 20 Nov 2025 at 20:12

7.4

TomHendriksen (8176) reviewed Koyt from Jopen 3 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Geprobeerd tijdens een interessante lezing bij de Heemkundekring in Oirschot. Het is een troebel kastanjebruin bier met een medium beige schuim. Het heeft een aroma van rozijnen en kruiden. De smaak is kruidig met een licht zoete afdronk.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2025 at 20:09

7.5

RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Koyt from Jopen 4 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Dutch Taproom. Pours hazy dull gold with a beige head. Dried fruits, twigs, and dry caramel on the nose. Flavour has dried berries, dry herbs, dry caramel malts, earthy twigs. Nice, it's always fun to try this style.

Tried from Draft at It Ain't Much, If It Ain't Dutch (Dutch Taproom) on 20 Oct 2025 at 02:14

Kolemkoukolem (4663) ticked Koyt from Jopen 11 months ago

# 4591; 4/2025. .... 0,1 l, tasting sample, bar (Hugo), Slaný (Bohemia, CZ).

Tried from Bottle at Hugo Bagel Café on 10 Apr 2025 at 18:51

6.4

tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Koyt from Jopen 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Murky brown with a big tan head. Aroma of dark malts, candy sugar, dark fruits, herbal. Flavour is herbal sweetness, cough drops, light alcohol. A bit too sweet for me, but this is a nice and interesting brew regardless.

Tried from Can on 18 Feb 2025 at 05:18

Biilz (2915) reviewed Koyt from Jopen 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Аромат очень сухофруктый, много прям кураги, немного специй и совсем немного трав, и они не как обычно в грюте, есть как будто пшеница, в целом солода много. Цвет темно коричневый, пенка средняя. Вкус хороший. в меру плотный и при этом весьма питкий. Снова много кураги, вообще очень блондом Бельгийским отдает. Послевкусие уже более с травянистым оттенком, как будто гвоздик или что то похожее. В целом мне зашло.

Tried on 01 Feb 2025 at 11:29

6.8

Goozen (5556) reviewed Koyt from Jopen 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,75ltr: Dark brown coloured ale brewed with barley, wheat, oats and gruit with give its good spicy taste.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:40

Szeppp (7592) ticked Koyt from Jopen 1 year ago

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2024 at 15:30

Mabuzzer (2123) ticked Koyt from Jopen 1 year ago

Tried on 08 Jun 2024 at 09:49