Koyt
Jopen in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Traditional Beer - Koyt / Kuit Regular|
Score
6.89
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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.
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.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
hazy brown colour, huge, dense off-white head; aroma of floral honey, walnut, dried plum and cherry, and some liqueur; taste is the same; great ale!
Tried
on 07 May 2016
at 14:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
330ml bottle poured in Bierhuis de Klomp, Delft - Red ruby body, little in the way of head. Nose is very herb-forward, with subtle notes of fruit and dark chocolate. Liquorice also comes into the taste, a bit bitter, some sour raisin at the back end. Odd aftertaste, but very warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2016
at 10:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Refrigerated 75 cl brown bottle poured into a glass. Translucent medium brown with medium beige head. Aroma is herbal, medium body, medium carbonation, and thick small-bubble lacing. Taste is herbs and dark malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2016
at 20:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Biervana. Amber color with creamy tan head. Aroma is honey, anise, caramel, raisins, chocolate, also blackcurrant. Taste is spicy anise and rosemary, spruce, toffee, chocolate, blackcurrant, and a herbal-earthy bittersweet finish. Low carbonation, full-bodied. A fine traditional brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2016
at 15:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Marrón rojiza, espuma ocre que no dura nada. Aroma licórico, notas ácidas y herbales. Recuerda licor de hierbas. En boca disimula bastante el alcohol y tiene un sabor poco convencional como resultado del añadido de hierbas. Base de miel, y hierbas aromáticas, que le dan en todo caso un sabor que recuerda al de algún licor. Interesante.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2016
at 15:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours murky brown with a small head.Nose shows toasty malt, aniseed, fennel, cloves, caramel, biscuity malt.Flavours include more biscuity and bready malt along with fennel and aniseed notes.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2016
at 23:33
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hmm. Tastes like christmas, and I don’t like christmas. Backlog from 2014/09/09.
Tried
on 02 Dec 2015
at 14:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Ottakringer shop. Hazy dark amber color with medium off-white head. Strong caramel honey in aroma. Taste, caramel, honey, malt, Belgian yeast. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2015
at 14:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Murky brown with a beige head that fades. Cheerful aroma of spiced apples and brown sugar - ginger, mace, cardamon, white pepper. A lot more grunt and depth to the taste though, with darker sugars, raisins, dates and strong bread as well. Not surprisingly a bit medicinal at the end. No overt alcohol but drinks like a strong beer. Satisfying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 06:47
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 22:00