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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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Tørst. Pours dark brown. Caramel, funk, herbal, Jägermeister, toffee. Medium body. Strong. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2022
at 06:03
7/10
Malty and sweet, slightly boozy. Flavor reminds me a fair bit of a kvass. Surprisingly refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2021
at 23:05
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2021
at 20:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds on 20th March 2021. Pours deep reddish brown with virtually no foam or lace. Fruity aroma of berries and spices. Sweet berry fruits in-mouth, with fresh apple and a finish of caramel malt and spiciness. Interestingly familiar, almost like Spingo from the Blue Anchor at Helston, Cornwall! Full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2021
at 23:58
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2021
at 22:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear ruby red, small head. Aroma is herbal and fruity, sweet red fruit. Some cherry, juniper, thyme, floral, honey. Really nice and interesting, I always like trying a new Gruit beer. Medium body. Flavour is sweet and malty, slightly boozy even, but mostly sweet, with honey and floral notes, caramel. Light bitterness, lots of flowery notes, very herbal, intense juniper, thyme. Loads of fruity herbal Gruit notes, hint of cherry. Really lovely, an excellent Gruit flavoured beer - you don't always need hops!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2021
at 18:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Roodbruin bier met mooie stevige schuimkraag. Smaak is zoet en kruidig met iets van vanille, kaneel en kruidnagel. Lijkt wel een kerstbier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2020
at 19:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
28-08-20 // KKR-Tasting - Special Ingredients: very surprised by this one. Great balance. A malt forward body. Darker malts. Bread. Dried fruits. Warming up more herbs/gruit. Mint (polaris like), dry frassy herbalness blending in the sweeter malt body.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2020
at 10:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Gollem - Amstelstraat, pours a cloudy, murky dark reddish brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of earthy notes, soil, dark fruits, and a bit of pine needles. Flavour is very fruity and earthy, with plenty of pine needles, earth, dark fruits, and caramel. Really comes together nicely - the earth, spiciness, fruitiness - really solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2019
at 14:38