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 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle, 0.33 l - BB 25 JUN 2017, at Rotterdam) The beer ruby red and hazy. Its head was small and white. Aroma had berries, caramel and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were berries, spices, caramel and low bitterness. Aftertaste had berries and sweetness. A good and rather different brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 09:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Beer Happens, Moscow tap: pours dark amber with almost no head. Aroma is dark and dry fruits and spice. Taste is thick fruity bubblegum. Kind of sweet. Some bitterness. not my jam.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2016
at 04:01
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Hazy copper/brown with minimal yellow-brown head. Aroma is caramel, clove, phenols, some berries, maybe rubber. Taste is intense brown sugar sweetness, roast bitterness, more complex than this sounds. A hint of peppers while swallowing with more roast and chocolate to follow. Good!
Tried
on 03 Oct 2016
at 18:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample from bottle, CBWF 2016. Muddy, amber colour with a thin, off-white head. Sweet, spiced aroma with herbal notes, grains, fruits, citrus, caramel malts, peppers and sage. Taste is light sweet. Medium body with a creamy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes slightly dry with herbal notes. Strange, yet enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2016
at 08:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml Bottle - Hazy brown with some red tinges. Raisins, berries, leather and some vinous notes in the aroma. Fruity and rich taste with raisins, brown sugar, leather, nutmeg and blackcurrant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2016
at 09:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, 30/07/16. Bought from Saviere Biers. Extremely sweet aroma, unlike a beer. More like dadelion and burdock (spelling) or such like. Murky dark toffee in appearance. Small amount of off-white head. Smooth, medium bodied. The spices come through, a hint of a burning sensation on the tongue. Sweet with an underlying bitterness. Medicine. Tastes like a alcoholic soft drink. Overall I am enjoying it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2016
at 15:11
8/10
A:komp,spominja na belg dubbel,noel,brune,sladno zeliscne,karam,pik alk O:sladno karam zeliscen,alk prisoten,zeliscno gren poo,special beer
Tried
on 17 Jun 2016
at 22:26
7/10
Tried
on 11 Jun 2016
at 13:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, courtesy of SinH4. Spicy and strong, almost like a liquor. Fruity, sweet, dark and dried fruit. A bit boozy, thick, heavy. Warming like a barley wine. Not sure I dig this combination, but it could just be me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2016
at 14:59
7/10
Tried
on 14 May 2016
at 18:46