5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From tap at Café ’t Pandje, Utrecht. Aroma of biscuity malt, fruits, citrus, yeast, hoppy notes, a hint of diacetyl noticeable in my sample, but I see no other mentions of it so I am willing to forgive. Flavour is light sweetish with a light to moderate bitter finish. Body is medium. This is not much of an IPA.

6.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy orange coloured brew with an slightly citrus taste, some ftuity and some gentile bitternesh. Beer by women wich don’t like sweet fruity brews.

Historic check-in

7.5

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

Bottle. orange blonde. Pours a firm head. Lychee, a hint of pepper and grapefruit in the aroma. Sweetish, well rounded, soft but firm hopbitter flavor with pepper and tropical fruit. Very nice, i’m pleasantly surprised

9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Cette Tasty Lady a des qualités certaines. A partir de Nelson Sauvin, Hallertau Perle et Citra, elle nous offre une amertume ayant à la fois du caractère (EBU de 40), aromatique pour unrésultat agréable. Les houblons auraient même pu être mieux utilisés avec un Citra que j'aurai bien vu s'exprimer davantage pour des arômes de fruits exotiques plus développés. Avec un final une pointe plus longue, cela aurait été parfait. Couleur blond doré soutenu (EBC de 20), la mousse blanc cassée aérée est de 3 mm. Le nez est sur les agrumes, les fruits exotiques et la verveine. Plaisant. A la dégustation, les fruits exotiques seront beaucoup plus en rtraitant, voire inexistant par instant. L'attaque est sur l'amertume, avec des arômes d'agrumes, de pêche, d'herbes avec une toute petite point d'épices. La deuxième bouche est un petit peu plus douce avec des fruits exotiques qui se font (trop) faiblement percervoir. L'arrière bouche tranche, sur une amertume racée, herbacée et sur le pamplemousse. La troisième bouche y est très proche avant de nous laisser sur un final d'une longueur juste accceptable sur une amertume herbacée accompagnée d'agrumes et d'une petite pointe d'péices. Ces dames ont du goût.

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at 't Bierhuys Woerden.Hazy amber colour lasting beige head. some puke some sweetness. A typical Netherlands beer. Too pukey too strong too sweet. Need a better beer.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Tasting bij Maakun. Eerst brandnetels, dan gekookte groente (kool, rauwe aubergine), en dan blijft er als nasmaak alleen water en suiker over. Niet zo geslaagd! Backlog from 2015/03/16. Op het strand in de buurt van Paviljoen Zuid. Backlog from 2015/08/01.

7.6

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

Dutch IPA conceived by five ladies who all have something to do with beer, made at Scheldebrouwerij by De Eem. Older bottle, just past its "best before" date which is never a good thing for an IPA, but I’ll take the risk. Lightly hazy, warm ’old gold’ colour under a creamy, sticky, dense and stable, egg-white head. Delicate aroma of fresh and fragrant, ’titillating’ lemon zest, grapefruit blossom, orange water, biscuit, mango, sweat, dried apricot, gooseberries, chicken curry, freshly cut nettles, earthy touch of cooked mushrooms but nothing unpleasant, though this was probably even more fragrant when young. Sweetish fruity onset, hints of peach, pineapple and passion fruit, surrounded by a sourish edge and a very light saltiness, fairly strong carbo tingling on the tongue, smooth and supple body, malt sweetishness with toasted accent, finishing in drying, spicy and still very aromatic hop bitterness, citrusy, peppery and achieving well for the intended style without stopping the malt sweetness to creep through, although the bitterness lasts longer, even paired with a slight saltiness as is the case in many ’genuinely’ American IPAs. Very elegant with some ’animalistic’, wild notes; the Citra has probably lost a lot of its lovely orange fragrance by now, but this still breathes an American IPA bouquet in all its lushness and ’tropical fruitiness’. Very well made, makes me curious to find more about these ladies. A beer with character and finesse at the same time - I wish more ladies were involved in beer if this is the result, but fortunately the craft beer movement is reaching a growing female audience nowadays, not just in the States, but - very gradually - in western Europe as well. I can only meet this with enthusiasm.