ZJIPA
't Paenhuys in Nieuwkerken-Waas, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.37
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed ZJIPA from 't Paenhuys 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
New Paenhuys experiment - they're trying to experiment quite a lot lately - but actually simply a dry-hopped version of Zwarte Zjef, their deliberately 'compromized' stout which consequently isn't a stout. Anyway: draught only, with no intentions for bottling so far, tasted at Modeste. Thick and creamy, lacing, pale greyish beige head, dark and misty brownish burgundy robe with red wine hue. Aroma of melting caramel, fudge, treacle, pear syrup, herbes de Provence, old dried grapefruit peel, cherry tree resin, bread pulp, dried field flowers. Sweet, soft, rounded onset, ripe and dried plums, pear, fig, soft carb, creamy and fluffy mouthfeel, toffeeish and brown-bready malt body, floral and mildly spicy hop bitterness in the end but subtle, with caramelly malt sweetness dominating and highlighted by a dash of warming, gin-like alcohol in the end. In itself a perfectly enjoyable beer as far as I'm concerned, but Paenhuys, now that a younger generation is gradually taking over, should seize that opportunity to make a thorough study of non-Belgian beer styles: this is as much a black IPA - or IPA in any sense of the word - as Westmalle Dubbel is. Clearly dry-hopping a stout - which in this case is not even a real stout - is a cheap shortcut and cannot create a true black IPA...
77ships (14506) reviewed ZJIPA from 't Paenhuys 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampled draft @ Modeste 2018. Dark brown, dull very soapy with chocolate, stale heavy soap, muted, spoiled fruit, emptier than ABV would suggest, disappointing.