The Walking Duck
Hedonis Ambachtsbier in Michelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: La Quince Brewery / Abirradero / Fermun BeersIPA - New England / Hazy Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.84
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Piña colada New England IPA ( brewed with The Stuyck co bar / restaurant)
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Deconinck, Vichte. Hazy yellow colour, white foam. Sweet tropical fruits in the nose. Taste is green hop bitterness. Very dry and grassy. Good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2017
at 14:22
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. A hazy yellow beer with a mid sized most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of citrus hops, grassy hops, hay. Taste of fresh mild fruity hops, citrus, hay, yeast.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2017
at 05:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
At Ganzerik in Ghent. The follow-up to Fuckin' Wild, a collab of the same four players presented at Hedonis Ambachtsfest: whereas Fuckin' Wild was a Berliner Weisse with a piña colada influence, the same idea has now been applied to a NEIPA style beer. Creamy and sticky, cobweb-lacing, egg-white, dense head, cloudy straw blonde robe with peachy hue. Aroma of pineapple slices from a can or sugared pineapple juice, passionfruit, white bread, mango, ripe yellow kiwi, pink pepper, starfruit, orange, minerals - I do not get any clear coconut, which should be in here, but then the sample was served very cold so if it is present in a subtle way, it may not have been able to rise up to the nose under such temperature conditions... Fruity onset, lots of passionfruit, green banana and mango accents, yet not too sweet and tempered by an underlying, soft sourishness; sharp and minerally carbonation, a tad numbing and clearly too strong for a New England IPA. Still soft, fluffy mouthfeel though, with a bit doughy, 'white bread' malt base, rounded and cereally; aromatic finish, indeed showing sweet and tropical pineapple juice, fitting in well with the aromatic qualities of the hops, reminiscent of passionfruit, lime zest, mango and a dash of exotic peppers - but in all, remaining quite subdued in comparison with the lusciousness of the world's leading NEIPA examples. Again the coconut remains hidden - if it is there at all, but I am not convinced that it would match well with the pineapple and mango effects so this probably isn't a bad thing. Some soft, lightly spicy bitterness lingers. Clean, elegant and to the point, very decent and enjoyable, but the piña colada effect remains limited to a pineapple aroma and flavour woven in, and carbonation level is too high for this style. Yet, like that Fuckin' Wild (which I doubt is being continued now), an interesting and charming little beer for sure.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2017
at 03:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thanks to Kraddel / Beerlover_Ben. Draft tasting glass. Hazy golden, white head. Way more bitterness than expected, finish is all bitter green hop, grass all of the sudden, low sweet coconut I ussume, tropical fruit, bit sweeter white bread upfront but finish is green hop harsh, bit much, not very balanced in concept but a nice enough raw green hop brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Nov 2017
at 13:44
7/10
Tried
from Draft
at
Beerlovers Bar
on 17 Nov 2017
at 21:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours very unclear yellowblonde. No head. Smell is dank hops (lower side of intensity ) , mild citric, creamy yeast. Taste is floral, fruity, bit lactic almost. Has a sharp, rougj edge to it. Some candy-like fruityness (pearl nzcklace candy ).
Tried
from Can
on 12 Nov 2017
at 10:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle picked up from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, nr Gent, Belgium, consumed at Isobel, Baz and Judes, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, Saturday 11th November 2017. Murky yellow with a head that hung around for less than a minute. At first I thought it was too much furniture polish, soon you get lots of green, fresh hops. There are is a lot going on here for a relatively modest abv beer, the hops and bitterness are a touch harsh but it is good lots of hoppy burps. A6 A3 T8 P4 Ov15 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2017
at 11:03