Special 1: Zeezuiper Citra & Mosaic Dry Hop
Scheldebrouwerij in Meer, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.88
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Speciaalbierpakket. Aroma is floral hops, yeast, ripe fruits, a bit candied, bubblegum, citrus, bready malt, banana. Flavour is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium. Nice hop-enhanced Tripel, I get more Citra than Mosaic, they got this one right.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:38
6/10
Belgian, malty, caramel, hops, alcohol covered
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2018
at 18:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle (thanks marduk). Pours golden. Aroma is soapy, fruity, citrus. Flavor is sweet and bitter, citrus, fruits, dryness. Overall: good. --- Beer merged from original tick of Zeezuiper Citra & Mosaic Dryhop Special on 12 Oct 2018 at 18:48
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2018
at 15:53
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Voici une bière intéressante. Pas une Triple comme référencée sur le site mais bien une Belgian Strong Ale comme l'indique le brasseur. En effet avec un houblonnage à cru sur Citra et Mosaïc, si la base d'une triple est présente, l'amertume et les arômes y sont différents. Et c'est bien là l'intérêt de cette bière qui possède à la fois douceur fruité, fraîcheur de l'amertume et caractère de l'alcool. En verre, nous sommes sur un blond orangé légèrement trouble (EBC aux alentours de 21) avec une mousse blanche clairsemée. Le nez est frais sans être très expressif. On y retrouve agrumes, fruits exotiques et banane. A la dégustation, l'absence de fruits exotiques et de résineux surprend (expression usuelle respectivement du Citra et Mosaïc). L'attaque se positionne ainsi sur les agrumes, la banane et les épices. La deuxième bouche, légèrement moins amère voit la banane et les épices un peu plus présentes. L'arrière bouche, avec une amertume un peu plus racée, tranche, avec des épices toujours bien présentes. La troisième bouche linéaire par rapport à la seconde laisse place alors à un final où l'alcool à 8 % Abv prend davantage d'ampleur pour conférer de la puissance. Un beau mélange avec un équilibre bien trouvé (ce qui n'était pas gagné). J'aurais apprécié un peu plus de variations aromatiques tout de même.
Tried
on 03 May 2018
at 15:21
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Scheldebrouwerij Special 1 Zeezuiper Citra & Mosaic Dry Hop (by Scheldebrouwerij):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
11/VIII/17 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: V/2017 (2017-1201)
Clear orange beer, big irregular creamy white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: soapy, nice fruity notes, some citrus, grapefruit, bit spicy, coriander touch, sweet notes. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: quite some citrus, sweet, kiwi, white grapes, sugary touch, banana. Aftertaste: more banana, fruity, rather sweet, very soft bitterness, malty. Where's those hops they promised?
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
11/VIII/17 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: V/2017 (2017-1201)
Clear orange beer, big irregular creamy white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: soapy, nice fruity notes, some citrus, grapefruit, bit spicy, coriander touch, sweet notes. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: quite some citrus, sweet, kiwi, white grapes, sugary touch, banana. Aftertaste: more banana, fruity, rather sweet, very soft bitterness, malty. Where's those hops they promised?
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2017
at 18:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft glass @ Beeerlovers Bar. Prior to ordering this one I had mixed it up in my mind with Hop Ruiter (for which a USA hop edition would make more sense) so expectations were unjustly elevated since that one is one of the few worthwhile beers from this brewery. Lightly hazy golden, few bubbles rising, small white head. Nose is far too oily sweet, corn bread, sugar, caramel, overly sweet with vegetable oil. Taste is bloody sweet banana, sugar, oily candy, sweet vegetable oil & sweet plastic. Body is plastic, banana, sugar, plastic. Citra is totally absent here, Mosaic is barely an illusion. On the one hand its interesting to see these guys attempt a beer like that but anyone actually into USA hoppy beers is bound to come out disappointed here. The people who liked their beer before will like it all the same.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2017
at 02:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours rather clear blonde, small white head. Smell is very remotely hopped ( barely) some mild spice. Seems a bit sweet. Taste is full, silky sweetness, mild hoppy aroma, very balanced for a commercial purpose, and even though I can picture the geeks hating this (not enough hops ) I do think its a nice blending taste. The sweetness and mild spices in the back touch base with the common tripel-style in Belgium, but this one is far more complex and interesting to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2017
at 18:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Helder geel bier met schuim. Smaak is licht bitterzoet met iets van nootmuskaat, citrus en ananas. Mooie smaak balans.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2017
at 15:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear golden colour, white head. Hoppy aroma, citrus, yeast, banana, bubblegum and tropical fruit. Sweet malty flavour, light bitter, banana. Malty finish, hops, tropical fruit, yeast. Nice!
(from 33cL bottle @ home)
(from 33cL bottle @ home)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2017
at 17:41