Full Of Hops Belgian Trippel IPA

Down the drain it goes...

Bottle at Gollem. Conceived as an IIPA, but strangely spiced with coriander... Thick, lacing, egg-white, stable head over a warm, deep amberish orange beer with light fizz. Dank and ’tropical’ aroma, mandarin, papaja, soggy white bread, biscuit, pink grapefruit, hemp, caramel, melting butter, gin, something sweaty (some of the hops were perhaps a tad too old?) and indeed a - luckily - very vague whiff of coriander seed as it warms up. Crisp, sweetish fruity onset, marmelade, pineapple, canned peach even along with sourish gooseberry and refreshing citrus notes, softish carbo, ’full’ and smooth caramelly and biscuity malt backbone, long hoppy finish but more aromatic than harshly bittering, very citrusy, mango, tropical flowers, bit spicy and drying but gently so; again the soapy coriander is there, but very subtly so, not even interfering too much with the hop bouquet. Warming, gin-like alcohol in the end, but not astringent. Remarkably drinkable (I would not have guessed this has an ABV of 10%), with a lovely, attractive, accessible aroma and flavor; I cannot wrap my head around the use of coriander unless this is intended as a Belgian IPA, but I have to admit it has been used in a subtle, well-dosed way here, actually adding some extra, soft spiciness without overpowering the hops. In all, a very pleasant, ’juicy’, filling beer.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Marina / Het Nest Full Of Hops Belgian Trippel IPA (by Brewers Brothers - Cervesa Marina):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

8/III/16 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ home - BB: VI/2017 (2016-258) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the can!

Clear deep orange beer, big creamy yellowish head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, some marzipan, lots of bubble gum, sweet and sugary, some candy. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: passion fruit, citrus, some grapefruit, sweet malty touch, lots of alcohol, bitter. Aftertaste: bit floral, hoppy, little soapy, grapefruit, nice bitterness, alcohol, some almonds, bit yeasty.

Draught @ Van Moll Brewpub. Clear orange golden color, virtually no head. Aroma is lightly malts, very grassy and nicely fruity. Tastes about the same: lightly malts, again quite grassy and -albeit lightly perfumy- ripe fruit hops. Medium to full body and medium carbonation.

Bottle at Gollem.pous clear amber, small white head. Smell is bitter, Pine. Taste is bitter ,Pine , dry , some stonefruit. Well balanced malty backside and rather sweet ending. Pretty Nice !