Leo's Early Breakfast

Session IPA. Good orange pour with creamy head and lacing. Hoppy, pine-forward aroma with light malt and light bitterness. Average carbonation. Probably the best of a load of pale ales I had the other night at Vices et Versa on tap.

6th June 2013
Craft Clerkenwell. Martin T tasting. Hazy gold beer, little off white head. Palate is light, dry and airy. Big earl grey bergamot!! Little fruity sweetness underneath. Light floral sherbet. An unusual and very tasty beer!

Draft @ Delirium. Orangée, col crémeux blanc cassé. Arôme restitue effectivement le côté feuilles de thé suivi d’une amertume houblonnée certaine. Le tout oscille sur les agrumes avec ce bouquet feuillu. J’ai malheureusement eu peine à y détecter la goyave. Palais présente un thé omniprésent sans pour cela dominer toute la bière. Le tout garde un côté feuilles de thé, citronné qui confère une amertume modérée. Je note également une présence de grains qui donnent un fini sec et toujours ce profil de thé. Ici vu les propriétés du Earl Grey il peut s’avérer compliqué de distinguer les propriétés d’agrumes du thé et des houblons.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Dunham / Kissmeyer - Leo's Early Breakfast IPA (by Brasserie Dunham):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

29/VI/13 - on tap @ Délirium Hoppy Loft (Brussel) - BB: n/a (2013-588)

Little cloudy orange beer, very solid creamy yellow head, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very floral, bit fruity, bubble gum, some shampoo, apricots. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty soapy, fruity, apricots and unripe peaches. An unpleasant bitterness and citrus. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, dry, soapy, some grapefruit, bubble gum.

Bottle at the Martin T tasting, thanks to Martin himself, CBC 06/06/13. Hazed orange amber with a thin off white head. Nose is floral hops, spice, orange, corriander. Taste comprises floral notes, herbal qualities, elderflower, orange, spice, hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry finish with light bitterness. Decent.

Aroma: Hoppy, with a lot of citrus. Power of nose is average. Appearance: Murky and orange, developing a large, white and long lasting frothy head that leaves a marvelous lacing. Taste: Attack is very bitter with fresh cut grass notes, tea and peppermint. Hops are strong, tasteful and working very hard. Strong bitterness lovers will be pleased. Flavors are mainly grapefruit, lemon tea, peppermint tea,herbal and grass. Palate is medium body and oily texture, with a soft carbonation. Finish long lasting and all bitterness. Excellent IPA

Sample, draught, at Bières et saveurs, savoured September 1 2012; eye: caramel with an orange hue, somewhat hazy, tiny sheet of tan head, nice lacing; nose: hops, tea, grapefruit, slight malt; mouth: hops, tea, astringency, grapefruit, slight malt, light citrusy, dry finale in grapefruit, full body, average carbonation, quite bitter, slightly sweet, harsh texture; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Échantillon, en fût, lors du Bières et saveurs, savourée le 1er septembre 2012; œil : caramel avec teinte orange, semi-voilée, petite couverture de mousse fauve, bonne dentelle; nez : houblon, thé, pamplemousse, très léger malt; bouche : houblon, thé, astringence, pamplemousse, très léger malt, léger citrique, finale sèche en pamplemousse, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, pas mal amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture rugueuse; en résumé : pas mal bonne

A hazed amber IPA with a thin frothy mocha head. In aroma, a smooth grainy malt with fruity esters, herbaceous, light mango notes. In mouth, a smooth herbal malt with grassy and grainy notes, light fruit pulp. On tap at Bieres et Saveurs, Sept 2 2012.

On tap at Vice et Versa, pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma is heavily floral, with fresh meadows, some citrus and lightly tropical fruity hops, and soft buttery malts in back. Flavour is extremely floral as well, again with fresh meadows, dry zesty citrus hops, some interesting spices in there (perhaps some coriander), and enough malt simply to back without influencing the flavour. Palate is quite creamy and buttery, with a mild hop presence lingering on the finish. Very solid, floral, lightly spicy IPA.