Non De Ju
De Leite in Oostkamp, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Brouwerij Hof Ten DormaalBelgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular
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Score
6.30
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 8 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
After the Hof ten Dormaal brewery suffered a devastating fire, many befriended breweries came to the rescue by making tributes for them or collaboration brews with them, and this one is apparently a collab with Leite. Bottle from Dranken De Moor in Haasdonk near Beveren. A mean hissing sound upon lifting the crown cap for about a millimetre proved an ominous sign: very violent gusher, with beer streaming out of the bottle neck and no way to stop it - I must have lost about 1/3 of it to the sink. Medium thick, tightly ’membranous’ lacing, off-white, moussy head, slowly showing gaps in the middle here and there, over a hazy, deep amber-tinged peach blonde beer. Aroma initially very heavily dominated by DMTS (the foul, sulfuric smell of burnt rubber - hence the ’fiery’ character of the beer, perhaps?), but fading away after a while, unveiling more ’normal’ impressions of peach, soggy bread, damp straw, baking powder, coriander seed, banana and even bubblegum, cooked potato, raw carrots, honey, caramel, field flowers. Notably sweet onset, canned peaches, bubblegummy banana ester and overripe pear, with a lot of residual ’white’ sugars lending the whole a honeyish effect; deeper, ’dull’ sourish undercurrent, sharpish carbonation, ’full’ and lean, slick mouthfeel. Smooth caramelly and bready maltiness with a thin metallic edge to it, suffering from overcarbonation way beyond its middle phase, with a lot of fruity esters and spicy phenols overseeing the whole - in an overly obtrusive manner. Leads to a slightly more dryish, earthy finish, with a dash of floral, mildly spicy, bit rooty hops providing only basic ’end bitterness’; the malt, ester and (especially) residual sugar sweetness dominate. Earthy, bready yeasty flavours too, as well as a slight hint at warming, ’jenever’-ish alcohol, but that element fortunately stays manageable. A fire-breathing dragon of a beer in a sense: ugly, rather grotesque and initially smelling of sulfur. Uninspired sweet Belgian ’ambrée’ kind of ale, way too sweet, overcarbonated, too estery and too alcoholic for even a 7% Belgian, a tad dirty and, most of all, a very agressive gusher - this thing only confirms my opinion that Hof ten Dormaal is among the most overrated breweries in this country, with all due respect for what the Janssens family has embarked upon and for De Leite’s noble intentions with this product. Not impressed at all - if only this contained more Leite and less Dormaal.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, straw, and malt.. The flavor is sweet with notes of fruits, dusty hops, malt, and caramel.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle@yesprs - Slow gusher, pours orange with a white head. Sweet malty and citrus fruity aroma and taste, some notes of mandarin, lemon, light peach, sweet malty backing, ssome yeast, sweet fruity malty into the finish.
yespr (55501) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33 cl bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is herbal, dry and slight phenolic. Slight metallic. Toasted malty. Bitter, toasted and herbal. Dry and malty finish.
Vignale (8386) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Flaska från Etre Gourmete. Bärnstensfärgad, disig med medelhögt krämigt skum. Ganska anonym i doft och även till viss del i smak. Ganska frisk med lite vetekaraktär, säd, hö lite belgojäst och lätt kryddig med medelstor beska. Men balansen är bra och smaken växer faktiskt i eftersmaken som ligger kvar länge. Trevlig.
Tinus (5080) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear caramel colour, white head. Malty aroma, grains, caramel, banana. Sweet malty flavour, banana, malts, hint of smoke. Light smoky finish, banana, malts.
(from 33cL bottle @ post Borefts tasting. Thanks for sharing, tderoeck!)
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Leite / Hof ten Dormaal Nondeju (by De Leite):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
23/IX/16 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk) @ Alex?s place - BB: 31/II18 (2016-1107) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today?s beers!
Pretty cloudy deep orange beer, creamy off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, banana, some citrus, grains, almonds. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter, yeasty, sourish, grains, slightly smoky, banana. Aftertaste: sweet touch, sourish, bit infected, funky, some honey.
daniele (14510) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
bottle deep golden cloudy cerea malty nose light spicy herbal bit metaliic good dryness medium bitterness Oro carico torbida buona schiuma discreta persistenza naso cereale malto leggera spezia un po erbaceo radice filo metallico buona secchezza amaro contenuto
jamaty (3407) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Ambar oscura, turbia y de abundante espuma. Aroma bastante escaso. En boca es gaseosa en exceso y algo metálica. Por lo demás, cereal, algo metálica y con el predominio de los tonos de levadura belga. Mediocre.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Non De Ju from De Leite 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Thnx to htd Pours clear ammber smell is slightly sweet. Taste is malty, verybgrainy. Well balanced. Saison aspects. Nice