Alpha
Brussels Beer Project in Brussel / Bruxelles / Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Series Out of Production|
Score
6.85
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tderoeck (22946) reviewed Alpha from Brussels Beer Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Brussels Beer Project Alpha (by Brussels Beer Project):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
31/X/13 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: 28/X/14 (2013-1017)
Clear deep orange to amber beer, aery off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: honey, ripe to overripe fruits, funky (is it bretta?), orange peel. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: if I ever tasted an Orval clone! Eat this, Mikkeller! Bit funky, somewhat fruity, orange peel, pretty bitter hops. Aftertaste: bretta, though probably artificially bread, bitter adn dry hops, lots of citrus, some grapefruit. Lovely beer! For me, this is the winner of the series.
ShivanDragon (10824) reviewed Alpha from Brussels Beer Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
@Gent, de Hopduvel, mooie witte kraag Aroma: graan, koriander, licht zuurtje, spelt Smaken: granig(spelt), licht zuurtje, koriander, zoetig, hoog co2, moutig, koriander, lekker hoppig, goede smsken
77ships (14509) reviewed Alpha from Brussels Beer Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33 cl. bottle @ home. Procured from De Hopduvel. BBF 28/10/2014. Brett, spelt malts, coriander, orange peel and Smaragd hops are listed amongst the statistics and ingredients. Very murky brownish fruity amber, very high carb. ~ insta-gone head. Sticky dark fruits syrup in the nose, prune jam, light dark bread, quite hoppy, fruity hops, light bread. Taste is big prune jam (interesting), other grains (spelt I suppose), dark bread, ripe dark fruits, light musty sweet red grapes, even touch ripe dark berries, definite brett presence, sweetish with brown sugar and syrup but also some hops. Very high carb. & murky body. Messy but I am a big sucker for beers like this. Bit puzzled as to why they did the competition if they released all 4 beers.
Sebletitje (15913) reviewed Alpha from Brussels Beer Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bouteille 33cl @ Délices et Caprices, séance dégustation. BB 28/10/2014. Orangée-ambrée léger, col blanc épais. Arôme présente les caractéristiques type belge dans la levure tirant sur des esters fruités. Note orangée, pelure avec ce bouquet typique de blanche mais ici plus centrée sur les malts. Palais reste assez douce avec encore ce côté ester fruité, pointe d’épice. L’ajout de brett est très discret et développe malheureusement très peu le caractère des bretts. Fini sec avec des notes malts pâles. Ok, mais reste typique de nombreuses belges. L’idée de brett était intéressante surtout pour un projet qui se veut novateur, mais ici, le tout reste trop dans l’ombre.