't Bottelke

Jessenhofke in Kuringen, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪

Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular

Score

6.41

ABV: 6.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 2

’t Bottelke is een huisbier van de Bottelarij. Het bier werd gebrouwen met Belgische, biologische hop van Joris Cambie uit Poperinge. ‘t Bottelke is een blond bier met een zachte citrustoets door de unieke smaak van het citroengras dat toegevoegd werd. De toevoeging van het citroengras is een idee van Jef Vanhove, medewerker van AKSI vzw en tevens hobbybrouwer. Tijdens overlegmomenten met Jessenhofke formuleerde hij ook andere voorstellen (een heel hoppig bier met veel smaak, toevoeging van tarwe) waarmee Gert Jordens aan de slag is gegaan. Het resultaat is een zacht doordrinkbier met een gebalanceerde bitterheid-hoppigheid

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5.8

Alengrin (11609) reviewed 't Bottelke from Jessenhofke 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Celebrational beer for the 'Bottelarij' in Ulbeek, the old St. Rochus brewery, made with Poperinge hops. Steinie bottle from Wijnegemse Drankenhal. Membrane-lacing, egg-white, mousy head with large gaps shortly after pouring but otherwise well-retaining, lightly misty straw-golden blonde robe, more misty 'old gold' with sediment. Aroma of strong DMS (overcooked Brussels sprouts), flour, banana, soap, chewing gum, coriander seed, raw parsnip, croissants, spoiling potato soup, old apple cake, wet grass, pineapple. Sweetish onset in a subdued way, soft sourish edge, bubblegummy effects mixed with green pear and pineapple, banana but not as much as expected, minerally carbonation effect but not harshly overcarbonated, in fact rather 'softish' for a Belgian blonde; supple mouthfeel, but very soapy, with a white bread dough-like character. The soapiness is further enhanced in the finishing stage by the ubiquitous coriander seed, but its spiciness remains very mild; so does hop bitterness, limiting itself to a faint floral and tea-ish effect in the end. Thinnish white bread pulp sweetishness, even slim graininess and light estery effects dominate, with not nearly enough hops to bring any kind of personality to this altogether feeble, thin and very underwhelming beer. Here we are again: the umpteenth forgettable beer with a story far greater than the beer itself. I'm so sick of this phenomenon - if only those f*cking reformations here wouldn't limit me to 1500 characters!

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2018 at 00:30

6.2

jefverstraete (7489) reviewed 't Bottelke from Jessenhofke 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from LDW, Eke. Light hazy yellow colour, white foam. Not a lot of aroma, light citrus, yeasty, lemongrass. Taste is light bitter, some citrus peel. Nothing special.

Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2018 at 06:55