SI52 Session IPA - Loreleie
Brouwbar in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.81
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Ten minste houdbaar tot: 5/2/21
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tderoeck (22711) reviewed SI52 Session IPA - Loreleie from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
2/X/20 - 33cl bottle from Brouwbar (Gent, BE), shared @ home, BB: n/a (2020-952) Thanks to Benji for saving me a bottle!
Pretty clear blond orange beer, small irregular off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of sweet tropical fruits, peaches, touch of caramel, some lychee, bit grassy, hint of banana. MF: soft to no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: watery start, soft bitterness, malty, grains, bit grassy, slightly fruity, hint of peaches, some citrus, bit rubbery, chemical. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, citrus notes, some tropical fruits, pineapple, bit chemical, rubbery, bit nasty, some overripe pineapple.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed SI52 Session IPA - Loreleie from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Session IPA made by Brouwbar exclusively for the ceremony surrounding the relocation of the Loreleie, a statue in the city of Ghent depicting a naked lady and symbolizing the confluence of the Schelde and Leie rivers, where the city was built. I cannot thank Jolien, the brewer's wife, enough for providing me with a bottle - so far my record of Brouwbar's beers remains complete... Thick and mousy, somewhat uneven-bubbled and slowly breaking, egg-white head over a misty pale orange-tinged apricot blonde beer, not so much 'amberkleurig', though. Lovely citrusy, delicate bouquet of lemon blossoms, lime flesh, orange zest, kumquat, granadilla, bread crumbs, lemon verbena, dried white clover flowers, fresh rainwater, even a very vague background whiff of aniseed somewhere. Clean, subtle onset, sweetish fruitiness of lime flesh membrane, slight granadilla and a touch of guava with a vague hint of pear, all restrained and well-connected; softish carbonation even for the style, thinning the mouthfeel a bit, but otherwise feeling nicely oily and slick. Smooth, clean, lightly biscuity maltiness with a bread-crusty- or cracker-like touch to it, slight powdery hoppiness in the end, and when the hops unfold, the mouth and nose cavities are filled with lovely, kumquat- and pomelo-like citrusiness with a tropical touch - guava and granadilla springing to mind again. Bitterness lingers a bit, more so than in some other session beers created by Brouwbar before, lending a bit of body, warmth and character to the finish, while the aromas fade and a more citrus peel-like scent remains. Delicately gracious, almost 'volatile' but still with a strong, characterful core: I guess one could argue that this beer is as feminine as the statue it celebrates. Brouwbar house style elegance applied to a light, aromatic quencher: this may well be the best session IPA this sympathetic brewpub has produced so far. Enjoyed it a lot, cheers Jolien (and Benjamin of course)!