Haze of Spades
Vleesmeester Brewery in Boechout, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Tall Poppy Brewing CompanyIPA - New England / Hazy Regular
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Score
7.20
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This beer was originally made for the ‘Kraddel’s 10K Madness’ event.
The idea was to brew an IPA in the NEIPA style category, with better knowledge than just making your random IPA hazy. A completely different water profile, custom made mash schedule, and typical yeast were used, next to a hopping method that is unique to this style. A limited number of kegs will be made, the ones not sold at the event will be sold exclusively at Vleesmeester’s taproom. The summer of 2018 will be thirst quenching !
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7/10
backlog: Billie's Craft Beer Fest day 1 - 3.7
Tried
on 21 Dec 2018
at 13:31
Tried
on 01 Dec 2018
at 13:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2018, Day 1. A murky golden beer. Aroma of fresh citrus hops, fruity hops, citrus nectar. Taste of dry grassy hops, citrus, wheat, dank, moderate bitter finish.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2018
at 08:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Modeste Bierfestival, Antwerp. Hazy opaque orange color, medium to full sized off-white head. Aroma is citrussy, hayish hop bitter. Taste malts, hops, moderately fruity, nicely bitter, fruity bitter. Soft mouthfeel, suitable soft carbonation. Cheers Dylan, congrats on your 10k!
Tried
on 07 Oct 2018
at 09:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks! Sampled draft @ Kraddel's 10K Madness. Bit uglier hazy orange, little white head. Nose is pleasant mango, peach, stone fruit, minor haze but in the right ballpark. Taste is overripe fruit, raw bread dough, touch yeast which doesn’t fully fit it but overall proper overripe fruit & some mango. Not top but very properly done & nice to drink, very neat. Hail Lemmy!
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jul 2018
at 08:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught Good yellow-white head, stable, over fully hazy pineapple juice-coloured beer. Pineapple, grapefruit, passion fruit, runny cheese, overtly fruity. Sweet-fruity flavours with a bitter finish, and a fine fruit-sour lining, excellent balance. The fruitflavours dominate throughout, thanks to the chosen hops. Yeast/protein-filled, quite slick but not chewy. Far from bad. This beer might be perfected by applying British-style finings...
Tried
on 29 Jul 2018
at 06:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Vleesmeester - Haze Of Spades (by Vleesmeester Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
28/VII/18 - on tap, shared @ Kraddel's 10K event, Beerlovers Bar (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2018-919)
Pretty cloudy blond to beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, sweet, tropical fruits, mango, hint of vanilla. sugary, some caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter from the start, hoppy, rather resinous, some citrus, pineapple, dry, slightly yeasty. Aftertaste: hoppy, resinous, bitter, fruity notes, bit sweetish. Nice one!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
28/VII/18 - on tap, shared @ Kraddel's 10K event, Beerlovers Bar (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2018-919)
Pretty cloudy blond to beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, sweet, tropical fruits, mango, hint of vanilla. sugary, some caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter from the start, hoppy, rather resinous, some citrus, pineapple, dry, slightly yeasty. Aftertaste: hoppy, resinous, bitter, fruity notes, bit sweetish. Nice one!
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2018
at 20:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Kraddel's 10K Madness, congrats Dylan! Pun on Motörhead - Ace Of Spades. Murky yellow-golden color with white head. Aroma is orange juice, biscuity malts, wheat. Taste is orange juice, a bit dusty, mealy. Oily mouthfeel with low carbonation. Fun, but quite good Haze.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2018
at 19:03
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Made for the event surrounding my 10.000th review. This was one of the 10 beers made for the event. The idea was to brew a NEIPA, something Belgian's don't seem to be to great in just yet. I requested this to Vleesmeester, since they produce my favorite Belgian IPA ( Hoogheid ) . This beer is named after the song 'Ace Of Spades' by Motorhead. Pours very unclear amberblonde. Very yeasty lookin’ beer. Small white head. Smell is malty, hops are relatively mild. Taste is full, bit bitter, very creamy, mild hoparoma. Very in style of NEIPA, which makes me very pleased. Hoparoma could be amped up a bit more to make it compete with international greats. But as far as BE goes, this is the best example I drank so far. I made the right choice here! A big thnx to the brewers for joining forces on this one!
Tried
on 28 Jul 2018
at 10:46