Khop Killer
Brasserie iLLeGaaL in Forest / Vorst, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brasserie de Jandrain-JandrenouilleIPA - New England / Hazy Regular
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Score
6.91
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Perfect for the summer with a big "Sliffff" .
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nathanvc (6963) reviewed Khop Killer from Brasserie iLLeGaaL 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Delhaize Dok Noord.
A: hazy orange, stable, frothy, off-white head.
A: grass, straw, rusk, melon, grapefruit peel, lemongrass, spring onion.
T: sweetish melon & mandarin, bitter spring onion, starch, bread crust.
F: grassy & some resinous hops, grapefruit peel, yeast.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Stylewise even "Belgian Hazy" would be a stretch. Needs some refining, and we have a decent Belgian IPA at hand.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Khop Killer from Brasserie iLLeGaaL 10 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
10/IV/25 - 33cl can from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ holiday in France, BB: 24/II/26 (2025-334)
Clear light yellow beer, dense creamy white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty fruity, peaches, mango, papaya, some citrus. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, very fruity, some tropical fruits, juicy, a little malty, gentle bitterness. Aftertaste: fruity, some citrus, zesty, a little soapy, bitter finish.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Khop Killer from Brasserie iLLeGaaL 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL)
F: medium, white, almost good retention.
C: gold, hazy.
A: vaguely citrus, hazy, bit floral, bit caramel, lemongrass.
T: medium malty base, citrus, tropical fruits, bready, spicy, bit herbal, yeasty touch, decent bitterness, medium carbonation, let´s say ok, not bad at least.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Khop Killer from Brasserie iLLeGaaL 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Le Lac (gig venue for black metal night in Brussels feat. Gevurah, Serpent Noir and LVTHN), pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out a dusty, earthy hop character, Belgian yeast, bit of grittiness, and floral notes. Flavour is bright and spicy, with lots of bitter floral hops, spicy Belgian yeast, some gritty yeast, and a dry, bitter finish. Not as refined as, say, XX or XXX Bitter, but surprisingly well-made and well-hopped. Good stuff.
panzerxiii (3989) ticked Khop Killer from Brasserie iLLeGaaL 4 years ago
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Khop Killer from Brasserie iLLeGaaL 4 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bouteille 33cl. Étiquette à la BodyCount - légèrement passable.
Dorée, blanc crémeux.
Arôme est sur un nez fin malté plus sur un léger caramel rappelant d'une APA. Petite pointe de fruits à noyaux avec un soupçon fleuri fleur orange-sureau.
Palais est plaisant style IPA belge avec une approche entre DLS et DeRanke. Houblonné amer, finement fruité avec un léger côté agrumes. Sécheresse du grain en retrait. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Circus IPA on 12 Mar 2025 at 13:30 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Draft @ Café Circus. Il semblerait que cette IPA soit un alias de l'Illegaal classique ...
Léger pâle, dorée, col fin crémeux blanc tenace.
Arôme est frais, bien houblonné de suite sur un bouquet délicat fruité tropical, résine avec un côté d'orange givrée en rétro-nasal. Bien parfumée pour une IPA classique qui ne cherche pas à surfer sur le hazy.
Palais est sur une belle base houblonnée - classique mais tirant sur une inspiration côté ouest américaine - je note pas mal de résineux, fruits à noyaux, abricot et pointe de mangue tout en ayant une finalité herbacée et florale rappelant la camomille.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Khop Killer from Brasserie iLLeGaaL 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The summer beer in this Illegaal series, issued by a namesake non-profit organisation in Brussels using beer to unite and support young artists making their way in the world of street art, music and so on; they have these beers brewed at Jandrain-Jandrenouille to original recipes and that includes this Khop Killer. Bottle bought online, lot number 728-200227 apparently, brewed in February of this year. Medium sized, egg-white, bit irregular and uneven-bubbled head showing gaps but otherwise quite well-retaining, over a hazy straw blonde beer with ochre-ish tinge. Aroma of lime blossoms, lemon grass, some lemon candy even, dry bread crust, old rusk, jute bags, dry straw, angelica flowers, stale apple juice, something vaguely urine-like, dry white pepper, pineapple, minerals. Spritzy onset, lots of fizzy carbonation but not in a harshly stinging way, very minerally still, rushing through fruity aspects of pineapple, banana peel, green apple and unripe peach - yet remaining very low in sweetness; this dry profile continues in the middle, when a slick, bread crumb- and even old potato-like maltiness develops, under growing spiciness from hops and some phenols; lots of yeasty breadiness in the end (powdery) but also a firm, rooty hop bitterness, quinine- and grapefruit peel-ish, bringing slight tropical-flowery and citric-zesty aspects retronasally which I imagine must have been a lot more bright when the beer was still young. More characterful than I was expecting, but clearly it has not kept very well even if I am still drinking it before its best before date: the yeast turned into a powdery, almost starchy 'bread crumb' effect and the hops must have lost most of their glow. Still very drinkable though, if you consider it to be a blonde bitter or even a saison of sorts, rather than an hazy IPA by which it seems vaguely influenced.