Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Dranken Vandewoude and drunk at home hazy gold colour lasting white head. Some citrus aroma some tropical fruit. More tropical fruit in the mouth. Its a decent ipa. Good tropical fruits. Not much bitterness. Good fruit.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

One of these 'postmodern' Lupulus creations trying to be innovative, in this case a NEIPA using Cryo Pop, a pelletised blend of hops in which, through a cryogenic processing technique, the lupulin is separated from the actual hop flower from which it came, thus creating a more 'pureed', concentrated hoppines. Can from the Jumbo supermarket in Ghent. Off-white, irregular-bubbled, open, very loosely knit foam developing during pouring, but then dissolving like the foam on a glass of coke - equally quickly and with exactly the same fizzing sound, leaving absolutely nothing in a few seconds for some strange reason; pale straw blonde, clear robe with a minimum of visible sparkling and a yellowish glow. Aroma of lemon blossoms, honey pomelo flesh, dried lemonbalm, unripe banana, watermelon, green guava, bread crumbs, freshly mown lawn, raw turnip, curry powder, jasmin and even sesame seed oil faraway in the distance. Fruity onset, sweetish with notes of guava, green banana, green kiwi and unripe melon, oddly quite well-carbonated (even a bit stingy) in spite of the total lack of head retention, supple body, cereally pale malt sweet(ish) with vague bread crumb-like notes, aromatised by the Cryo Pop - in this case providing guava, lime blossom and watermelon impressions, but all rather fleetingly so, needing more 'expression' in a way; bitterness meanwhile remains very limited while they did manage to offer a 'naturally' dry finish, weirdly. I visited this brewery fifteen-odd years ago when they just became independent of Achouffe and brewed altogether traditional Belgian ales, but even in those days, they did come up with something pleasantly surprising every now and then (the collaborational IPA with Brooklyn in NY, Brooklynette, back in their Trois Fourquets period, remains unforgettable); yet at that time, I did not see coming what would emerge from this small brewery later. In their endless search for boosting simple recipes with new and trendy hop innovations, they have produced a few pretty decent beers in the past five to ten years so I was hoping for this one to be among those; and basically it does more or less meet my expectations, with a hoppy juiciness and aromatic intensity one only rarely sees in Belgium. Then again, it lacks haziness, creaminess and colourfulness to qualify as even a standard NEIPA - and even more offensively, it lacks a head completely... A difficult case in my system of reviewing - but let's balance out the pros against the contras and give it a medium good score.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from a local bottle shop. Aroma is citrussy hop with pineapple, grass, touch of oats, lightly dank hop. Orange. Flavour is light to moderate sweet with a moderate bitterness. Body is medium. Grassy and citrussy, decent, bit dank.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at the Wildeman, Amsterdam. Poured a light hazy yellow golden colour. The aroma is grainy malt, lemon citrus. The flavour is moderate to light sweet and bitter with a smooth, light, slightly watery, lemon citrus, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average to soft carbonation.

Fruchtig, stark, ausgewogen, so muss

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Draught at Beerlovers Bar, Antwerpen, 19 Oct 2023) Golden colour, slightly hazy, with frothy white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, tropical fruit, orange and pineapple. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, pineapple, tropical fruit, grass, white bread and a mild citric/tropical bitterness. More than medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Fresh and juicy. Very nice.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy, golden color and a nice white head. Nice nose of tropical fruits, something sweet fruity. Taste starts with a decent sweet fruityness, hoppy, rather dry finish.

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

Can, hazy palish orange colour, small stable bubbly head, very ripe oranges, maltiness and herbs, medium strong herbal biterness, quite sweet. Nice, nothing special.