La Reserve LAB Belgian IPA
Corniche Belgium International in Brussel / Bruxelles / Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brouwerij Anders!IPA - Belgian Regular
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Score
6.71
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Another ‘Belgian IPA’ – this time effectively labelled as such, for a change. Bottle from a delicacy shop in Sint-Martens-Latem. Very thick, rocky and foamy, membrane-lacing, egg-white, dense head towering over an initially clear, pure and yellowish golden beer, turning misty and somewhat ochre-ish with sediment. Aroma initially muffled by all that foam, but then starting to reveal impressions of oxidized green apple wedges, dried out white bread, bitter honey, banana peel, fresh thyme, wet grass, clove, green mandarin, lemonbalm, chamomile, pumice, cooked turnip. Crisp, fruity onset, notes of banana, apple and pear but nowhere too sweet, lively and very minerally carbonation, cereally and bread-crusty maltiness becoming decreasingly sweet and increasingly bitter as the finish approaches, bringing a long, leafy and floral hoppiness, rather earthy in the end, mingling with remaining breadiness and outspoken spicy phenols (clove, thyme, perhaps some nutmeg). ‘Long’, dry bitter blonde the Belgian way rather than true IPA so in that sense again a typical Belgian attempt at IPA – but as a hop-forward blonde, not the worst in its class and drinkable enough for me.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
@home poured into a shaker. Slightly hazy pale golden colour, good frothy white head, slowly dissipating, thin foamy layer remains, fair lacing. Aroma pale malts, apricot, peach, hint caramel, pine resin, stale hops. Mild taste, medium sweet and bitter, malty, peach, orange rind, resinous hops. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, dry bittersweet aftertaste, orange pith, dusty hops, well-balanced, despite some flaws quite nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33cl bottle from Delhaize Chazal in Brussels. F: medium, white, good retention. C: gold, hazy. A: orange, tangerine, bit mango, caramel touch, bit pine. T: medium malty base, orange, pine resin, tropical fruits, decent bitterness, caramel, dry on the palate, nice, enjoyed.