DI65 Double IPA
Brouwbar in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.03
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nathanvc (6963) reviewed DI65 Double IPA from Brouwbar 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 August 2021. At Brouwbar. Cheers to Maarten! Hazy dark orange, stable, foamy, off-white head. Aroma of hard cheese, basil, blood orange, mango, dried grapefruit peel, biscuit. Taste has sweetish orange juice, mango & lychee in a biscuity malt body, a bit walnutty almost; bitter tones of grapefruit & herbs, somewhat cheesy effect. Resinous hoppy finish with bitter citrus peel, pine & cheese, dash of warming alcohol hinting at spicy gin. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Very well made, a real feat by Brouwbar.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed DI65 Double IPA from Brouwbar 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Remake of DI55, Brouwbar's double IPA from last winter, with slightly altered recipe. Egg-white, frothy, thick and dense, stable head, hazy peach blonde robe with warm beige-ish orange glow. Aroma of orange juice and orange zest, mandarin, wet biscuit, ripe peach, some light sweaty dankness, minerals, orange cake, subtle hints of peanut, Turkish delight, apple peel and freshly cut cucumber. Cleanly fruity, sweetish onset, hinting at peach, melon and pineapple with a dash of lychee, minerally carbonated in a small-bubbled and very well-measured way; slick oily body, biscuity and lightly caramelly malt sweetness under a growing citric hoppiness, eventually displaying a retronasal wave of mandarin, pomelo and orange with accents of melon and papaya, colourful and gently bittering, the latter aspect propelled forward by a soft glow of gin-like alcohol. Classically designed 'West Coast' IPA in a friendly and elegant way, as fitting in Brouwbar's typical house style; I already liked Benjamin's earlier interpretations of strong IPAs a lot but this one is again an improvement on the already very pleasant DI55. Extra point for boasting an impressive 9% ABV and being able to (almost) perfectly hide it - drinkability is dangerously high in this one.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed DI65 Double IPA from Brouwbar 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
28/VII/21 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent), BB: n/a (2021-681)
Little cloudy deep orange beer, big solid dense creamy egg shell coloured head, very stable, adhesive, leaving lots of lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots and lots of diacetyl, pretty unpleasant, herbal, very minty character, little soapy, malty, grains, cow fodder, maybe not the best choice of hops for this beer? MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty start, spicy and herbal, mint, some cardamom, very buttery, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: spicy, curcuma, cardamom, pretty bitter, bit grassy, some tropical fruits, more diacetyl, sweet touch, herbal green hops. Not a fan.