6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy dark blond colour with thin head. Aroma is intensely fruity. Like canned peaches. Taste starts out similarly before the bitterness grows and grows. Quite intense.

6.6

Nice showcase of galaxy, but too bitter for me. More like a classic 90s ipa, not quite enough malt body to balance it. Brouwbar gent

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

28 October 2021. At Brouwbar. Cheers to Anke, Ama & Johan!

Hazy ochre, small, foamy, off-white head. Aroma of ripe mango, physalis, orange juice, lychee, grapefruit peel, peach. Taste has sweet peach, lychee & orange; bitter citrus peel note, bit piney, some citrus zest, over a doughy malt base. Bitter floral hoppy finish, grapefruity with lingering tropical stonefruit. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Very full and juicy; Brouwbar has definitely been spoiling us.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Hazy IPA single-hopped with Galaxy, new by Brouwbar and tasted there from tap. Egg-white, moussy, stable, medium thick, plaster-like lacing head, hazy peach blonde robe with rosy to amberish glow. Aroma brimming with juiciness: pineapple, green kiwi, guava, rambutan, orange juice, pink grapefruit, soggy biscuit, dried lemongrass touch, minerals. Very juicy in the mouth as well: lots of yellow kiwi, guava, ripe pineapple and mandarin, refinedly fizzy and ‘clearing’ crystalline carbonation, oily to even velvety body; lovely biscuity malt sweetishness, supple but sufficiently full, drenched in very aromatic, citrusy and guava-like hoppiness, with a lime-like sourish edge to it adding refreshment. Tropical fruits (though not exaggeratedly so) mingle with green citrus and yellow kiwi – and this wave of refreshing hoppiness, also providing welcoming spicy bitterness in the end, lingers about for quite a while. As with the new quad tasted that same evening, I was quite struck by how expressive this beer is; I have been used to Brouwbar’s house style from the start and I usually tend to explain it as being highly elegant and balanced, keeping craft beer ideas at such a level of moderation that they appeal to a larger, non-craft-oriented audience without losing their credibility, a difficult balancing act Brouwbar specializes in; but both Q69 and this GI70 are much more exuberant, powerful and assertive than usual for them. In fact, this might well be their best IPA so far, without downplaying the merits of the many other IPA variants they made so far, of course. Very impressed.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

8/X/21 - on tap @ Brouwbar, BB: n/a (2021-1142)

Cloudy blond to beige beer, small creamy off-white to yellowish head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots and lots of tropical fruits, sweet impression, oranges, orange peel, more fruity, hint of diacetyl. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity, good bitterness, herbal touch, hoppy, pretty dry, sweet touch, some mango. Aftertaste: very bitter, bit resinous, some honey, fruity, dry finish, good one!