Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at La Source, Friday 29th April 2022. Pours almost perfectly clear warm gold with a white head. A little oily moutheel, sweet and thick, but also quite hefty, surprised at how dry this finishes.

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

Can 33 cl. Pours a cloudy, almost opaque golden with an off-white head. Spicy hop aroma atop a slight pechiness. Rich, sweet almost syrupy body. Not a lot of flavor, just sweet fruitiness and massive residual sweetness. Rather muted finishing bitterness. A sugar bomb indeed. 250222

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

NEDIPA created for Billie's Craft Beer Fest, hopped with Strata, Mosaic in cryogenic form, 'ordinary' Mosaic and the custom Cryo POP blend from Yakima Chief Hops. Can from tderoeck, thanks! Thick and frothy, snow white, large-bubbled, moussy, opening and dissipating head, eventually reduced to a white ring over an initially near clear, warm golden beer with visible sparkling, turning hazy with more ochre-ish hue in the end. Strong, very dank nose of (over)ripe papaya, pomelo, armpit sweat, stale mango juice, Screwdriver, gin, orange zest, diesel, varnish, damp earth and even a brief whiff of manure. Sweet onset, bathing in tropical fruit juiciness (mango, papaya, mandarin) with medium carb and full, oily body; biscuity and cookie-ish malts under a big wave of hoppiness, providing more grapefruity bitterness than is typically the case in a NEDIPA, along with a retronasal 'cloud' of tropical fruit, citrus, tropical orchids but also strong sweaty dankness. Unsurprisingly, a prominent alcohol effect sets in towards the finish, wodka-like and peppery with an astringent tail, interfering too much with the hops for me. Overly boozy - why not keep this at, say, 8% ABV or so? Then there are some less flattering aspects to the nose as well, but La Source is still identifiable in being completely devoid of any typically 'Belgian' associations; this could have been made anywhere in the world where the 'haze craze' has gotten a foothold. Too boozy and too dank for me, I expected a bit more, to be honest.

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

Draught Huge, towering dense head over faintly veiled old golden beer. Dry/dried hops/dried herbs; bit peppery, faint resin. Sweet! Cloved oranges with some sugar, or orangesyrup. Hints at orangeliqueur. Slightly syrupy, oily feel. Medium carbonation. Slightly disconcerting beer. Has definitely some liqueur touches, but with its 12% ABV (which it hides pretty well); it ought to have a flavour explosion. And that is sorely missing.

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

Draft @ Billie's 2021, shared with Brewver BE crew.
Dorée claire - assez 'clean' pour une IPA qui pousse au 4ième niveau - pas mal cela augure un aspect des grandes classiques côté ouest US. Le col est crémeux blanc-cassé assez tenace.
Arôme est d'office sur le côté 'dank', belles notes de pin, agrumes avec un bouquet malté qui malgré les 12% reste discret et permet aux houblons de se faire bien présent.
Palais est épais, boozy qui reste modéré pour être si haut pour une IPA. Niveau houblons - c'est un peu le florilège entre le pin, agrumes, herbacé, je tout très 'juicy dank'.
Se laisse boire de manière très traître.

Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2021. A clear yellow golden beer. Aroma of strong pale malt, straw, citrus. Taste of sweet strong pale malt, yellow fruits, mango.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draught @ Billie's Craft Beer Festival 2021. Slightly hazy, quite sweet and malty with some ripeish tropical fruits, hops and citrus. Heavy and dry finish, slightly warming alcohol. A bit unbalanced.

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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

12/XI/21 - sample @ Billies Craft Beer Festival Day 1 (Waagnatie, Antwerp), BB: n/a (2021-1305) Thanks to the Brewver crew and other beer buddies for sharing today’s beers!

Clear pale blond yellow beer, no head. Aroma: very dank, juicy, tropical fruits, cheesy, sweaty feet, very dank, very intense. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: super dank, very hoppy, diesel, sweet and a bit sugary, good stuff! Aftertaste: good bitterness, very hopy, resinous, juicy, lots of tropical fruits, citrus, nice one!