6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Circus Session IPA. Helder goudgeel bier met mooie schuimkraag die helaas snel wegzakt. Smaak is bitter hoppig en fruitig met iets van citrus en wat ananas en een vleug koriander.

7.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Gusher. Straw blond with egg white head. Aroma and flavour have a delicate spicy coriander note against a fresh citrus hop bitterness. Very refreshing and easy to drink.

6.6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

The second beer from these (literal) circus artists, originally simply labelled blond but intended as a session IPA from the start, which explains why meanwhile, the label has been changed and now clearly states Jongleur Session IPA. Very irregular, uneven-bubbled, shred-lacing, off-white, quickly opening head on a hazy straw blonde beer with pale apricot hue, turning cloudy and more ochre-ish with sediment. Aroma of ripe banana, lemon candy, sugared lime juice, orange zest, lemongrass, raw white bread dough, raw parsnip, lemon thyme, sweetclover, hints of pumice, lavender, freshly cut red apples, ripe pear, pineapple, acacia honey, soap or even ladies' perfume. Crisp onset, less banana ester sweetness than expected based on the nose, accents of pineapple, pear and green apples, in all quite sweetish but not excessively so, light cucumber-like sourish edge accentuated by very fizzy, initially even painfully stinging carbonation; supple body, feeling a tad fuller than 4% ABV. Bready and cereally malts, sweetish with some esters and phenols soaked into it, but ending hop bitter in a leafy, somewhat earthy but also lightly citrusy manner, with retronasal aromas of lemonbalm, sweetclover and lemon thyme - though remaining far removed from the bright, clean and crisp citrusiness I tend to expect from even an old school IPA. Some pumice-like minerality in the end, along with somewhat annoying soapiness, lingering hop bitterness and soft, if a bit 'dirty' breadiness. Feels a bit 'untidy', in all, something I do not usually appreciate in a session IPA; very 'Belgian' as well, with lots of phenolic and (banana-)estery activity, as well as lots of bready effects. If anything, this is a Belgian blonde hop-forwarded with New World aspects, but still a very Belgian blonde in its very nature; still the Circus brewery is now selling it as an ISA, so I guess we have to respect brewer's intent. Way too yeasty, needs cleaning up and needs a more expressive hop profile - but that said, not a bad beer at all, light-bodied and aromatic, with a decent amount of 'end bitterness', in all. Enjoyable enough, but be sure to expect a Belgian style ale rather than anything truly IPA-like - as is usually the case with these Belgian attempts at whatever IPA style.

7

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

6.3

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

Bottle at home. Clear golden color, virtually no head. Smell and taste malts, quite hoppy, slightly metallic, decently bitter. Decent body and carbonation. Decent. 6-3-6-3-13.

7

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

33cl bottle. A clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of mild orange fruits, citrus, flowers. Taste of moderate hoppy bitter orange fruits, grapefruit, wheat malt. Okay!

7

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

02/06/2018 - small tasting glass @Brouwers in 't Bos, Ename. Clear yellow, creamy white head. Nose is fresh hops, citrus, bit grassy. Taste is citrus, some grapefruit, bit malts. Nice.

7.2

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

Bottle from LDW, Eke. Hazy golden colour, white foam. Nose of dried herbs, weed, citrus. Taste is dry, grassy and bitter. Well balanced. Nice low alcohol beer.

7.5

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

F: huge, almost white, good retention. C: gold, hazy, bit yeasty veils. A: fresh fruity, citrus, tropical fruits, banana, mango, peach. T: malty backbone, grapefruits, bit tangerine, tropical fruits, decent harmonic long lasting bitterness on the palate, very good balanced, refreshing enjoyed, medium body and carbonation, 0,33l bottle from Spar supermarket in Oostende.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Circus Brouwerij Jongleur (by De Circus Brouwerij):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

7/I/17 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: V/2016 (2017-25)

Clear pale blond beer, big solid creamy white head. Aroma: fruity, bit sweet, yeasty touch, ripe banana, marzipan, floral, some lavender even. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, pretty soapy, citrus, bit fruity. Aftertaste: some grapefruit, pretty sweet, sugary, banana, bitter finish with some citrus though. Not bad!