Hip Hop Headbanger
Microbrouwerij De Keukenbrouwers in Hove, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.27
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Strong blonde Belgian ale by Keukenbrouwers, from the familiar steinie bottle, found in my cellar without having a clue where I bought it. Slow gusher, but being familiar with opening bottled Hip Hops, I was prepared and managed to pour the beer without a drop spilt. Very thick, foamy, frothy head, egg-white and coarse, irregularly shaped and leaving thick patches of lacing on the edge of the glass; pure, warm golden blonde robe with 'old gold' hue, lightly hazy with dots of translucent yeast bits floating around everywhere, more equally misty and a bit more ochre-ish with sediment. Aroma of freshly cut ripe Doyenné pear, apricot jam, lots of banana and even bubblegum, 'appeljenever', very sweet ripe orange flesh, meringue, raw pineapple, sweetbread, calvados, candy apple, hints of powder sugar, honey liqueur, gari, cloves, dough and some very light but inoffensive, onsetting oxidation. Very spritzy onset, strongly numbing overcarbonation stinging on the tongue, very minerally, smothering basic fruitiness of bubblegummy banana ester, sugared apple and pear, peach and pineapple, adding sourness to what is basically a very sweet main flavour with a thick load of honeyish residual sugar weighing on a smooth, pale malt and white bread sweetish core; light spicy phenols in the end mingle with the residual sugariness and malt sweetness, finishing in only very light, subtly floral hoppiness incapable of delivering enough 'body' to the finish. Ends with a lot of residual white candi syrup sweetness - of the incompletely fermented kind - combined with still tingling minerally carb, a very vague background hint of oxidation, late earty hop bitterishness and, unsurprisingly, a notably warming, wry, eventually rather obnoxious calvados- and 'jenever'-like alcohol effect. I was expecting way worse, to be completely honest, but all things considered, this is clearly a Duvel imitation - or tribute - with, contrary to the real thing, much more residual sweetness than it can handle. A 'headbanger' indeed, the beer I'll hold responsible for the hangover that awaits me tomorrow, with its drinkability impaired not only by too much lingering sweetness and astringent alcohol, but also by harsh overcarbonation. Once again a failed attempt at rivalling the famous Duvel, I'd say.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
F: huge, white, long lasting. C: blonde to pale gold, hazy. A: malty, orange peels, citrus, spicy, yeasty, bit fresh leaves. T: malty, bit herbal, honey, light orange, light fruity, sweet spicy, dough, medium to full body, high bit disturbing carbonation, not bad beside the carbonation, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Prik & Tik Leuven.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours very light, clear strawyellow blonde. Very big white head ( nearly 85 % of the glass ), but consisting of big bubbles so fades very fast. Smell is bit bitter, grassy/spicy hops, very low intensity though. Taste is sharp, intense grains, some Belgian yeast ( sticky sweetness, some esthers, mild phenols ) rather bitter. Lots of the taste goes lost by the sufficient overcarbonation of the beer. I thought I had seen this as an Imperial IPA on here, but seems to be wrong. i wanted to comment this is more in the style of Duvel, but that seems to be the category it's placed in by both Brewer and Ratebeer. In it's style, it's very well made though. perhaps a bit lower carbonation might work for the better here, but the overall taste and scent , as well as body seem to be really well done.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Keukenbrouwers Hip Hop Headbanger (by Microbrouwerij De Keukenbrouwers):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 8/20, MyTotalScore: 2.4/5
16/X/17 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk), shared @ home - BB: 27/VIII/19 (2017-1792)
Note: opened with a very loud BANG, SLOW GUSHER ALERT!
Clear orange to blond beer, creamy off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pronounced yeast, fruity esters, orange peel, bubble gum, bit of banana. MF: very lively carbon, too much to be enjoyable, medium body. Taste: sweet start, bit sourish, lots and lots of alcohol, spicy touch, some coriander, floral touch. Aftertaste: coriander, yeast, spicy, little bitter, sourish finish.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Hazy pale golden colour, small frothy off-white head, mostly diminishing, minimal lacing. Aroma, malts, light roast, yeast, light citrus. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, grainy. Malty sweetbitter aftertaste, spicy notes. Medium body, oily texture, flat carbonation, alcohol well-hidden, refreshing and easy to drink but nothing special.