7.4

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

Fruity, full body with a resinous-hoppy finish. Thx for the bottle, Jef V. !

7.4

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

Belgian IPA by the guys at Gulden Spoor, steinie bottle from Wijnegemse Drankenhal. Thick and frothy, tight papery-lacing, beaten egg-white, foamy head over misty deep orange beer with amber-ruddy tinge and vivid sparkling. Aroma of old abbey cheese, dried orange peel, pink peppercorns, sweet paprika, hint of iron shavings, spoiling ginger root, old chili peppers, chicken soup, stewed oyster mushroom, old bread. Crisp, sweetish onset, orange flesh note amidst impressions of dried apricot and dried mango, sharp and bit numbing (over)carbonation, adding strong minerally effects; still supple, bit oily mouthfeel, peanutty and dry cracker-like maltiness with that nuttiness lingering underneath a robust, confident hoppiness, adding both retronasal aroma (old citrus peel, herb cheese, bell pepper) and long-stretching, spicy, grapefruity, bit quinine-like bitterness, with a subtle alcohol warmth accentuating its pepperiness. Remains fairly soft, though, but in a good way; only issue here is that this bottle has spent a bit too much time on the shelf, with the hops having gone a tad cheesy and the malts already showing early signs of oxidation. In trying to mentally reconstruct a picture of this beer in fresh condition, I can imagine it being aromatic, crisp and pleasantly bitter, so in that sense it approaches the 'new' international IPA standard a lot better than many other present-day attempts in Belgium do. Gulden Spoor, as always, proves very decent and trustworthy here.

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Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

8.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Voici une IPA tout à fait appréciable autour d'arôme simples mais efficaces de résineux, caramel et d'agrumes (utilisation de Simcoe?). Elle manque cependant d'évolutivité et de complexité. En verre, nous sommes sur une ambrée avec un EBC aux alentours de 28 et un mousse blanc cassé d'un cm d'épaisseur. Le nez donne le la : résineux en priorité avec caramel et pamplemousse en complément. L'attaque est parfaitement équilibrée, sur le pamplemousse caramel et résineux avec un très bel houblon. La deuxième bouche, qui monte en amertume met davantage en avant les arômes de pamplemousse. L'arrière quant à elle est linéaire mais d'une bonne ampleur. La troisième bouche, saillant est la plus amère (IBU de 45, bien dosé) avant un final qui retombe trop rapidement en amertume mais d'une longueur acceptable et toujours sur notre trio aromatique. Le sucre est très légèrement surdosé, mais mention spéciale à l'alcool, à 7% Abv, vraiment impeccable. Un manque de variation, mais du travail bien fait.

6.8

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

Bottle from Dranken Vandewoude and drunk at home. Red brown colour lasting beige head. Rich malty beer with plenty of hops on the finish. Hoppy Belgian ale aroma sweet in the mouth hoppy a little bitterness. Ok hoppy Belgian ale. .

7.3

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

F: huge, light tan, long lasting. C: red orange, hazy. A: malt, tropical fruits, hint of pine resin, caramel, grapefruit. T: malt, earthy, passion fruits, grapefruit, caramel, pine resin, medium body, soft carbonation, quite good balanced and tasty IPA, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Spar supermarket in Oostende.

7.8

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

Bottle from Geers. Hazy brown colour, beige foam. Sweet nose of tropical fruit, honey, caramel malt. Bitter finish. Lively carbonation. Very nice and balanced. Good IPA.

7

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

Smak och doft av humle, malt, karamell, honung, citrus, jäst, granskott, grapefrukt med toner av ljus torkad frukt. Fruktig, stor sötma, fin beska. Aningen mycket sötma och smak av alkohol.

7.1

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

Imported from my RateBeer account as Gulden Spoor IPA (by Gulden Spoor):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

18/XII/15 - 33cl from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: IV/2015 (2015-1732)

Note: well, that took me long enough to finally find this beer! Finally!
Clear orange beer, big solid creamy yellowish to off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. aroma: fruity, sweet, pretty sugary, some banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice bitter start, fruity, caramel malts, grapefruit, some citrus, bit metallic. Aftertaste: bitter, resinous, metallic, more bitterness, some sweet malts, touch of honey, alcohol. Ok, but not as good as I had hoped for...