7.6

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

330mL bottle, pours a hazy golden orange with a large white head. Nose is very effervescent, with lots of Belgian yeast, a champagne-like funk, and light sweetness. Flavour is very similar, with a dry Belgian yeast character, some crisp champagne-like notes, and almost no residual sweetness. Spicy, dry and yeasty in the best of ways. Carbonation is high, but fitting. Much better than I was expecting given the score. Very nice.

7.2

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

340 ml bottle. Pours a gold amber with huge head and suspended sediment. Aromas of green bananas, fruity esters, and doughy malts. Flavours of fried banana, spice, fruity bubble gum and metallic malts.

7.6

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

Bottle, Legacy. Bright golden colour. Pours with a big head that dies down quite a bit, but still leaves a mountain of foam, and an Orval-like hoodoo. Dry, herbal hops on the aroma, spicy, just a touch of pale malt. On the palate, again the emphasis on spicy. The malts are biscuity, with a hint of toast, and provide a great backdrop to the hop spiciness. Not much alcohol taste - just a hint lending dryness to the finish. Delicate esters. Honestly, this is a nicely put together Belgian golden - refined, balanced, and complex.

7.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Minimal gushing. Clear golden pour with a huge white rocky head. Eternal retention. Aroma: fruity, spicy, grainy. Medium body. Robust sweetish taste. Malts, candy, fruit. Some spices. Grassy medium plus bitterness forms the ending. Good enough.

6.9

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

330ml bottle from Vanuxeem. Pours a lightly misty gold, good white head. Aroma of sweet malt, grapefruit, citrus. Taste does indeed veer towards the bitter side, with sweet malts, citrus and pithy grapefruit. Not bad.

7.4

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

33cl bottle from Hopduvel, Ghent. A lively, slightly hazy, straw coloured pour with a billowing white head; lemony aroma; sweet grapefruit citrus taste with a thick yeasty grainy body; and a soft, satisfying finish with warmth and lingering grapefruit. A big Belgian style IPA.

6.9

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

Flaska från Etre Gourmete. Gyllengul, medelhögt vitt skum, lite fint sediment men inget som stör. Storleken större än stillbildande xx Bitter från de Ranke. Så det där får väl liknas vid en Dubbel-IPA Belgique. Större kropp där alkoholen slår igenom lite, lite trippelstuk med säd, honung, lätta estrar skapar fin doft. Gräsig humle med lite beska örter men totalt en måttlig beska. Inte lika lyckad som xx Bitter. Blir lite tung och alkoholstinn. Men att vara sämre betyder inte att det är dåligt.

7

Bardzo cacy, bardziej belgian niz bitter