't Hofbrouwerijke Karakterkop

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't Hofbrouwerijke in Beerzel, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Farmhouse - Imperial Saison Regular
Score
6.56
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks: 3
Winnaar Brouwland Biercompetitie 2021 - Dry Hopped Saison . Recept van Kristof Braekers.
 

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6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Small whitish head over lively carbonated veiled golden beer. Sugary nose, cardboard, bit spicy. Spicy/herbal flavour, felt; very light-hoppy flavours. Underlying sweetness, corn-like. Finish shows a rather indifferent bitterness. Light body, certainly for 7.5% ABV. Good carbonation, very slick. Humpf. Txs to Stef!
Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2023 at 10:20

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of herbal and spicy pale malt. Taste of belgian yeast, pale malt, spices and some herbs.
Tried on 16 Nov 2023 at 14:38

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Pours a unclear blonde. medium sized, fairly stable white head. Scent is characteristic saison, but not overly expressive on the phenols. They're there, but balanced. very fresh, malty . Not as Hay-forward as usual. Great start ! Taste is quite bitter, dry, just a tad acidic in the back - not enough to be a tart saison (and it's definately more in the style of the bitter saisons) so thats just a minor off note to me. not infected, though, just perhaps a tad low on the water PH. High alcohol can be noticed, and I for one would have prefered this to be the standard 5.5 - I don't think the extra alcohol is beneficial. Than again it's pretty in style , free from major flaws , and indeed has a certain uniqueness to it. As far as the beers I've judged of this edition go (this wasn't one of them) this is indeed the best one of this edition !
Tried on 29 Apr 2022 at 10:29