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

Hazy DIPA by one of Brussels’ most trusted representatives of the ‘nouvelle vague’ of microbrewers there; can from their own shop located in Anderlecht, basically across the street from Cantillon, in the Rue Gheude. Egg-white, moussy, membrane-lacing, stable head, hazy apricot blonde robe with beige-ish tinge. Rather dank aroma, very tropical too, with notes of papaya, guava, overripe pineapple, sweat, onions, dough, calvados, toasted garlic. Fruity onset, juicy pineapple, guava and ripe peach notes, fine carb, slick body; sweetish doughy core but not overly sweet like you often get in this type of beers. Lots of hugely aromatic hoppiness, sultry and dank, reminiscent of mango, guava, pineapple, toasted onion and garlic, ending with a slight hop burn accentuated by the warmth of calvados-like, not very well hidden alcohol. Something grassy travels along too. Decent NEDIPA, but perhaps a bit too ‘hot’ in its hop burn and alcohol. A tad below average for Ermitage, if you ask me.

Great! Very tasty double ipa... Balanced... Not too much carbonation... How I like it. L'ermitage is getting wings.

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

Tap at the brewery. Hazy yellow golden. Massive dank weedy hops, oats, citrus zest, wheat, soft berries. Node sank NEIa.

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

2 July 2022. At Dok Brewing Festival. Cheers to Anke, Eugène & Evelien!

Hazy orange, thick, foamy, white head. Aroma of melon, ripe grape, peach, bread crust, pineapple. Taste has sweet ripe peach, pineapple & melon over doughy maltiness. Floral hoppy finish, lingering softly bitter grapefruit & grapes, some warming fruit liqueur-like alcohol keeping things sweetish too. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Overall quite sweet, but neat.

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

Hazy yellow colour, white foam. Nose of sweet fruits, papaya, passion fruit, some malty notes, light bitter finish. Quiet honey sweet.

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

6/VII/22 - 33cl can from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ scouting camp, BB: 1/V/23 (2022-868)

A little cloudy yellow blond beer, big to huge creamy white head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of brett, very floral, funky, a bit weird, very sharp, dry impression, a little dirty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. TAste: sweet start, fruity, some sweet malts, pretty sticky, ripe to overripe fruits, funky, floral notes, quite some brett. Aftertaste: pretty sweet, some alcohol, hoppy, dank, some tropical fruits, soapy bitterness, horse stable.

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

Draft sample @ Ermitage St Gilles.
Dorée pâle sur léger voile, col épais blanc.
Arôme est aussi sur un effet 'dank' houblonné, pas mal de douceur de ces houblons se dégage dès le début, rétro sur le pin, les agrumes - côté gros DIPA qui me propulse dans le passé (environ 14ans) tout en ayant une petite note moderne.
Palais est de suite assez 'dank' au niveau des houblons, impression première est celle de bubblegum, palais plutôt épais (pas mal d'avoine?) agrumes, raisin blanc tout en ayant un caractère rappelant ces grosses DIPA californienne, peut-être dû au Waimea, de l'époque et en fin de bouche une bonne dose de pin.
La base des malts reste en retrait assurant une belle part aux houblons.

Ici aussi, il me semble que la bière n'était pas assez froide.