Proof #1
Stroom Brouwers in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Session Series|
Score
6.89
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Proof #1 from Stroom Brouwers 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Experimental session IPA by Stroom, brewed with additional oats for creaminess. From tap at the brewery’s taproom. Snow white, membrane-lacing, moussy, stable head, clear pure golden blonde robe. Aroma of dried grapefruit peel, field flowers, dried lemonbalm, hay, bread crust, moist white pepper, leftover dough. Restrainedly fruity onset, some unripe banana and green pear, dryish and generally clean; lively carbonation, smooth and lean mouthfeel, but not as velvety as expected considering the oats. Bread-crusty and bit grainy core, ‘pure’ pale malt sweetishness but remaining dry in general, especially when the hops set in, making for a spicy and somewhat zesty, floral bitterness. Agreeable, modern, easygoing quencher – but to fully merit the ‘IPA’ moniker, it needs a lot more (New World) hop aroma in my book. In this form, it feels more like a light, hoppy saison than an ISA. Regardless, this is one to chug by the gallon on a warm summer afternoon (even if I tasted it in late December).
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Proof #1 from Stroom Brouwers 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22/X/22 - on tap @ Stroom Brouwers (Gent), BB: n/a, first mislabeled as proof #2 on the chalkboard, 4.5% (2022-1412)
Pretty clear gold blond beer, small creamy white head, stable, a little adhesive, leaving no lacing in the glass. Aroma: nice, juicy and fruity, some mango, passion fruit, a little dank, a bit cheesy, hint of onions, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: nice bitterness up front, dry, a bit grassy, sourish touch, citrus notes, very hoppy. Aftertaste: resinous hops, fruity touch, some citrus, bitter grapefruit, grapefruit peel, a bit malty, somewhat yeasty, cheesy finish, nice stuff, I like the good hop bite!