This year's dry-hopped Lupulus from magnum bottles comes with Vista hops, a New World variety developed in 2006 and known for its tropical fruit aromas - and large cones apparently. Egg-white, moussy, rather loosely structured, slowly opening head, misty yellow-golden robe with dots of protein and / or dead yeast throughout. Aroma of dried lemon peel, bread crust, raw button mushrooms, young mugwort leaf, lemon thyme, hints of pineapple, fried banana chips, damp straw, old potato mash, unripe peach, white soap, minerals, apple tree blossoms. Fruity onset, dried banana, green pear and unripe peach, with prickly carbonation and full, rounded, slick body; grainy and white-bready pale maltiness with a bread-crusty edge, carrying phenolic spicy elements (clove, dried chives, thyme) as well as a spicy hoppiness more reminiscent of dried lemon zest than tropical fruits, but still stirring up additional scents of apple blossom, mugwort, grapefruit zest and a touch of pineapple. Lingering bready pale maltiness, yellow-green fruitiness and long peppery, leafy hop bitterness, a bit earthy and 'Belgian' - in fact, lacking the NEIPA-like tropical fruit aromas the Vista should have added. In all, though, a decent Belgian IPA of sorts, like most of its predecessors, and I still enjoy opening a magnum bottle of these in the Christmas period, which has become a bit of a tradition.

2023 Vintage; draught Very dense & fine, stable white head over veiled orange-golden beer; lacerings. Citrus and lightly coloured malts. Hopoils, faint vegetable frying oil. Spicy malts, dry hops (continental). Fruity esters, yeast flavours, and again this frying oil impression. Medium bodied, hopoilslick. Good carbonation. Better than just decent, but it's not going to whip up frenzies.

Opaque milky yellow colour with thin head. It's a juicy tropical fruit bomb but with earthy, resinous bitterness too.

Hazy blond colour, white foam. Citrussy, herbal, grassy with notes of mango and passion fruit. Nice one.

33cl can, merci à Tim. BB 31/03/2024, canned 31/03/2023.
Rien sur leur site sur cette bière, rien qui dit si elle est la même que la dryhop 2023.
Couleur pâle présentant un léger voile, le col est épais crémeux blanc-cassé plutôt tenace.
Arôme est frais bien fruité avec de beaux effluves de fruits tropicaux - agrumes fines en rétro-nasal.
Palais reprend la description de la cannette. Le tout est bien ficelé sans être vraiment dans un caractère IPA, cette bière surfe plus sur le côté neipa sans avoir trop d'impact de la levure.
Bonne présence du malté avec un caractère pils, cara pâle, le houblon Vista apporte pas mal de saveurs dont des notes fruitées tropicales - mangue séchée, fruit de la passion, léger herbacé avec une pointe fraiche de mandarine. Epaisseur rappelant la poire et une fraicheur du melon qui se lie à cela. Fini sur un léger côté mentholé frais. Assez traitre à 8.5% car se buvant facilement.

30/III/23 - 1.5L magnum bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Bieroloog bierproeverij, BB: 2026, Lot: 1-2023 (2023-278)

Pretty clear blond yellow beer, big creamy white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of marijuana, a bit grassy, malty, grains, citrus, orange peel, some tropical fruits, juicy. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of citrus, grassy, good bitterness, a bit piny, some grapefruit, some tropical fruits. Aftertaste: dry, hay, bitter, grassy, a bit spicy, more citrus, some tropical fruits, hoppy finish, good stuff!

Op tap bij Alkmaars Bierhuis. De gewone Tripel maar dan gedry-hopped met Vista hop. Mistig groengele kleur, witte kraag. Bloemig, geparfumeerd, hoppig, korianderzaad, droog, bitter, herbaal. Vind de gewone Lupulus altijd erg lekker, deze is ook prima te genieten.