Simplex
(has 1 batch)
Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.88
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Despite Simplex being an ale, it has all the characteristics of an old-styled pils. It is a blond, unfiltered, unpasteurized, hoppy and bitter beer that remains low in alcohol. Resulting in a straw blonde, highly drinkable beer with plenty of flavor and character.
Taste: Refreshing, light and with a firm bitterness
Taste: Refreshing, light and with a firm bitterness
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Belgibeer. Cloudy lemon with a large white head. Aroma of grainy wheat. Flavour is dry bitter lemon hop, dusty grain, yeast finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2018
at 20:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Misty golden. Tall white frothy head. Stays. Aroma: spicy. Yeast & hops. Distant pale malts. Light plus body. Medium dry taste. Some malts and a lot of hops. Medium plus spicy & grassy bitterness. Very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2018
at 23:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - Soft and a touch dirty grain. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Light bitterness and some grains with a long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2018
at 02:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Re-rate, on tap at E9. Light gold, thin head. Dry, herbal, such a classic, refined hop note. Just bone dry, bitter, austere really. Yum. So much better than the first time I had it.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2018
at 02:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330mL bottle, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out straw, lightly sweet cereal malt, and biscuity malt. Flavour is very clean, with straw, crisp biscuity malt, some hoppy bitterness, and cereal graininess. Quite astringently bitter, with a very dry finish. Pretty solid for a kolsch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2018
at 02:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy, yellow-golden colored, medium white frothy head, good lacing. Aroma is of some malt, bit biscuit and some grain, medium hoppy leaf, spicy and herbal, straw. Taste is medium-light sweet malt, bit grain and some biscuit, moderate hoppiness, herbal, straw and bit spicy, medium bitterness, quite dry finish. Medium to light bodied, lively carbonation. This could easily replace most Pils in my book. (bottle, Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte)
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2018
at 21:24
6/10
Tried
on 06 Feb 2018
at 19:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at The Mermaid, Hackney. It pours clear yellow with a small white cap. The aroma is pretty, fresh, grassy, straw, doughy white bread and floral notes The taste is crisp, dry, fairly bitter, green, grassy, herbal, peppery spice, floral accents, straw and some white bread with a dry finish..light body and soft/fine carbonation. Well rounded and crushable. Works well.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2018
at 12:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy dulled gold with a white head. Aroma of lemons and oranges, chewed crackers. Palate is cleaner than expected from the aroma and the taste is full of typically punchy De Ranke hops - citrusy and floral with mild spices. Finish is nicely bitter. Label says it's not a pils - it's not a Kölsch either ffs. [3.4]Should have let it sit for more than a day. This one is cleaner and very much like a toned down XX Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2018
at 11:02
5/10
Tried
on 15 Jan 2018
at 15:28