Brouwerij De Ranke Bittere Vos

Bittere Vos

 

Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Special
Score
7.63
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 19
Une XX BITTER, mais avec deux adaptations houblonnées. Le premier truc : on utilise que du Brewers Gold, comme Guido faisait dans sa bière emblématique qui est devenu la XX que on connaît. Le deuxième : on a fait encore un dry-hopping (infusion du houblon dans la bière, pendant la maturation)…également avec du Brewers Gold.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Al naso arrivano caratteristiche di fruttato. L'intensità olfattiva è elevata e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il mantello birroso superiore ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di aspetto velato. Bollicine medio-fini costituiscono anche la forma della frizzantezza, con carbonazione persistente ed insistita. Il colore è giallo dorato. Il corpo è pieno. L'amaro è intenso. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di amaro. Il retrogusto è intenso. Sul palato si fermano sentori di miele, nocciola, frutta secca, un accenno di resinoso, agrumi, spezie, arancia amara, erbe aromatiche, frutta disidratata, prugna, vino rosso e marsala.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2025 at 10:15


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Grassy and bitter with yeast, herbal hop, some malt. Long firm bitter finish, rather dry. Body is medium. Lovely stuff as always from De Ranke.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2025 at 13:28


6

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 19:06


7

Tried on 17 Nov 2024 at 14:56


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

750ml bottle a home, 16th November 24. Pours a golden blond, aroma is bright, citrus, pine, earthy and aromatic. Taste is bitter, earthy, resinous, bright, hoppy, aromatic, weedy. I love this

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2024 at 18:50


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

75cl Fles van Etre Gourmet. Licht mistig goudgele kleur, witte kraag. Eerste indruk is van een grassig Belgisch Blond, de ware aard komt naar boven als het bier wat opwarmt. Droog, bloem, bloemig/floraal, grassig, licht kruidig, fors bitter wat lang blijft hangen en opbouwt, licht moutig, licht aards, hint van citroensorbet. Lichte body, vol mondgevoel. Heerlijk spul.

Tried on 19 Oct 2024 at 22:23


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled at Snally2024. Murky gold, big white head. Nose has candy and continental hops. Herbal. Nice. Well balanced. A little soapy. 7 4 7 3 13

Tried from Can on 18 Oct 2024 at 16:03


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Special variant on De Ranke’s classic XX Bitter (in existence since 1997 and justly regarded as a forerunner of IPA in Belgium) but dry-hopped with Brewer’s Gold, the hops used by founder Guido De Vos who is now retiring – hence this tribute to this pioneer in modern Belgian craft brewing. Eggshell-white, thick and frothy, clearly hops-enhanced, rocky, shred-lacing, firm head on a misty apricot blonde robe with ochre-ish hue. Aroma of fresh wormwood and mugwort leaves, dandelions, ‘witloof’, spice bread, grapefruit peel, moist white pepper, cheese rind, sheep’s sorrel, old ‘herbes de Provençe’, orange pith, dried cut flowers. Dry yet fruity, estery onset, unripe peach and hard pear notes, grapefruit flesh noticeable early on, medium carbonated with spice-bready and bread-crusty core, grainy but at the same time firm and bready enough to support an elaborate structure of herbal, drying, long, spicy hop bitterness, very thorough with lovely earthy and grapefruity edges – yet working perfectly with the malts and retaining a very high drinkability. Very classic De Ranke quality stamp here – XX Bitter revisited indeed, absolutely mouthwatering ‘Belgian bitter blond’. Loved it.

Tried on 06 Aug 2024 at 13:13


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Taverna Ai Mastri d'Arme. cloudy golden with large lasting white head. Nice lasting bitterness, herbal, touch of fruit. So nice. Quite dry, medium carbonation. This is great!

Tried from Draft at Taverna ai Mastri d'Arme on 23 Jul 2024 at 20:23


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Light hazy golden colour, white foam. Typical De Ranke nose: dry, grassy, herbal. Taste is bitter, grassy and hoppy with some malty sweetness. Great!

Tried on 11 Jun 2024 at 19:29