Pils
Hopspot in Ertvelde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.51
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Alengrin (11561) reviewed Pils from Hopspot 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Hopspot in the fields of Ertvelde is owned by Van Steenberge, seeking to add something worthy of the buzzword "beleving" (experience) to their business, and creates small scale brews in its own kettles, sitting right next to a B&B and restaurant. Such a place in Flanders obviously needs a pale lager and this is it, unfiltered and tapped straight from the tank. Thanks to Meeki for sharing. Snow white, medium thick, bubbly, opening but edge-retaining head on a clear, very pale straw blonde robe. Aroma of cow fodder, wet old cereals, leftover dough, withering grass, green pear, touch banana peel, something vaguely sweaty in the background. Surprisingly sweet onset, even banana-ish and ripe pear-like, much more so than any other (non-flavoured) pale lager I had in my day - with soft carbonation and thin, smooth mouthfeel. Slick pale malts, cereally and lean, sparsely sprinkled with floral hops, providing a bit of retronasal field flower aroma but very little bitterness - too little for a 'Pils' for sure, but I will accept the more 'commercial' and general moniker 'standard pale lager', if this particular example carries way too many residual sugars for that, too. I guess the people behind it have no clue as to what the word 'lager' actually means - put this on a cold temperature for a couple of weeks and you may get somewhere, even though I find it hard to believe that bottom-fermented yeast was used for this one in the first place. Poor excuse for a 'pilsje' - in fact not technically a pale lager for me at all, and the third disappointment at Hopspot, which felt like a watered down version of Van Steenberge's approach. And those who know how I feel about Van Steenberge, will understand that this is even less a compliment than it sounds. I highly doubt if I will ever visit this Hopspot place again - maybe for something to eat, but at least not for the homemade beers.
nathanvc (6881) reviewed Pils from Hopspot 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
14 February 2024. At Hopspot, Ertvelde. Shared with the lovely Anke!
A: clear golden, stable, foamy, white head.
A: grass, straw, bread crust, yeast, vague butter.
T: sweet apple & bread, yeast, vague butter.
F: soft grassy hops, bread retronasally.
P: light body, slick texture, soft carbonation.
Not the cleanest example, but inoffensive.