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Moersleutel Craft Brewery in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
IPA - West Coast Series|
Score
7.24
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at The Scrapyard.semi clear golden pour with a white head. Nose and taste are freshly cut grass, weed, some herbal notes even, very light sweetness, a touch of fruits to round it out. The hop profile is pretty much spot on, if it was more (I mean way more) bitter it could've been a fairly decent westie
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Moersleutel's interpretation of a 'modern' West Coast IPA - i.e. West Coast IPAs as they are typically made today by breweries that did not yet (or hardly) exist when West Coast was the norm for American style IPA, usually strongly influenced by the hazy New England idiom that came (much) later. Thanks Meeki for sharing! Snow white, dot-lacing, creamy, breaking head on a hazy yellow blonde robe. Aroma of lemonbalm, lime zest, bread crust, lemongrass, lemon butter, starfruit, fresh dill. Crisp, juicy onset, lime-zesty with starfruit and maracuja hints, accents of kiwi and green melon, medium carbonated with smooth body; bread-crust-like malt core, a tad cracker-like, under aromatic lemonbalm, lime zest and slightly herbal (dill) hops providing a crisp bitterness, yet nowhere near as thorough, peppery and lasting as was the case in original West Coast IPAs. In all, I guess this beer has achieved what it set out to do: find a compromise between original, 'real' West Coast and New England, de facto ending up in what is sometimes referred to as 'mountain IPA' territory. The herbal accent even reminded me of that now forgotten forerunner of NEIPA, the old East Coast IPA... Altogether very enjoyable IPA with bits of different worlds combined, so to speak.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Canned, 440 ml at Ambasada. Hazy yellow with medium white head. Herbal, fruity, citrus, some sweetness, bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
6/II/25 - 44cl can from Moersleutel webshop @ ElManana+1’s place, BB: 29/VIII/25, canned: 29/VIII/24, B#754 (2025-109) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the can!
Cloudy beige blond beer, small creamy irregular off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice, pretty dank, resinous, tropical fruits, juicy, sweet caramel malts, good! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, a bit sweet, malty, very fruity, juicy, some tropical fruits, mango, a bit zesty, good bitterness. Aftertaste: juicy, zesty, citrus notes, a bit piny, sweet malts, tropical fruits, nice one!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Blik van 44cl, gedeeld met Huub. Troebel gele kleur, met wit schuim. Prima fruit met ook wat licht zoet aanwezig in de smaak. Prima IPA.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can 44cl shared with Wilde Joost @his place, thanks mate. Hazy pale golden colour, good frothy whie head, good retention and lacing. Dank aroma pale malt, orango, pine. Smooth taste, orange, pineapple. Medium bodu, oily texture, average carbonation, sweetbitter aftertaste, very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Canned 440ml. -at Ambasada Zagreb, shared with Hrabren. Unclear yellow/golden coloured, medium sized white head, piney and mild citrusy nose. Moderate malty, piney, light citrusy and herbal with bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
0.44 l can shared with Ogi at Ambasada, Zagreb. Unclear golden, small head. Light aroma, lean fruity, citrusy. Pines. Flavour is lightly fruity, citrus, herbs, bitter. Light body, moderate carbonation. Dry finish.
