Flink (red label)
Brouwerij 't IJ in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.54
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Flink is beautiful, sparkling thirst quencher. This fresh, light pale ale is low in alcohol yet full of flavour. We mixed in a bit of wheat malt, which results in a firm body and a very pleasant, soft mouth feel. A light dryhop with Galaxy and Mosaic hops is responsible for the tickle of subtle, fruity hoppiness.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from AH Rotterdam. Pours light orange with particles in suspension, bit soapy offwhite head, persistent, lacing. Hoppy smell of citrus. Pale malts, sugar, lights spice, grass, citrus, grapefruit. Taste mild bitter, a little bit sour, green, leafy. Strong carbonation, dry finish, lemony. Kind of session ipa. Simple, refreshing, easy to drink. 2017-09-01 Bottle in Amsterdam. Golden color, light haze, fine white head. Pale malts, sugar, light spice and lots of grass with an hint of lemon and white wine. Taste is sightly sour, grassy. Strong carbonation, dry finish, sparkling, sourish, light bitter. 5 3 6 2 9 2.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2017
at 16:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have light citrus and a little bitter hop. Not very flavoursome especially compared to the old version.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2017
at 15:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from het Biermoment, BB 05-2018, 33 cl sample. Clear golden color, short frothy head. Aroma of grassy hop, slight spicy. Soft grassy bitterness, lingering on in the finish. Fairly dry. --- Beer merged from original tick of Flink on 24 Jul 2017 at 21:09 - Score: 7. Original review text: Wat grassig, behoorlijk bitter met name in de nasmaak, redelijk droog
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2017
at 14:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.33 l bottle from ’AH’ (Zaltbommel), brewed with Amarillo and Mosaic hops, best before May 2018. Clear, golden amber with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, fruity-resiny and slightly herbal-spicy aroma of orange, passion fruit, pineapple, tea leaves and some pine. Sweetish, fruity, herbal-grassy and slightly spicy taste of orange jam, mango, tangerine, tea leaves, lemongrass and some pine, followed by a short, medium bitter, herbal-grassy, slightly resiny and moderately dry finish. Medium body, quite effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Easily drinkable, refreshing thirst-quencher, quite heavy on the Mosaic though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2017
at 15:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Een heerlijk doordrinkbier. Mooi van kleur, lekkere geur. Gezien het lage alcoholpercentage verrast de krachtige smaak. Uit fles.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2017
at 08:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared thanks to Maakun. Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, dough, yeast, malt and herbal notes. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2017
at 13:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Slightly unclear golden with white head. Sweet malts, sweet grain, soft sweet dough, fresh grassiness, peach, fudge and citrus. Moderate sweet and light fresh bitter. Medium body, malty slick feel and soft carbonation. Very good! Drinks like a hoppy wheat ale. The label deserves a brighter look imho. Bottle looks like it contains a doppelbock or barleywine. --- Beer merged from original tick of Flink on 30 Dec 2017 at 11:56 - Score: 7. Original review text: --- Beer merged from original tick of Flink (-2016) on 31 Dec 2014 at 22:01 - Score: 7. Original review text: Harde zuiperd
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2017
at 15:06
7/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Flink (-2016) on 31 May 2015 at 22:34 - Score: 7
Tried
on 18 Jun 2017
at 23:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl Bottle from AH. Slightly hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of fruity, citrusy hop, some tropical fruit, grapefruit, hint of sweat. Flavour is light sweet, malty, toast, sweat, light spicy, dry, light citrusy, hint of pine. Light bodied. Not much different from the first version IMHO.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2017
at 03:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Completely clear golden with white head. Light pils malts, soft bready notes, light citrus hops, soft grass. There’s some nice US hops but also a fresh German pils style grass touch. Light sweet and bitter. Just medium bodied. Besides different hops this is definately also way more filtered than the old Flink, maybe even different fermentation as this has barely any Belgian or yeasty notes left.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2017
at 10:55