6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

No head, flat as a pancake (*); orange golden beer. Faintly spicy, bit malty,... not much of anything...??? Bitterish - herbal flavour, bit grassy, sulphury hops. Touch of white wine. Light body, absence of carbonation. I fear my bottle was a bad one; (*) Cap seemed ill-fitted upon opening - needs to be retried. Retry 29/12/2018: Towering (!), very dense, thick & just off-white head, slowly pitting in over dark golden beer; end of bottle solid yeast. Lightly coloured/toasted malts, spicy, hint of hops. Huge head hampers perception. Waiting long enough, very faintly ureum, preserved orange peel. Bitter, bittering hops' flavour, herbal, garden weeds. Again traces of sulphur. Malty underbuild, but sweetness hereof completely suppressed by the hopgift. Faintly burning MF. Bit slick, light carbonation (most CO² seems to have been knocked out by opening). Definitely the main carbonation problem from the first try is rectified, my fears confirmed. But in the end, only one meagre point gained in appreciation. UA deserves better, I think.

6.9

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

bottle bb 07/8/17 dark medium head malty fruity roadty alcool dry Scura schiuma media media persistenza fruttata maltata tostature caffe corretto secca discreto amaro quasi affumicata

6.8

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

Tap at t Antwaerps Bierhuyske, Antwerp. Poured an opaque dark brown, almost black colour with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is creamy caramel, roasty malt, dry dusty yeast. The flavour is moderate sweet with a fruity, light woody hop bitter, light liqourice alcohol palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a bubbly mouthfeel.

7.4

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

Inglorious’ second one, curious about this as the first one quite charmed me. Bottle from Hopduvel. ’Papery’ lacing, egg-white, thick, moussy head over a cloudy deep golden beer with peachy hue and a ’cloud’ of translucent proteins throughout. Aroma of freshly cut nettles and sorrel, field flowers, overripe strawberry, mango flesh, mouldy lemon, banana, pineapple, white pepper, stale sweat, vanilla, pear syrup, biscuit, caramel, wodka, raw rhubarb, unripe gooseberry, powder sugar, canned apricot, baker’s yeast. Crisp and fruity onset, passion fruit, hint lemon, green banana and a lot of gooseberry, medium carbo quite fit for the style, bit yeasty but not exaggerated, smooth and lean caramelly malt body supporting spicy phenols as well as a growing amount of hop bitterness which ends drying, but very earthy and grassy as well whilst bittering enough to justify the ’IPA’ designation; juicy malts come through rather nicely, and retronasally, there are a lot of floral and mildly citrus peel-like aromas remaining; yeasty too, with a light amount of ’Belgian’ phenols (cloves). Likeable beer with a pleasant dosis of ’noble’ hops, but if you want to be an IPA nowadays, I assume more aromatic American hops are appropriate; in certain ways, I guess this can be linked to the old ’English IPA’ style, which has gone all but extinct. Still, this brew remains very ’Belgian’ as well, with too many esters and phenols - a cleaner flavour profile would make this a lot more important. Let’s conclude then that this is a typical new generation ’Belgian IPA’ yet a very good one at that, enjoyed this a lot.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Geers. Hazy blond colour, white foam. Hoppy nose, tropical fruit and grassy bitterness. Lively carbonation. Light sweet, bitter finish. Well balanced. Good!

6.8

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

Pours bit unclear blonde, good white head. Smell is hoppy, mildly aromatic, and decently bitter, over a very malty back ( tripel-like maltyness ) Taste is Bitter. Touch of hoppyness, maltyness has been pushed more to the back than the scent would make you think. Surprised by the amount of bitterness though. This is level of XX bitter, but more aromatic. Very tasty for the ABV ! Bit to much carbo for my taste

8.2

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

Bottle from Willems, Grobbendonk. Pours nearly black with a beige head. Roast, Dark fruit, licorice, vanilla and syrup. Sweet , full bodied and very sippable with only a hint of warmth from alcohol. Delicious all the Way through!

8

Zeer lekker biertje. Vlot door drinkbaar, fijne bitter.

8.8

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

dark brown colour, moderate sized beige creamy head; aroma of dried figs and sweet cherry, liqueur notes, toffee notes, mild coffee and some roastedness; taste of dried fruits like figs and cherry, chocolate and coffee notes, some caramel and minimal sourness; like aa great quadrupel with some stout notes