Bullit (6144) reviewed Speciale Vlo from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cloudy amber colour, big fluffy stable head. Many spices and herbs in the aroma, cloves, coriander, citrus. Flavour is bitter, malty, with a lot of spices and herbs as well. Finishes bitter. Had to get used to the aroma and taste, but once it settled, I can appreciate this one.
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed IJndejaars from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Creamy white excellent fully lasting head. Orange cloudy colour. Bad soapy aroma. Powerfull bitter flavor overpowering the bad yeasty notes. Oily palate.
bb (18428) reviewed Natte from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a big dark cream colored head. Orange, spice, sweet malt aroma. Spicy, orange, yeasty, malt flavor. Yeast, orange, and spice linger. Medium body. Fairly dry, bready finish. This is a beer that’s just calling out for some Brett.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Zatte from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Picked up at Beer World of Largo. The 330mL bottle has a date that looks to be March 2005. Is that the best by date? The beer poured out a slightly hazy light copper with off white head. A nice sediment cake was left behind. The aroma is sweet with grapes and apples along with hints of sweet caramel and yeast. The flavor is much like the aroma with fruitiness up front consisting of Concord grape jelly, Gala apples and plums followed by caramel candy. This is a nice mix of flavors. The finish includes hints of yeast and some light fruit tartness.
JK (8181) reviewed Natte from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
New Comments, at the brewery in Amsterdam, March 2024. Seet malt, some fruit as well, caramel and good palate. ------Shared by Retro42. A sweet beer. Light yeast, and sweet Belgian malt and Belgian yeast. They nailed the style on this one, but I usually expect IJ to do something a little different. This is an ordinary dubbel of high quality. 3.8
bhensonb (22605) reviewed IJwit from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Slightly sour aroma - maybe citrus, definitely yeast and probably clove. Orange tinged gold color with a white head that filmed very quickly. Quite fizzy, but it does not bite. Not thin bodied, but not too substantial either. A very slight touch of sour. The flavors might include orange oil, clove, coriander, yeast and bready malt. The finish definitely calls orange oil to mind. Nice bitter to the finish. Really good stuff.
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Struis from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Frothy off-white excellent mostly lasting head. Ugly brown muddy colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Moderate bitter salty finnish. Oily palate. Not so great BSA.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed IJwit from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Cloudy golden color. This beer is characterized by a sharp spicy profile; the body is powerful enough, and the mouthfeel is dry. The aroma shows some light walnuts behind the spices, actually I like it a lot; the flavor is not complex enough, mostly the finish is flat and simple. A good one, among Belgian White Ales, but not my favorite style.
TBone (30139) reviewed IJndejaars from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled
Hazy nut brown color, creamy beige head. Dark fruits, paperbag, glue, ginger and yeast in the nose. Grassy hops, grapes, raisins and candy sugar in the flavor and then some citrus in the aftertaste. Also some spices: ginger and cinnamon. I think this is a bit old bottle (from 2005?) and maybe not so sweet than it was originally.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Struis from Brouwerij 't IJ 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy orange-foxy beer with a good yellow-beige head. Very perfumed nose, even raspberry. Yeasty, fusel alcohols betraying themselves. Again very perfumed taste, a hint at tartness, and a lot of esters. Fruity, like strawberry flavouring, but a tad artificial. Well bodied, slick, oily, alcohol. Artificial strawberry flavour remaining in the aftertaste. A bit perfumey, and it is not a beer that one would drink at more than one an evening. Would be hard to swallow fast, even discarding the ABV.