CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed IJndejaars from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Comes as "’t IJ IJndejaarsbier". Reddish brown, hazy with a huge sediment and a small off-white head. Lots of carbonation though. Malty and bitter with no particular flavour really sticking out. Perhaps a bit of candy sugar, but nothing much. Far from the best ’t Ij beer. 080105
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Natte from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Dark brown and cloudy with a neat, light brown head. Very aromatic and sweetish with weak notes of burned malt. Some notes of chocolate. A delicious and very typical Abbey Dubbel. 240504
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Zatte from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 33 cl) Orangey golden, very unclear with a thick, thick, rocky head. Dry and distinctly bitter, notes of malt and yeast - but not really any traces of sweetness. 120504
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Columbus from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 33 cl) There ought to be hop-alert printed somewhere on this beer, this truly is a bitter beer. Dutch beers this strong are usually malty and sweet, and even though this certainly contains some malty sweetness the hops overpower everything. A spicy, aromatic bitterness - but bitter indeed. Very bitter. Dark amber with a gigantic, beige shaving foam-like head. A truly unusual beer. 210304
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed IJbok from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Simply comes as " ’t Ij Bock Bier" - no mention of anything Bio here.
Very beautiful, deep amber colour with a pronounced sediment and a small but quite stable head. Lots of sweetish caramel notes, but never cloyingly sweet as a discreet bitterness adds balance. Yet another wellmade Dutch Bock beer. 061003
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Paasij from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Beautiful, dark golden, quite hazy with floating impurities. Dense, retentive head. Has an odd not so pleasant aroma, but this doesn’t spill into the flavour. Very, very delicious almost perfumy flavours without being very sweet - or bitter for that matter. Actually very harmonious. This is how an Easter brew should be made. 190203
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Struis from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Hazy brown colour, huge brown creamy head, lacing. Strong bitter fruity aroma. Sweet caramel as well as fruit and berries in flavour. Sting of alcohol also present as it gets a bit warmer.
TBone (30139) reviewed Columbus from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled (BB 05/2006)
Hazy orange-brown, huge slightly off-white head. Orvasl-like aroma: lemon and leather. Lemon acidy, bitter flavor with long acidy aftertaste with grassy notes and a bit of Jägermeister. Alcoholic punches. Slightly restless palate but otherwise another good brew from ’t IJ.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed IJwit from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, pilsener golden with a tall, creamy and rather stable head. Fruity and slightly sour nose. Lots of fruit in the flavour - mandarin? No bitterness, but a weak sourish finish. This may not really look like a Belgian Witbier, and it’s also too strong - but flavourwise it’s moving in that direction. 280705
TBone (30139) reviewed Zatte from Brouwerij 't IJ 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled (BB 05/2006)
Orange hazy, small creamy head. Fruity nose (apricot, coriander). Very carbonated. Fruity: wheat, coriander and yeast. Not show much ABV.