Five-hops IPA by an Italian craft brewery situated in the Lombardy region. Longneck bottle from Geers near Ghent. Smoke comes out of the bottle upon opening and during pouring, an inches thick, foamy, irregularly shaped, rocky, tightly cobweb-lacing, off-white, coarse head is formed, crowning a lightly hazy, warm pale orange blonde beer with khaki-greenish tinge and lively sparkling sustaining the head. Very fragrant, perfumey aroma of freshly cut orange and fresh mandarin peel, cedrat lemon, ripe Cantaloupe, granadilla, peppermint, lychee, overripe peach, honey bun or 'suikerbrood', pink peppercorns, bath foam, dried wormwood leaves. Lively fruity onset, colourful and a bit more estery than usual for an American style IPA, with peach, pear, pineapple, banana and lychee aspects, touch of melon as well, all too lively carbonated - stinging and numbing a bit. Slick, bit soapy body, bready and doughy maltiness with a very thin caramelly edge, touch of cake, but quickly drenched in a long, spicy, grapefruity, rooty bitterness that lasts for a long time, drying the back of the mouth, with a strong peppery and somewhat resinous effect, bit earthy as well, with a strong yeasty breadiness underneath, as well as quite outspoken spicy phenols. This has everything to be classified as a so-called 'Belgian IPA', if you ask me: very strongly carbonated with a very strong head, very yeasty and notably estery, phenolic and malty - easily reminds me of the attempts made at IPA by Belgian brewers working with Belgian yeast strains, and there are a lot of those around these days. In that respect, certainly not bad and technically very well-executed, but if the aim was West Coast IPA, then I guess I was expecting something a bit different...

Sample @ BXL BeerFest 2018, shared with Belgian RB crew, thanks. Dorée, col fin blanc. Arôme offre un bouquet plaisant fleuri et résineux sur un très belle dominance des houblons. Palais est malté pils, agrumes et pamplemousse, tropical sur fini résineux qui revient bien sur la fin. Le malté est modéré et assure que les houblons passent bien sur le devant.

F: big, almost white, good retention. C: gold, hazy. A: tangerine, mellow tropical fruits, orange, caramel, fresh fruity feeling. T: malty backbone, grapefruits, orange, tangerine, mango, bit pine, medium body and low to medium carbonation, very nice, fully enjoyed, sample draft @ BXLBeerFest 2018 in Brussels.

0,15l from tap at BXLBeerfest. amber hazy color, small white head. smells of spices, of lactose, earthy, some ripe fruits, nice smell. light to medium body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes leathery, earthy, rather herbal, peppery, spices. finishes rather bitter with notes of leather, earthy and herbal notes. not that great balance, rather bitter 7, 4, 6, 3, 12

Sampled @ BXL Beerfest 2018. A slightly hazy orange golden beer with a mid-sized most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of intense bitter hops, pine, spruce. Taste of pine, intense bitter hops, citrus, spruce.

Thanks to the RB crew for sharing! Sampled draft @ BXLBeerFest 2018! Clear orange, little head. Nose is dull sweet grain, plastic cereal & sugar. Grainy cereal, orange, soapy, empty bland cereal meh.

Thanks to the RB crew for sharing! Sampled draft @ BXLBeerFest 2018! Orange amber, creamy tanned head. Nose is grainy, herbal, metallic. Milky grainy, weak caramel, butter sweet, grainy, milky,… Not a big success.

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6 3 7 3 13Draft at BXL Beerfest ‘18, Brussels.  Hazy golden with an off white head.  Aroma of green weedy and herbal hops, grass and caramel malt.  Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter.  Medium bodied with light carbonation.