New, dry-hopped version of the PoppoLou beer made by Anders for the Manuscript music & beer pub in Ostend. Creamy, frothy, lacing, egg-white, very stable head, colour a cloudy straw blonde with somewhat greenish hue, looking identical to the regular version. Aroma is however different, more aromatically hoppy and more outspoken; I get impressions of peach, gooseberries, green apple, green olives, freshly cut nettles, white bread, plums and a friendly, lime blossom- and grapefruit peel-like hop fragrance. Taste has the same soft fruitiness in onset, apple, unripe pineapple and berries, but never sweet, with spritzy carbonation; there is a vague touch of ’Belgian banana ester’ (isoamylacetate) somewhere, but it does not become as bothersome as is sometimes the case in Belgian ales. Mouthfeel is full, smooth and filling, built on a somewhat grainy, very lightly bready malt backbone; finish is bitterish with a citrussy Cascade quality to it, herbal and aromatic, providing good balance. The regular PoppoLou is just decent but not much more, this one, however, has a lovely hop character and shows more personality; clearly the dry-hopping has improved the original recipe. Big cheers to Vanessa and thanks for the beer chat!

At the Manuscript pub in Ostend, for which this is made. Name changed to PoppoLou Classic since the introduction of the dry-hopped version; apparently the name PoppoLou is a combination of the names of the two children of Vanessa, the lovely lady who runs the pub together with her partner. Very thick and frothy, creamy, heavily lacing, off-white head over a cloudy yellowish blonde beer with somewhat greenish hue. Aroma of green malts, white bread, redcurrant, yellow raspberry, unripe peach, bitter honey, freshly cut nettles and a hint of rainwater. Fruity, crisp onset of green apple, pineapple and green plum, spritzy carbonation, smooth, full and lightly oily mouthfeel, gentle pale malt sweetishness, a bit ’rough’ on the edges perhaps, but ending in a grassy and lightly herbal hop bitterishness providing sufficient balance. Not bad at all, there are no technical errors or off-flavours here, but I expected more from this one. Still, I would surely order it again the next time I get to the Manuscript.

Lekker tripeltje. Zachte nasmaak.

Sample at Zythos 2015, blond beer, fruit aroma, taste is fruity, sweet, hitn of sourness, meh

Imported from my RateBeer account as Anglium Extra Hop (by Brouwerij Anders!):
Aroma: 3/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

12/VI/15 - 33cl bottle from Vilvordia Bierproeffestival (Jette) @ home - BB: 13/VIII/16 (2015-774) Thanks to Steven for getting me the bottle!

Clear blond beer, creamy irregular head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: rubbery, band-aid, something is definitely off here, very unpleasant. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter, citrus, bit fruity, sweet sugary touch, some marzipan, orange peel, yeast. Aftertaste: sweet, bit of honey, bitter, malty, marzipan, sweet finish, bitter grassy notes as well, chemical touch.

Bottle @ home. Hazy yellow color, full sized white to off-white head. Aroma is malts, pretty hoppy for a Belgian blond, decently fruity. Tastes about the same: malts, nicely hoppy, lightly fruity and nicely bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Good one!

Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Niilstrong. Hazy pale yellow color, average sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, subtle hoppy, lightly grassy, slightly citrussy. Pretty nice. Well done.

33 cl bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, toasted, citrusy and slight grassy. Sweet fruity and slight citric finish.

Pours clear blonde, rather small white head. Smell is bit sweet, some grains, but not too intense . Taste is bitter, sharp, some yeast as well as some sugar whilst remaining at an OK sweetness. Overcarbonated ( what did you expect ??? ) . OK , but not too different from other beers. Generaly slightly different, i’d give it that much, but not enough to make it interesting