Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear deep golden colour, good frothy white head, good retention, patchy lacing. Aroma sweet malt, grain, coriander, banana, yeast. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, grain, yellow fruit, bit metallic, spicy notes. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, sweetbitter aftertaste, malty notes, some cardboard, decent middle of the road tripel.

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

Pours clear golden with a thin, foamy, white head. Aroma of yellow apple, pear, pineapple, yeast, breadcrust, citrus, grass. Taste is a yeasty, light sweet and fruity profile, bitterish spices & thick bready maltiness. Dryish, grassy & floral hoppy finish, more spices & yeast. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Easy drinker, Belgian & spicy but not exaggerated.

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

Bottle from a gift basket; I can only guess it was this edition. Pours hazy dark golden with a stable, thin, off-white head. Aroma of pine, spruce, red apple, pink grapefruit, pepper, biscuit. Taste has sweetish apple, bitter pine, bittersweet grapefruit juice & solid biscuity maltiness. Dry, resinous hoppy finish, lingering grapefruit peel. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Good Belgian IPA.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 4.5

From notes: Deep golden to amber colour with floating particles. Off white head. Aroma's: sweetish, malty, caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet. Medium bodied. Too sweet.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Zwart bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is warm, krachtig en bitterzoet met iets van koffie, bittere chocolade en noten. Fantastische smaak explosie in de mond, licht romig, geweldig bier. Smaak blijft lang hangen. Etiket is inmiddels aangepast.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

First Hoppa Hontas beer I have had (I think), liked it, actually I like the Equinox Hop (even if they have renamed it). Any way this is a review of a 33cl bottle BB 29th Mar 2020. Drank at home on 7th Feb 2020 and poured into a challis glass from 'La Vieille Salme'. I allowed the sediment to leave the glass so I got a hazy amber body with grist slowly making their way to the bottom of the glass. The head was a strong and lasting white affair, mottled in places. The Equinox hops tried to show their presence in both the aroma and flavour, but were beaten back a little by the yeast and malts. Overall though a very pleasant beer and I would love to find and try the other variants in the series.

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

330ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, brown-ish red colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Slightly spicy and fruity, yeasty aroma, notes of aniseed, some banana, raisin, clove, a touch of cherry, caramel malty background. Taste is sweet, caramel malty, alcoholic, minimally sugary, slightly fruity and minimally spicy yeasty, hints of raisin, cherry, aniseed, a touch of clove, banana; warming alcoholic finish with a touch of plum wine. OK.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

4 November 2019. At 2Be, Bruges. Shared with the lovely Anke! Pours clear golden with a big, lasting, foamy, white head; irregular lacing. Aroma of yeast, breadcrust, apple peel, mandarin, banana, winegum, bit of wet cloth. Taste is medium fruity sweet, estery banana & apple, quite a yeasty & bready feel, accent of sourish citrus, some spices & grass for bitter balance. Dry, yeasty, grassy hoppy finish, more ripe apple, spices, slightly warming gin-like alcohol. Medium body, creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. Not that bad as a house beer for a very touristy venue, but it still checks the cliché boxes.

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020