7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Slightly hazy caramel colour, off-white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, caramel, pineapple, hops, orange peel, quite fruity. Somewhat sweet malty flavour, bitter hops. Lingering bitter finish, tropical fruits.
A quite balanced, nice IPA. And absolutely brilliant that Jurgen created this beer for our RBESG 2013. Thanks!! (From 33cL bottle, during it’s premiere, RBESG 2013 @ the Rooie Dop brew dungeon)
A quite balanced, nice IPA. And absolutely brilliant that Jurgen created this beer for our RBESG 2013. Thanks!! (From 33cL bottle, during it’s premiere, RBESG 2013 @ the Rooie Dop brew dungeon)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2013
at 16:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased @ De Molen. As the label says: “Brewed for Ratebeer European Summer Gathering 2013”. Very cool initiative, thx! to everyone who organized RBESG & arranged this beer getting made and the brewers. Very fresh, 3 days past release. Murky brownish, light touch of fox amber, off-white head. Nose is very hoppy, earthly, lots of earthly fruits & some tropical ones as well, dried orange peel, grapefruit & touch caramel. Taste is bitter earth, dried mandarin & orange peel, harsh earthly caramel, fruity, very bitter pine needles, nicely harsh. The bitterness lingers. Full malty body. Very straightforward & simple. Very nice but could use something to really make it pop, great brew but with something this could have been something really special it just feels. First batch is limited to 299 bottles. I need more very fresh IPA’s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2013
at 14:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at RBESG. Pours hazy orange with a white head. Aroma of orange, tropical fruits, citrus, yeast and caramel. Flavour is light moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 04:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Rooie Dop, Utrecht at the RBESG 2013 opening night. Poured a dark mahogany with a thin tan head. The aroma is weak malt. The flavour is medium bitter, roasted malt, liqourice and with a slightly watery palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 02:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Rooie Dop, Utrecht at the RBESG 2013 opening night. Poured a deep mahogany with a thin off-white head. The aroma is dry dusty yeast. The flavour is medium bitter, spicy with liqourice. The chili is there but it adds to the flavour without dominating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 02:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Rooie Dop, Utrecht at the RBESG 2013 opening night. Poured a clear medium brown with a broken off-white head. The aroma is of red berry fruit and alcohol. The taste is medium alcoholic bitter with toffee and caramel and some liqourice in the finish. The alcohol is well controlled and does not dominate. This is a really special beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 02:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Rooie Dop, Utrecht at the RBESG 2013 opening night. Poured a slightly cloudy chestnut brown with a bubbly white head. The aroma is rich slightly alcoholic and a little fruity. The flavour is medium bitter with a little rich citrus fruit and some alcohol liqourice bitterness notes on the palate. A lovely heart warming beer, ideal for the summer and in front of a roaring fire too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 02:29
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled @ Rooie Dop. Hazy ruby color, short head. Aroma of raisin, caramel, hint of madeira, soft fruity hops and fruity english yeast notes. Some sweetness in taste as well as some bitterness. Lovely balanced in the typical English Barley wine style. Great that the brewer himself lets this beer sit in the bottle for quite a while, before wanting to sell it. Lovely balance, great complexity. Superb stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 00:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled @ Rooie Dop. Slight hazy amber color, short head. Aroma of soft hop, bit tropical fruit. Quite harsh on the bitterness and a bit thin in flavor. Should try and rerate this one as I drank it after a Ot the Explorer and it might not be doing the beer right. Will rerate. 3.0 Rerate: Slightly hazy amber to copper color, medium off-white head. Aroma has some chocolate and caramel in it from the malts. Soft hop, bit piney, tropical fruit, could have been a bit more. Cascade and El Dorado makes sense. Bitterness still feels too harsh and I would like to see some more sweetness from the malt to back it up. Quite dry in the finish. Bitterness lingers on. Guess there was nothing wrong with my tastebuds the first time, but I do up the score a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 00:48
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Rooie Dop. Brown color, short brown head. Aroma of chocolat and a hint of roast. The Brett leaves a layer of hay, barnyard and cow dung. The creaminess of the porter goes exceptionally well with the funky notes the Brett provides. I want this to stay in the portfolio as a Brett version! :-)
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 00:45