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

Can 33cl. from Frank's Smoke House @home poured into a teku glass. Clear amber brown colour, good frothy beige head, gradually dsiispating, light lacing. Roasted & smoked malts, bacon, hint of smoked fish, light citrusy hops. Smooth taste, medium sweet and light bitter,malty, smokey, caramel, brown sugar, very light citrus, retronasal smoke. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, smooth sweetbitter aftertaste, smokey till the end, very good!

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

Can 33cl., present from my colleagues (thanks folks) @home poured into a teku glass. Deepdark brown colour, good frothy tan head, half-way lasting, patchy lacing. Aroma rasted malts, cocoa powder, toffee, lactose, loads of vanilla. Taste light heavy sweet and medium bitter, malty, candy sugar, chocolate, vanilla, sugar syrup. Medium to full body, oily to creamy texture, soft carbonation, malty sweetbitter aftertaste, chocolate, vanilla, candy sugar, alcohol, rich and round beer, very good.

A bit too harsh and astringent, it’s okay, but oldschool and a bit harsh... nothing overtly off, just a non-likable recipe. Beertemple ams

Classic IPA ... well made 90s style with a bit of earthy funk. Balanced with good malty sweetness .BeerTemple ams

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

21 August 2021. At Gents Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Kevin, Jerre & the Ghent beer crew! Hazy black, small, foamy, beige head. Aroma of old prune, dried fig, mushroom, earth, beef jerky, teriyaki, cold coffee, chicory. Taste has sweet prune, fig & pear in a thick chocolate-malty body, hint of toffee; bitter coffee & earthy-umami aspects in the middle. Herbal hoppy finish, lingering dried fruit, medicin & umami soy, warming coffee liqueur alcohol with chocolate note. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Good, utterly chocolatey & viscous.

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

Hazy and intense light orange, with a quite big fluffy white head. Pretty good retention and lots of nice lacing. Good intensity and brightness in the aroma. Nice fruity profile: strong grapefruit, some more citric notes (tangerine and stuff), peach. A bit of herbal/resinous smell too, but in a kind of soft way. As the smell suggested, there's no bittering sharpness in this ipa, despite quite vivid bitterness. Soft malty foundation (can't really pick specific flavours), a mellow kind of grassy/resinous undernote, strong fruity notes (as per aroma). Again vivid and refreshing, maybe not super brightly defined. Balanced in both mouth and taste, with a fruity aftertaste. Medium body, medium or slightly below medium carbonation; it's a soft, light-bubbled kind of carbo, at least if compared to most ipas, resulting in a quite soft/smooth feel for the style. Overall: a mellow but still intense strong ipa; not especially deep but well made and very refreshing.

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

Imperial stout created for the 20th anniversary of Arendsnest, one of Holland's pioneering modern beer pubs and a must visit for me each time I am in Amsterdam - unsurprisingly brewed for Morebeer, the client brewery owned by the very founder of Arendsnest. Sample at Gents Bierfestival. Pale grey-beige, moussy ring for a head with some greyish flat veils in the middle; black robe with misty burgundy edges. Aroma of chocolate sauce, brown rum, toffee, fig compote, hazelnut paste, candied dates, golden raisins, walnut liqueur, mocha ice cream. Sweet, dense onset, blackberry coulis and candied date effects, softish carb, oily body, bit syrupy but not as thick as one might expect at this strength. Lovely milk-chocolatey, toffeeish malts, maple syrup touch at the edges, sweet madera somewhere, but remaining very low in roasted bitterness - ending with warming rum-like alcohol but little hops. Clearly based on contemporary American style imperial stout, chocolatey, sweet and boozy, but I always miss a bit of roasty and / or hoppy bitterness in this kind of brews, even if I certainly enjoyed it - and may even repeat it next time I make it to Amsterdam.