7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ RBBSG 2017. Thanks Klaas! Unclear yellow color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, hops, a bit grassy, grassy bitter. Decent body and carbonation. Solid.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2017
at 06:19
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7
Collab of Totem with LOC, intended as a ’true’ New England IPA, with all the right hops for this style and even fermented with yeast actually originating from Vermont. Tightly paper lacing, creamy, eggshell-white head, equally cloudy (but not murky) straw blonde robe with olive greenish hue - the looks are promising. So is the aroma: a wave of ripe mango, granadilla, green onions, stale lime juice, soggy white bread, maracuja, pink grapefruit juice, guava. Lively fruity onset, a basket of lush exotic fruits, mango, guava and passion fruit, sweetish and sourish as it ought to be in this style with the right mouthfeel: softly carbonated, fluffy and creamy. Soft doughy and bready background elegantly supports a very aromatic finish, teeming with exotic fruitiness, tropical orchids, citrus zest and sweet onions, hoppiness galore but no harsh bitterness; ends as juicy and aromatically fruity-hoppy as any ’true’ NEIPA by Alchemist, Trillium or Tree House. This may very well be the first completely successful attempt at this trendy style in the Netherlands - but since Totem was equally involved, I’d love to regard this as the first completely successful Belgian NEIPA as well... Klaas is justly proud of this, this is a masterpiece in terms of ’truth to style’.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2017
at 13:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very dark brown colour. Aroma and flavour have loads of dark malts. Nicely bittersweet.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2017
at 15:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
At Ghent Beer Festival 2017. Cloudy black with a thin, tan head. The aroma contains roasted malt, roasted coffee, toffee, smoke, licorice and wood. It tastes medium sweet and light bitter with a long, roasted finish. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Good enough, nothing more to say.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2017
at 10:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Apparently served very fresh. Fermentation had finished earlier in the day. Aroma and flavour have light tropical fruit and also some resinous hop notes.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2017
at 06:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at The Great British Beer Festival 2017, Olympia, London. A hazy golden/yellow coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, grapefruit aroma. Tastes similar, hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, slightly bitter.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2017
at 04:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thank you for sharing RB Crew! Sampled draft @ GBF 2017. Dark brown, creamy tanned head. Nose is lovely liquorice, cacao, roast, basic heavy liquorice. Taste is herbal cacao, liquorice, too much plastic, decent but not really my style. Cacao, black liquorice, black bread body. Decent even if not really to my preferences.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2017
at 04:14
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thank you for sharing RB Crew! Sampled draft @ GBF 2017. Very hazy golden NEIPA appearance, white head, all as it should be. Nose is very solid round NEIPA, citrus, mango, orange peel, round. Taste is lovely round hop, mango, citrus, orange,… Hazy Vermont yeast round bodied. Very solid round all fruity & no bitter hop profile. All as it should be, very solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2017
at 03:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as LOC / Borg Brugghús Þrumari (by LOC Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
19/VIII/17 - on tap @ Gents Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2017-1279) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers and celebrating my 10K!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very roasted, malty, dried fruits, sweet touch, bit of vanilla, cookie dough. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty roasted, sweet, caramel, some dried fruits. Aftertaste: nice roast, coffee, pretty bitter, sweet, caramel.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
19/VIII/17 - on tap @ Gents Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2017-1279) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers and celebrating my 10K!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very roasted, malty, dried fruits, sweet touch, bit of vanilla, cookie dough. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty roasted, sweet, caramel, some dried fruits. Aftertaste: nice roast, coffee, pretty bitter, sweet, caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2017
at 18:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as LOC / Totem Nipmuck (by LOC Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
19/VIII/17 - on tap @ Gents Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2017-1274) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers and celebrating my 10K!
Pretty cloudy beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, little adhesive. Aroma: lovely stuff, lots of tropical fruit juice, bit dank, pineapple, resinous, mango and grapefruit, love it!. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit resinous, lots of tropical fruits, grapefruit, passion fruits, bit yeasty, pretty bitter. Aftertaste: lovely bitterness, citrus, bit yeasty, grapefruit, love it!
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
19/VIII/17 - on tap @ Gents Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2017-1274) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers and celebrating my 10K!
Pretty cloudy beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, little adhesive. Aroma: lovely stuff, lots of tropical fruit juice, bit dank, pineapple, resinous, mango and grapefruit, love it!. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit resinous, lots of tropical fruits, grapefruit, passion fruits, bit yeasty, pretty bitter. Aftertaste: lovely bitterness, citrus, bit yeasty, grapefruit, love it!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2017
at 18:04