7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(sample, bottle) Dark brown. Medium beige head. Chocolate, sweet, light cocoa, roasty, bitter. Medium body. Bitter, roasty finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 13:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours black, very big offwhite head. Scent is roasty, chocolate, bit of earthy hops. Taste is full, roasty and chocolate, medium bitter. Hops are earthy, vegetal, green and raw. Works smoothly together. After rading the previous comment, i conclude to either have other preferences, or this is a new (better) batch as this does have the desired BIPA balance little beers in the style tend to have. Medium body, smooth, medium high carbo.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2025
at 19:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
15 September 2024. At 16de Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Kevin & Jerre!
Smoked sausage, tobacco, bacon, pepper, grass. Sweetish apple, smoky bacon, spices, tobacco. Peppery hops & smoke. Pretty decent!
Smoked sausage, tobacco, bacon, pepper, grass. Sweetish apple, smoky bacon, spices, tobacco. Peppery hops & smoke. Pretty decent!
Tried
on 30 Jan 2025
at 15:23
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Hazy amber colour, nice creamy foam. Nose of straw, smoked malts, a bit peppry. Lovely smokey taste with herbal and hoppy notes. Very nice!
Tried
on 11 Sep 2024
at 18:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
21/VII/24 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ Bouvier’s place, BB: II/2026, P456 (2024-556)
Pretty cloudy light orange blond beer, big aery fluffy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: a bit yeasty, malty, sweet impression, a little fruity, grains. MF: very lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: a bit sourish, lemony touch, hoppy, grassy, dry, pretty bitter, some yeast. Aftertaste: more yeast, a hint of banana, some citrus notes, a bit grassy, hoppy, ok, very bitter finish, a bit soapy, floral touch. Not bad, not great either.
Pretty cloudy light orange blond beer, big aery fluffy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: a bit yeasty, malty, sweet impression, a little fruity, grains. MF: very lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: a bit sourish, lemony touch, hoppy, grassy, dry, pretty bitter, some yeast. Aftertaste: more yeast, a hint of banana, some citrus notes, a bit grassy, hoppy, ok, very bitter finish, a bit soapy, floral touch. Not bad, not great either.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bierwinkel De Hopduvel
on 21 Jul 2024
at 17:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 7
Fulminant gushing to a lot of yellowish foam, very persistent at that, and not much (hazy) orange beer. Hops from far off, despite the towering head; amandine, rosewater, faint wild yeasts. Bitterish-fruity with again this rosewater/amandine flavour. Bitterness is a tad sharp, however. Preserved orangepeel, kumquat. Light body if quite slick, oily. Obviously overcarbonated. Not bad, but somebody ought to take care of the carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2024
at 06:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
5/V/24 - 33cl bottle @ Toer de Geuze bus ride, BB: 10/II/26 (2024-268) Thanks to Niels for sharing the bottle!
Pretty cloudy blond orange beer, creamy off-white head, stable, a little adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, sweet impression, a bit fruity, some apples, yeasty. Where’s the rauch? MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, very malty, grains, a little bitter, grassy touch, very yeasty. Aftertaste: grains, bitter, spicy, very malty, ok but not really smoky?
Pretty cloudy blond orange beer, creamy off-white head, stable, a little adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, sweet impression, a bit fruity, some apples, yeasty. Where’s the rauch? MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, very malty, grains, a little bitter, grassy touch, very yeasty. Aftertaste: grains, bitter, spicy, very malty, ok but not really smoky?
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2024
at 08:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Stacks.
A: hazy black, stable, foamy, tan head.
A: toast, burnt pine nuts, grapefruit peel, earth, black olive.
T: sweetish blackcurrant; bitter toast & coffee, umami-earthy notes.
F: bitter piney & earthy hops, toast, coffee, warming vodka-like alcohol.
P: medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation.
Decent if somewhat harsh BIPA.
A: hazy black, stable, foamy, tan head.
A: toast, burnt pine nuts, grapefruit peel, earth, black olive.
T: sweetish blackcurrant; bitter toast & coffee, umami-earthy notes.
F: bitter piney & earthy hops, toast, coffee, warming vodka-like alcohol.
P: medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation.
Decent if somewhat harsh BIPA.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2024
at 16:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gushing to huge, dense, lightly yellowish whipped eggwhite-like head over well-carbonated, fully hazy yellow beer. Wood, spices (rosemary?), (dried) pineneedles, hopoil. Quite bitter. Bit oxydized hops. Dull bitterness, herbal, almost pharmaceutical, earthy. Medium bodied, very slick, almost overcarbonated. Earthiness keeps hanging around. Bit weird taste, undefined.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Flandria Drinks Van Branteghem
on 15 Jan 2024
at 08:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Small cream-tan head over opaque dark-brown beer. Bit of tobacco, wet paper, wet straw, faint hopoil. Rather sweet (certainly for an IPA), orange, orangepeel, black grains, dried leaves. Hints at hopoil. Rather well-bodied, slick, well carbonated. Not half dry enough for a black IPA; despite its apparent high IBU, it sorely misses lupulin.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Flandria Drinks Van Branteghem
on 31 Dec 2023
at 09:27