Franclh (7477) reviewed Red Beat from LePlan - Vermeersch 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Proefglas tijdens het 23ste Bierpassieweekend in Antwerpen gedeeld. Wheaty, droog, bitter, rode biet goed merkbaar. (22-6-2024).
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Triple from LePlan - Vermeersch 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33cl bottle from Quali Drinks in Mechelen. F: medium, white, good retention. C: gold, hazy. A: sweet malty, banana, red apples, honey, floral hoppy. T: medium malty base, peach, red apples, bit berries, honey touch, bit bready, decent bitterness yet more on the sweet side all together, ok for the style yet nothing memorable.
Maakun (16597) reviewed IPA from LePlan - Vermeersch 2 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Slight hazy golden with big white head. Sweet malts, light bread crust, some grassy hops and a bit of citrus zest. Not as yeasty as I thought. Medium sweet and bitter, quite some carbonation. Not bad.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed IPA from LePlan - Vermeersch 2 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Together with a blonde and a tripel, one of the first beers launched by Dirk Vermeersch, a former race car driver later turned winemaker in France, now shifting his attention to commissioning beer (but still administratively operating from France apparently). Apparently not the same as his "New IPA", which is slightly less strong, has a golden-coloured label and is brewed at Eutropius (BCB). This 'regular' IPA, with red label, is physically realised by Hofbrouwerijke. From a 75 cl bottle shared with Craftmember, mentioning the number 7 on its front label rather than the 6 shown here but I assume it is the same beer (?). Snow white, moussy, shred-lacing head on a misty ochre-tinged 'old golden' beer. Aroma of green apple, moist white bread, grass, 'witloof', raw potato, unripe pear, clove, straw, dried field flowers, very old lemon zest, banana peel, young dandelion leaf. Sweetish, restrainedly fruity onset, some light banana, green apple and unripe pear, a bit sugary on top (oddly) with medium carbonation and full, soft, almost 'fluffy' mouthfeel; bready pale malt sweetish core, cereally, under the growing presence of grassy and floral hops but also somewhat spicy yeastiness and earthiness. The hops provide a medium long bitterness with vague reminiscences of dried old citrus peel and lemonbalm, but this bitterness, despite its length, remains much too soft for an IPA. Ordinary Belgian blonde with only limited 'true' IPA features, in all. I think this Mr. Vermeersch better sticks to wine.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Quad BBI Beer from LePlan - Vermeersch 2 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours dark redbrown, small white head. Scent is sweet, medium chocolate, dark fruits. taste is full, fairly sweet, roasty (chocolate) , bit bitter. Exhausting finish. Decent, but needs more balance.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed New IPA from LePlan - Vermeersch 2 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Sampled as 'IPA Hop' of which I can only assume it's a beer that changes names every now and than - and is essentially the same. Pours lightly hazed, darker blonde. Medium white head. Scent is mild, fairly herbal, EU style hops. Taste is sharp, bit bitter, feels old - way to old to participate at a beerfestival, where the brew company and its beers are represented by Mr Vermeersch himself. Did he not try his own beers before? Does he not know about off flavors like those provided by to much age / temperature differences? Or does he simply not care, or respect his customers enough to refrain from selling and representing stuff like this ? High carbonation, medium body. not very hoparomatic. Decent at best, but the severe lack of freshness really bothered me.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Quad BBI Beer from LePlan - Vermeersch 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cream coloured, medium head, stable, over fully opaque dark brown beer. Dark, firmly coloured malts, dry wood, old chocolate bar, dark other grains - thinking of buckwheat even. Dry onset, then turning to sweet(er) dark malts, chocolate, woody. Dry, dark green leaves, chocolatebar. I detect clearly alcohol, but not Bourbon. Alcoholwarming, chewy to viscous, good carbonation. I'm puzzled - Bourbon infused, yet utterly lacking any vanilla touches. Txs to Stef!
Maakun (16597) reviewed Virgin IPA Beer from LePlan - Vermeersch 2 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can. Hazy amber. Caramel malts, spruce, lime zest, light chalky. There’s a bit of wort but it’s well hidden. Medium sweet and bitter. The body is quite nice for a non alc beer, creamy and not too thin. Overall a lovely 0.5 beer.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Virgin IPA Beer from LePlan - Vermeersch 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours a darker amberblonde. Medium sized white head fades fairly fast. Scent is quite full and hoppy, i'm pleasanlty surprised here. Amarillo-like citrussy notes. bit dank and green as well, as it opens up it turns far more raw and green, herbal and rough. Taste is quite full, bit biter. Doesn't taste as fresh (malts) as I had hoped - even expected, but on the other hand, it does a good job hiding the NA aspect, it's not as dull as most other NA IPA's. Truth be told, it's still to be recognized as a NA, just.. less easely. Harsh green hops take the lead, with an assertive amount of bitterness - creating the balance that's so important in an NA. Bit malty, bit herbal (grassy hops), Silent on the yeast aspects. Very drinkable, enjoyable even. Shame the fruity sensation I had right at the pop only lasted seconds.