Kraddel (15872) 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 (15519) 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 (16718) 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 (15872) 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.