Taboada (8803) reviewed Tropic Fantastic from Sparkle 2 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
440ml. can. @"home", 14/01/2026
[#8.808 Global - #159 France - #3 Sparkle]
Pours murky yellow with a lasting white head. Aroma: ripe peach, plenty of nectarine, orange zest, candied malts and sugar. Taste: inmense nectarine, white grapes, lychee and melon. Medium hop spice. Full bodied. Pretty good. Dry aftertaste.
Next one, please!
Taboada (8803) reviewed Vision Illusion from Sparkle 2 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
440ml. can. @"home", 14/01/2026
[#8.807 Global - #158 France - #2 Sparkle]
Pours hazy milky yellow with a lasting white head. Aroma: white grapes, lychee, weed and light candy hops. Taste: lychee and plenty of white grapes. Interesting grape mouthfeel. Herbal palate.
Next one, please!
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Expensive Addictive from Sparkle 2 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
440ml can. Hazy, orange golden colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, slowly osteoporosing, moderately lacing, white head. Piney and tropical fruity, slightly citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of pine needles, mango, orange, a touch of resin, honey, oaty malty background, whiffs of floral honey. Taste is resinous, piney, slightly citrusy and tropical fruity hoppy, wheaty and oaty malty basis with some residual sweetness, notes of pine needles, resin, some orange, mango, mild hoppy bitterness.
Creamy, oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally greasy, simultaneously slightly dry palate, fine, dense, prickly carbonation.
Rich, intense, probably the most piney NE style IPA I had so far - very good stuff.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
440ml can. Cloudy, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Fruity and minimally grassy, hoppy aroma, slightly sweet-iah, wheaty and minimally oaty malty background, hints of kiwi fruit, melon, white grapes, gooseberry, lychee, rather unspecific, amalgamated fruitiness overall, a touch of honey in addition. Taste is moderately bitter, fruity and minimally grassy hoppy, wheaty and oaty malty basis with low residual sweetness, rather unspecific, "green" and minimally vinous fruit flavours, unripe kiwi fruit, gooseberry, melon, white grapes.
Slightly oily, watery texture, minimally dry palate, medium, prickly carbonation.
Fairly intense, balanced, drinkable, not the most catchy hop flavours - decent.
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Unicorn Popcorn from Sparkle 2 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
440ml can. Hazy, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with average, frothy, osteoporosing, minimally lacing, snow white head. Zesty, citrusy fruity, slightly tropical fruity and minimally perfumed, hoppy aroma, oaty and wheaty malty basis, minimally peppery spicy, yeasty overtones, notes of grapefruit, lemon, mango, hints of white grapes, some pineapple and onion. Taste is mildly bitter, zesty, citrusy fruity and slightly tropical fruity hoppy, oaty and slightly wheaty malty basis with low residual sweetness, hints of mango, white grapes, some grapefruit, bitter orange, a touch of pineapple, a peppery spicy yeasty touch of onion.
Creamy-watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally dry palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite fruity hoppy with some zesty aspects somehow turning into/combining with onion flavours, still acceptable in he nose, a bit disturbing in taste - not fully convincing overall.
Taboada (8803) reviewed Expensive Addictive from Sparkle 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
440ml. can. @"home", 10/01/2026
[#8.804 Global - #157 France - #1 Sparkle (My French Brewery #69)]
Pours bright hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma: tangerine, ripe grapefruit, orange rind and light confectionery. Taste: creamy tropical fruits, orange zest and grapefruit. Sticky and creamy palate. Nice one.
Next one, please!
TBone (30139) reviewed ULTRA Is the New IPA from Sparkle 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hazy yellow colour, small white head. Danky, oddly chemical fruity aroma. Light to medium-bodied. Dankyness, some fruits and bubblegum. Feels quite weaker than 8%.
Maakun (16597) reviewed Winter Wonderland from Sparkle 4 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can shared at home. Hazy golden with huge white head. Dry oats, zesty, oeach, light floral, a touch of sour citrus. Under medium swert, light bitter and sour. Medium bodied, a bit watery and dry. Hmmm, a bit strange, something seems off...
tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Unicorn Popcorn from Sparkle 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Beerdome. Dankish hop with grassy notes, citrus, oniony notes, gooseberries, white grape. Medium body. Moderate to medium bitter, an oniony grape-fest with some hop burn.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Billie à la Plage from Sparkle 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled from can at "Hooghe Noorden Tasting 2025". Hazy yellow color, small white head. Aroma and flavor are lightly malts, nicely hoppy, citrusy a bit but mostly tropical fruity and decently bitter. Quite nice.