Standard IPA by this acclaimed and rarely disappointing brewery in Rotterdam, bottle from the Mitra in Lelystad. Thick and frothy, egg-white, membrane-lacing, stable head on a lightly hazy, 'rusty'-reddish warm amber beer with coppery glow, a tad darker than usual for the style (at least in the now 'classic' sense of the word). Dank but also refreshingly citric aroma of candied orange peel, orange cake, shallots sweating in butter, melon, lychee, bread crust, peanuts, lavender soap, cedar essential oil. Crisp, fruity onset, hinting at orange, melon and persimmon, spritzy carbonation, oily mouthfeel; biscuity and peanutty maltiness, cracker-like underneath a blanket of oily hoppiness, a tad oniony and piney but most of all citrus peel-like with a grapefruity, mildly peppery bitterness to it, quite long and lingering over equally lingering biscuity malts. Lovely old school IPA, West Coast-ish in general make-up - it seems this 'original' U.S. IPA style is silently making something of a return? I, for one, hope it is.

Black color with low beige head. Aroma: peated whisky, raisins, touch of alcohol, sweet chocolate. Taste: peated whisky, sweet, cocoa beans, chocolate covered nuts. Full bodied, moderate carbonation, moderate bitterness. Deliciously rich and complex.