8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2019
at 00:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
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.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2019
at 20:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Dopey's Elixir, pours a cloudy dark orange with a small white bead. Aroma reveals lacto, with little else. Flavour brings our lacto, gentle whiskey, and booze. Please are enough, but lacking complexity. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2019
at 21:02
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at De Kaapse, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is totally different from the base beer, with intense whiskey, booze, and a little perfume. Flavour is all smoky whiskey, bringing out intense Bowmore scotch, peat, campfire smoke, and medium roast. Man, I love Bowmore, so this is divine in my books. Totally transformed the base beer such that I wouldn't recognize it if I didn't know. Elegant and intense.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2019
at 21:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at De Kaapse, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out dry oats, cocoa powder and a hint of roast. Flavour is rich and hearty, with deep oatmeal, dark cocoa, and low-medium roast. The oats are beautifully situated here. Thick and chewy. Beauty.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2019
at 21:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at De Kaapse, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out some vinous notes, with red wine, caramel, and dark red fruits. Flavour is extremely malty, with shitloads of dark dried fruits, red wine, liqueur, and caramel. Sweet but not cloying. Tons of depth here. This is lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2019
at 21:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at De Kaapse, pours black with a small photo brown head. Aroma brings out earthy rye, toasted malt, and some piney hops. Flavour is along the same lines, with lots of earthy hops, piney, spicy rye, and medium roasted malt. Earthy, roasty and hoppy, all in good balance. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2019
at 21:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at De Kaapse, pours a cloud dark amber with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out dry earthy piney hops and bready malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with lots of bready malt, earthy dry bitterness, and toasted caramel. Very malt-forward, with the hops barely noticeable other than the bitterness they impart. Solidly made but nothing special.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2019
at 21:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at De Kaapse, pours a deep dark amber with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out rich resinous hops and big bready caramel malt - smells bold for an amber. Flavour is rich and resinous, with big resinous hops, chewy caramel malts, and bready notes. Viscous and syrupy, a little too sweet. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2019
at 21:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
7-4-7-4-14 Bottle, nine years before bbd. Pours black, with a brown rocky head. Aroma is dark malts with leather, spicy notes of cinnamon, cardamom and cloves, as well as cocoa, kandi, dark fruits, tannins and wooden notes. Creamy body, with soft to average carbonation. Flavour is dark roasted malts, with rye bread, spicy notes of cardamom, cinnamon and cloves, as well as leather and kandi.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2019
at 21:41