Jopen

Microbrewery in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1994

Contact
Emrikweg 19, Haarlem, 2031 BT, Netherlands
Description
Crafting Divine Beers in historic brewing city Haarlem (Amsterdam Metro). Brewery in a former church, with bar restaurant. Historic and progressive craft beers.
[Michel Ordeman]

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6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle: Poured a dark brown with sediment and floating chunks, the head was thick light brown and creamy. The smell was sweet fruit and roasted malt aroma. Flavor was sweet chalky roasted malt but somehow left a bitter tart finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2007 at 00:22

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Murky brown brew with lots of sediment chunks and a light brown head. The aroma is of caramel and fresh wheat bread. There were lesser amounts of dark fruit, vanilla and alcohol too. The flavor reminds me of a good Baltic Porter except not as sweet and with the high level of carbonation the flavors were a bit brighter. I taste caramel, chocolate, a bit of vanilla, dates and hiding somewhere in there I sense some tart grapes. Good stuff.
Tried on 02 Feb 2007 at 20:44

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Hazy golden, small head. Lemony vegetable aroma. Sweet and perfumy with light body and clean mouthfeel and dry finish. With an interesting and unusal spicyness, but also with an unpleasant touch of boiled vegetables and a too clean mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2007 at 00:20

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Orange golden colour, small white head. Aroma is strong fruit, earth and ashes in aroma. Some herbs and spices also noteable. Flavour is glueish fruits along with spices and herbs. A very different beer, surprising flavours. Refreshing and interesting, but flavourwise I didn’t like it too much.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2007 at 09:52

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle Pale amber beer with a thin whitish head. Slightly sour citrus (lemon-lime) aroma with some spice. Low carbonation. Lemon-lime flavor with some wheat and herbal tones. Light mouthfeel because of low carbonation. I agree with below in that it reminds me a bit of a less sweet, lower carbonated sprite/beer mix.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2007 at 18:57

4.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottled 30cl (BB 07/2007). Pale hazy yellow-orange color, small white head. Aroma of herbs and diacetyl-butterscotch. Light lemonade palate. Herbal, light spicey flavor, sweetish fruity notes (apple, lemon). Quite witbier-like. Gruit is more like vanity here.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2006 at 09:45

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. Hazy golden colour, small white creamy head. Aroma is barnyardish and slight caramellish. Flavour is sour acidic citrus and barnyard. Quite twisted and weird beer, but still refreshing and quite interesting mix.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2006 at 08:23

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
[Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm] Clear golden. Tangerine and grass up front. Medium bodied with clean mouthfeel. Lagerlike with a touch of hay-like saaz hops and medium body. Fairly low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2006 at 01:37

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Took a long time to pour; not sure why. Huge dark beige creamy mountain of a head towers above the top of the glass like whipped cream. Deep dark red body. Head blocks most of the aroma; what little emerges is dark, burnt, and coffeish. Taste is light sweetish and burnt with notes of licorice and coffee. Surprisingly delicate. Dry resiny bitterness, and a little chocolate. Nice. (0.25l draft.)
Tried from Draft on 01 Oct 2006 at 14:07

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
A cloudy light yellow beer with a huge white head. The aroma is very fruity especially with lemon and lime notes, but also with light notes of malt and acidity in the back ground. The flavor is sweet combined with a bit of acidity and quite strong lemon and lime notes on a weak malty back ground, leading to a slightly grassy, but still lemony end, with a faint bitterness. A refreshing thirst quencher.
Tried on 08 Sep 2006 at 13:01