6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @ home. Nice dark red brown color, average to medium sized beige head that lasts for a decent while. Aroma is malts, caramel, toffee, light diacetyl. Taste malts, caramel, diacetyl again, slightly sweet and a somewhat unpleasant bitterness. Decent to medium body, medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2017
at 10:11
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
33cl Bottle from Lab-44. Not actually brewed under the Hoop name, and bottle has a Breugem cap (brewed on the same site). Clear golden orange colour, white head. Aroma is bready, malty, wort, sweet. Flavour is medium sweet, malty, bready, wort, light grassy, light yeasty, light bitter finish. Light bodied. Very basic in terms of beer, not sure if that was what they were after. As to style, it tastes like a malty German lager with less hops and an English ale yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2017
at 02:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl Bottle at Lab-44. Clear copper amber-brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of caramel, burnt caramel, nuts, light spruce. Flavour is of a strong Belgian Amber, a tad less sweet, light malty, grass, hint of spruce, bitter finish. Light bodied. Decent, but not really exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2017
at 13:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled at Week van het Nederlandse bier festival, Den Haag 2017. Hazy orange with a thick off white head. Aroma of light fruits, grassy notes, citrus and light orange peel. Flavour is above light sweet and moderate bitter. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
on 13 May 2017
at 09:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from het Biermoment, BB 21/07/2018, 15 cl sample. Slight hazy copper color, short frothy head. Aroma of caramel and toffee, bit spicy. Bit sweet in taste, some bitterness, slight spicy notes. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2017
at 14:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from het Biermoment, no BB date, 15 cl sample. Slight hazy golden color, short frothy head. Aroma of citrus, bit gooseberry, slight spicy. Bit grainy malt in taste, soft citrussy bitterness. Good brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2017
at 14:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.33 l bottle from ’marqt’ (Amsterdam), best before January 2019. Minimally hazy, golden yellow with a large, frothy, stable, white head. Sweetish, floral, fruity, grassy-spicy and yeasty aroma of lemongrass, pineapple, hay, ginger and some clove. A bit sweetish, slightly bitter, fruity-grassy, yeasty-spicy and slightly floral taste of lots of bergamot, lemongrass, ginger, hay and clove, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, a little sourish, yeasty-spicy and quite dry finish. Medium body, slightly rather effervescent mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Quite nice, very refreshing, a bit unbalanced though as too much of that bergamot gives it a soapy touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2017
at 14:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Hazy pale golden colour, tall frothy white head, good retention, slowly receding into a cone shape, heavy lacing. Aroma malt, grain, citrus, grass. Taste medium sweet and bitter, hoppy, herbal notes, grassy. Sweetbitter aftertaste, herbal and grass notes, dry bitter finish. Light to medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Nicely hopped and tasty pilsner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2017
at 12:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl Bottle from Hoop. Hazy pale golden yellow colour, white head. Aroma is light floral, hint of honey, light malty. Flavour is light to medium sweet, malty, dry, floral, some honey, decent underlying light hoppy bitterness. Light bodied. Not very outspoken, but not bad and certainly more refreshing than expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2017
at 08:58
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at home. Almost clear amber with white head. Sweet malts, hint of unfermented wort, canned peach, fresh dough, grassiness, wet hops, resin, fudge, some floral notes, light onion. Moderate sweet and bitter. Under medium body, soft carbonation. Light chalky feel. Bit unexpected aroma palate but it’s quite alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2017
at 15:26