7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Aba Jour, Gent, Sunday 18th October 2015. Hazy gold with a sticky, clingy white head. Subtle aroma, other than a touch of spice there is little else. Nice soft carbonation, spicy but also a big hoppiness, dry finish, it’s a good beer but spiciness can be a touch heavy handed. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2015
at 14:00
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle @ home. Clear yellow orange golden color, full sized white to off-white head that lasts for a long time. Aroma is malts, hops, quite a lot of fruit hops. Taste malts, again very nice full hoppyness and quite nicely fruit hops with a near perfect harmony with the hop bitters. Medium body and carbonation. Definitely in my top 3 IPA’s from Belgium which aren’t full on American IPA’s like for exemple DDVK makes. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2015
at 06:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
First beer of what appears to be a contract brewer under development. Stylish label on a stubby bottle. Stable, lacing, snow white, dense head over a misty peach blonde beer. Aroma of orange peel, flowers, pear, toasted bread, chestnuts. Dried fruits in the mouth, touches of walnut and toast but remaining soft and sweetish, with a floral, peppery hop bitterness in the finish, but not nearly enough to be called an IPA; if anything, I could regard this as a ’Belgian IPA’, but even then it lacks some hop character. Still, an enjoyable and well-made beer for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2015
at 06:46
8/10
Tried
on 22 Aug 2015
at 15:32
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Fles 33cl thuis. Goed bitter, droog, bloemig, wat kruidig. Blijft lang hangen. (8-2015).
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2015
at 21:11
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
330 ml. bottle @ home. Purchased @ De Hopduvel. Bottled on 09.12.2015. Hazy golden, nicely lacing, collapsing uneven soapy white head. Nose is grapefruit peel, lemon & floral hops mixed with some Belgian character, light dough, touch soap and some esters. Very easy to drink. Lightly soapy, floral bitter with distinct grapefruit peel & juice nose plus esters, BE-like yeast, esters, sparkling, grass-bitter faintly medicinal bitter,… Very easy to drink. Dash milky & quite dry body. Far too Belgian to call an IPA in my opinion. That aside, this is a very interesting hoppier & more bitter than average Belgian. Clean, very Belgian but with bitterness plus grapefruit notes. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2015
at 14:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cl bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a huge white head. Aroma is mild pine and citrusy hoppy. Bitter, citrusy and crisp hopoy. Bitter and lasting fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 03:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Saveur-Biere. Pours amber with big bubbly white head. Interesting fruity, floral taste with light vanilla and yeasty honey. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2015
at 08:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the 7th Tasting in Belgrade-Serbia, result of a trade with our Belgian friends (I think). Ciao Marko. Pours golden bright just a bit hazy, medium creamy white foamy head. Nose: A bit flat but nice, flowers, honey. Mouth: malty, bitter pleasant overall, citrus, dry end, Just great!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2015
at 01:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl bottle split with Omgrich, courtesy of the brewer at Struise Schooltje. De couleur dorée paille, col fin blanc. Arôme est agréablement bien fruité presque sur une pinte d’exotisme le tout gardant un bouquet typiquement belge. Palais est ici à l’avantage des houblons qui offrent une composante fruitée généreuse et aromatique de l’Amarillo avec des notes fruitées et fleuries et un léger ajout pamplemousse typique de Cascade. Cependant, la base maltée, ici clairement du pilsner cara, montre un caractère très belge et on peut se demander si l’usage d’un malt autre que belge aurait pu amener cette bière vers un palier plus américain dans son approche? Fini est sec avec un houblonnage persistant. Une IPA qui sort du lot, et surtout qui se vaut car il semble que nombre de brasseurs belges pensent qu’ajouter un houblon à une base noble fait d’une bière une IPA. On y remarque surtout la qualité de Proef pour la brassage d’IPA - brasserie qui ne cesse de tester les houblons. Il faut au final faire abstraction d’une base comparative américaine pour voir l’IPA belge fait au pays, et cette bière Arogante, sans faire le pied de nez à son Arrogant cousin de Californie, ravira l’amateur d’une IPA bien maitrisée.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 15:53