Ik kan me dan weer zo opwinden dat dit op UT een rauchbier genoemd wordt. Dit is géén rauch. Dit is turf/peat. Op een dubbelbock. Het heet ook gewoon bockski en de brouwer zet op het etiket dat het een dubbelbock is. Wat is daar onduidelijk aan?

33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ van Rooij, Culemborg. Hazy golden with a white head. Banana and coriander aroma. Sweet taste with a sweet low bitter finish. Nice en fresh, perfect summer beer.

Thuis uit een flesje. Donker Amber kleur. Weinig beige schuim. Licht zoet aroma, ook wat fruit. Smaak redelijk vol, licht zuur fruit. Niet slecht.

Donker roodbruin bier met mooie schuimkraag. Smaak is bitterzoet met iets van karamel, wat rook en chocolade. Is wat vlak van smaak.

0.33 l bottle from 'Slijterij Gérard' as a free gift (many thanks!), best before March 2022. Hazy, golden amber with a thin, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, slightly yeasty-spicy and a little fruity-floral aroma of vanilla, clove and some honey. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, slightly yeasty-spicy and a bit fruity-floral taste of vanilla, honey Belgian candy, some clove and a touch of straw, followed by a short, gently bitter, slightly yeasty-spicy and a bit grassy finish with a touch of cardboard. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Pretty simple, somewhat musty, not that nice overall.

After the regular Dr. Hop, which is hopped with Columbus and Brewer's Gold and dry-hopped with Cascade, this lighter IPA is apparently intended as the starting point of a series of IPAs each time highlighting a different hop variety, in this case Mosaic. Thick and pillowy, egg-white, foamy, dense head sitting firmly on a hazy, warm orange blonde beer with peachy hue. Aroma of lime blossoms and orange orchard, lychee, blood orange juice, grapefruit zest, soggy biscuit, rusk, wormwood, wet paprika powder, sundried tomato, Cape gooseberry, vermouth, cold dough, whiffs of cayenne pepper, hard water, lavender and ginger. Sweetish onset but very restrainedly so, light fruity notes of peach, lychee, tamarillo and blood orange - clearly a hop-derived fruitiness rather than a yeast-derived one - with lively carbonation and softish, bit fluffy mouthfeel. Biscuity and very lightly toasted peanut-like malts with a slight soapy edge, highly aromatized by fruity, yet not really tropical hoppiness, rather hinting at peach, lychee and of course a whole lot of vivid citrus fruit (pink grapefruit, blood orange); this hoppiness provides not only a lovely retronasal wave of red and pink fruit, but also a long-stretching, spicy bitterness, that does not become too harsh anywhere either, keeping an opening for juicy and sweetish maltiness to pass through. I was expecting a NEIPA type beer, but this is more a 'generic' international IPA, the kind of 'basic' IPAs that take the best of both worlds and combine lusciously fruity New England aromas and haziness with West Coast boldness and lasting bitterness; this base functions as a perfect vehicle to showcase the versatility and elegance of Mosaic here, with both lovely aromatics and quenching bitterness. Very pleasant IPA in all respects.

In de tuin uit een flesje. Licht troebel, geelgoud. Stevig schuim. Typische weizen, lekker. Banaan in geur en smaak, de koriander haal ik er niet uit.

Dark brown, beige foam. Medium carbonation. Sweet, malty, some caramel, light roastiness.