Jopen Adriaan

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This one was a gift. The giver apparently was pleased. A cloudy straw body with a thin rapidly siddipating head. To the nose and palate I wonder, where's the hops? I get sweet spices and not much else.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours thin, mostly clear, small head, light bodied. A sweet sweaty smell. Its hard to get used to the balance at first w/o hops but i like the herbal showcase. Heathery herbs, clover, fragrant sappy....fruity pears, apricot dried, old lemon. Sweetish, green tea like with a honey kick. Very fine bubbles, feels thin in the finish.... Different 'beer', or gruit, but didnt really turn me on

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

This ale pours a slightly cloudy orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is fruit (pears and peaches) and spices (coriander and pepper). A light bodied ale. Malts are very fruity and sweet. Not hoppy since it’s a gruit. Lots of spices balance this ale out, coriander, pepper and ginger. It’s a touch floral and earthy as well. Light tasting, it’s very wit like, but there is a lot of flavors; some tea, fruit sweetness and spices compare and contrast in this beer. Interesting, but I am not sure I would want to drink this one a lot. Well worth trying though. Mouthfeel is a touch thin. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

The aroma is spicey, hot with a little sweet cherry. Appearance is light brown with no lees or carbonation. The mouthfeel is a tad watery. The flavor is complex and changes from the presentation to the aftertaste. I feel that the spices may have been overdone.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

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.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Well, admittedly this is the first time I've had a gruit beer or something close to this. I did find it enjoyable, althought different. Isn't that what we all look for in our seach for beer? An aroma of fresh flowers and burnt candle wax. A taste of ginger, herbs, apples and some other things I just couldn't place no matter how hard I tried with a funny watery mouthfeel. This was really different. Good, but different.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

very intriguing style and beer altogether. tasted of ginger water, well water, pices like nutmeg and allspice. some honey and wheat flavors with a bitter taste and some acidity.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Nice flower-ish smell....OK lacing...pool of patchy head...refreshing yet kinda bold and assertive yet still subtle..nice label for sure........i liked it.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

This was pale, pale cloudy yellow like a Hoegaarden and it had a lot of similar qualities. It's extremely light and I seemed to pick up coriander and probably some orange, but there was some vague herbally aromas and flavors that I couldn't pick up well enough to describe that made this different than just another wit. Interesting, but not amazing.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This is a Dutch "gruitbier". A gruit is a mixture of spices and herbs and is used in place of hops to add flavor and aroma. I guess that technically it's not even a beer since by definition a beer contains hops, but I wouldn't have detected their absence if the label hadn't told me. It's pretty tasty...like a spiced wheat beer. It's not bad, but the fact that this very old style of brewing is all but forgotten says something.