Score
7.32
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Draft at the source. Hazy pale yellow color fluffy white head. Aroma of dusty straw. Taste is white pepper and lemon. Very nice.
Draft at Pinpon. Served horrible , but still ... Pours hazy blonde , small white head . Smell is malty . Taste is bitter , malty . Bit organic, reminds a bit of taras bulba . Aftertaste is bitter ( hops ) , rather sharp . Nice ! shame a good beer like this is waisted to a buisness that does not treat it with the respect it deserves ...
Imported from my RateBeer account as De la Senne PinPon (by Brasserie de la Senne):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
19/X/14 - on tap @ PinPon (Brussels) - BB: n/a (2014-1222)
Little hazy blond to yellow beer, creamy dense white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity, pineapple, citrus, some grapefruit, bit grassy. Smell is very promising! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter, right from the start, citrus, grassy, grapefruit, bit spicy. Aftetaste: bitter, grassy, dry, citrus, bit of exotic fruits, mainly pineapple.
2 x 250 ml. draft @ Pin Pon. Great drawings for the beers as expected from De La Senne. Hazy milky golden, small white head. Nose is faint but it was also served way too cold in my opinion, light hop flowers, grass,… De La Senne hop-profile but quite light with touch grains. Taste is grainy upfront, substantial body, leading into De La Senne grassy hops, hop flowers, hay, nicely bitter, very bitter zest peel. Grainy body. Taste like a substantial pilsner chockfull of De La Senne hops. All I can say delicious. @ 2 € for a glass (more or less standard prize for a pale lager in Belgium), I wish that every bar sold this or a beer similar to this one. This is just a great fix of hops.
Draft. Dorée sur un léger trouble, col blanc épais. Arôme est houblonné, fruité dans un style très noble rappelant houblons belges et allemands. Ce dernier est non sans rappeler le houblon frais en sac agrémenté d’effluves de malt pils-cara. Palais est léger sur une base bien pils. Ici on est a mille lieu des pils industrielles. Palais sec, fruité amer venant des houblons, un léger fleuri portant sur des houblons nobles. Le tout conserve une signature typique de DLS surtout au niveau de la base levure et de l’amertume. La levure confère une certaine épaisseur de bouche ponctuée de grains. Pour 2€ (prix censé augmenter une fois cette période prix cassés passée) on en redemande. Force est encore d’admettre que le dessin de JS Govaerts est parfait.