8.1

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

The fifth session IPA (not counting their first "session ale" SA12) created by Brouwbar, the brewpub in Ghent's old Patershol quarter. Sold during the lockdown period linked to the coronavirus pandemic - thanks Steve for getting me a bottle straight from Brouwbar. Snow white, medium sized, mousy, slowly dissipating, shred-lacing head on a misty warm 'old gold' coloured beer with somewhat greenish edges, turning a bit deeper and becoming a cloudy apricot blonde with sediment. Aroma of dried lemon peel, bread crust, toasted pumpkin seeds, grapefruit pith, bitter green weeds, sunflower seeds, dry crackers, white pepper, vague hint of dry cheese rind faraway in the background. Crisp, cleanly fruity onset, hinting at green banana and unripe peach with a touch of apricot, remaining very subdued in sweetness; medium carb, just about right for the intended style but adding minerally effects nonetheless. Dry cracker-like, cereally body, slender but by no means thin, evolving into a grassy and leafy hop bitter finish with aspects of dried orange peel and grapefruit pith, but remaining mostly focused on drying bitterness and much less on retronasal aromatics (contrary to most of its predecessors); long, peppery bitterness in the end, but still with a very light juicy accent. Hoppy golden ale (even in the English sense of the word) more than a 'true' ISA, more focused on bitterness than on New World aromatics in the hop department, but very quenching and refreshing on a hot spring day - which is the ultimate function of a beer like this, I suppose. Enjoyed it, cheers Benjamin! --- Beer merged from original tick of SI45 Session IPA on 27 May 2020 at 01:01 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: The fifth session IPA (not counting their first session ale SA12) created by Brouwbar, the brewpub in Ghent's old Patershol quarter. Sold during the lockdown period linked to the coronavirus pandemic - thanks Steve for getting me a bottle straight from Brouwbar. Snow white, medium sized, mousy, slowly dissipating, shred-lacing head on a misty warm 'old gold' coloured beer with somewhat greenish edges, turning a bit deeper and becoming a cloudy apricot blonde with sediment. Aroma of dried lemon peel, bread crust, toasted pumpkin seeds, grapefruit pith, bitter green weeds, sunflower seeds, dry crackers, white pepper, vague hint of dry cheese rind faraway in the background. Crisp, cleanly fruity onset, hinting at green banana and unripe peach with a touch of apricot, remaining very subdued in sweetness; medium carb, just about right for the intended style but adding minerally effects nonetheless. Dry cracker-like, cereally body, slender but by no means thin, evolving into a grassy and leafy hop bitter finish with aspects of dried orange peel and grapefruit pith, but remaining mostly focused on drying bitterness and much less on retronasal aromatics (contrary to most of its predecessors); long, peppery bitterness in the end, but still with a very light juicy accent. Hoppy golden ale (even in the English sense of the word) more than a 'true' ISA, more focused on bitterness than on New World aromatics in the hop department, but very quenching and refreshing on a hot spring day - which is the ultimate function of a beer like this, I suppose. Enjoyed it, cheers Benjamin!

7.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Take-away bottle. Pours clear yellow with a lasting, thin, white head. Aroma of unripe pineapple, mandarin, breadcrust, yellow apple, green banana, kitchen herbs, wheat. Taste has sweetish mandarin, apple, pineapple, quickly countered by bitter yellow grapefruit peel, pine & some spices, bready maltiness underneath but not adding extra sweetness per se, touch of sour wheat too. Dry, earthy hoppy finish, grapefruity still, more unripe fruit & yeast. Medium body, oily texture, fizzy (bit minerally) carbonation. A bitter Ale first and foremost indeed, good stuff!

8.5

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8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

13/V/20 - 33cl bottle from the brewery, shared @ home, BB: 7/VII/20 (2020-415)

Clear to little cloudy blond beer, big creamy white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: nice, tropical fruits, sweet impression, some caramel, peach candy, mango, hint of citrus. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice bitterness, citrus notes, bit floral, some passion fruits, malty touch, caramel notes. Aftertaste: very bitter, tropical fruits, some peach flavoured candy, dry, bit grassy, good bitterness, lovely beer.