7.9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

CD 09/06. Hazy yellow, bit of white head. Smells a bit dry, a bit bitter, and quite fruity. Pithy citrus, bit of mango. Decent body, bit of a bite. Taste is nicely balanced, has some light sweetness and a lovely end bitter. Plenty citrus, hint of mango.

7.8

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

NEDIPA by a local craft brewery in Groningen which has nothing to do with the wild beers otherwise served at the Wild festival there - but a welcome distraction as such. 'Brugse kant'-like lacing, large-bubbled but firm, egg-white, slowly opening head on a hazy to even milky yellow blonde beer. Aroma of moldy oranges, lemon zest, granadilla, freshly cut green bell pepper, pizza Hawaii, oregano, paprika, dough, mandarin. Very lively and colourfully hop-fruity onset, a wave of granadilla, pineapple and pomelo, medium carbonated, sweetish but not too much so, bit minerally around the edges; citric sourishness adorns a milky, doughy core, drenched in strong herbality, oregano- and almost dill-like, green bell pepper even, mixing with the pineapple fruitiness in an almost pizza Hawaii-like overall effect; the tropical fruitiness wins in the end, with the hops adding a light peppery bitterness too, highlighted by an afterglow of gently warming, wodka-like alcohol which nevertheless remains well in place where it belongs. Quite a distinct, fascinatingly herbal interpretation of NEDIPA, but surprisingly well made. Nice one!

7

Geel met wit schuim. Nectarine, ananas, en een hoop snijgras. Scherp gehopt, hooikoorts gevaar. Maar wel lekker. Haver, bloemig, beetje ziltig in de afdronk. Prima.