This is the second beer we’ve featured from Brasserie De la Senne in Brussels. It is a lovely hazy golden coloured pale ale, with a snow white head. As the label suggests, there is a generous inclusion of hops giving a nose full of floral and citrus aromas.
The taste is of crisp grainy malt, a little tropical fruit sweetness and a pleasant peppery bitterness that carries through the beer. Good carbonation adds to the dry hop ‘prickle’ in the mouth and on the tongue.
It is a most sessionable hop-forward pale ale. Perfect for a warm afternoon, and a great start to this months beer flight.
About the brewery: The brewers at De la Senne favour the lower-alcohol style beers with a tendancy for higher levels of bitterness; which is something of a rarity for Belgium. All their beers are wonderful to drink, with the bonus of being quite sessionable!
'Explain in detail' is a cross between a pale ale and a farmhouse ale
A pale ale to commemorate the 1500th batch brewed, which has become a flagship beer of the brewery
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
A 3.5% session pale ale, bursting with hop character
A hop-driven pale ale dry-hopped with loads of beautiful Citra hops
Partizan from South East London brews a range of fresh and tasty Pale Ales, featuring different hop combinations
A gentle 3-grain pale ale with Mosaic, Amarillo and Centennial hops
The 2014 vintage of De La Senne's commemorative brew - a ripper Belgian Pale Ale
De La Senne's once-a-year birthday celebratory pale ale, this time using an experimental hop from Slovenia
A Black IPA from Brasserie De La Senne - lots of roasted malts and earthy hop flavours
A Belgian ale 100% fermented with a Brussels Brettanomyces yeast, conditioned for 4 months in the bottle before release
This is a mixed fermentation ale aged in oak barrels for one year
This beer is known as the most bitter Tripel style beer in all of Belgium!
A collaborative Saison featuring rye, spelt and wheat malts, dry-hopped with a Ukranian hop called Zachrava
A Christmas beer that is lighter, drier and hoppier than a standard winter seasonal
A malty blond ale with a pleasant peppery bite from only the second brewery in Brussels
