This beer takes a step away from the US-style hopping of the Viven Imperial IPA, and back to a more traditional European feel.
The beer is made using hops from Germany (Merkur Hoppe), New Zealand (Nelson Sauvin) and the United States (Citra), so it isn’t short on hop characteristics with a fruity aroma of lemon and grapefruit.
The flavour is a little earthier than the aroma suggests, though there is still some citrus fruit sweetness with the grainy malt body. The beer is really quite dry, which exaggerates the spicy prickle on the finish.
This beer was intended to represent an older style European IPA, presenting a more sessionable beer; if you can call a beer of 7% sessionable!
A second version of this beer, with a dominant display from the Morpheus yeast supported by Cascade and Chinook hops
Ella hops from Australia provide a tropical fruit character to this crisp and refreshing Belgian IPA
A Belgian IPA with Challenger, Smaragd and Citra hops, finished with a Belgian saison yeast
Hop bitterness, with dry spicing and just a hint of wild earthy funk
A bigger, hoppier version of the Noblesse Belgian Pale Ale
A Belgian classic - Duvel - with a current hop-driven twist
The classical Belgian Strong Blond Ale, jazzed up with an extra hop that changes each year
The 2015 special edition Duvel Tripel Hop features the Equinox hop
The 2016 version of Duvel's Tripel Hop, featuring an experimental hop from the Yakima Valley
This is now the permanent feature in the Duvel range, with the Citra version being voted the favourite of all the Duvel Tripel Hop varieties
The 'other' Duvel Tripel Hop in the range shows of Cashmere hops
The favourite of the Duvel Tripel Hop series is the Citra hop version
Five old-world hops are used in this fresh grassy Belgian IPA
The original Belgian IPA, from one of the three breweries in the 'Brewers Town' of Watou.
A seasonal batch of Hopus brewed in Spring, which is dry-hopped with Citra
by Brasserie d'Achouffe (Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat)
Best described as an extremely hoppy Belgian tripel style
A Belgian IPA with a strong citrus character and nice earthy bitterness
A Belgian IPA using Mapuche hops grown exclusively for Leffe on the plains of Patagonia
Another riff of the Troubadour Magma, this one is a more sessionable, last of the summer sun type of beer
The 2016 variation of Troubadour's flagship beer Magma features Maris Otter premium malt
The 2017 variant of Magma sees a change in malt and hop quantities, resulting in a fruity, earthy and dry IPA
The 2019 variant of Troubadour's Magma is a beer that has been made more sessional, with the addition of El Dorado and Nelson Sauvin hops
A perfectly balanced Belgian IPA, deceptively drinkable for the 9.5% ABV.
Not really fitting in to a style category - inviting sweet malt backbone with a good dose of hop bitterness.
The second incarnation of this beer, featuring Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial hops
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An Anglo-Belgian style IPA, with a big malt body and balanced hop character
A traditional style Belgian dubbel from a little brewery in the village of Damme, just outside Bruges
A cross between Flemish brewing tradition, and the big IPA's of the US West Coast
A delicious English style porter, with the addition of a subtle smoked malt
