Jupiler
Brasserie Piedboeuf
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- Style:
- European Pale Lager
Ranked #265 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 69
Ranked #47,637 - Avg:
- 2.96 | pDev: 18.92%
- Reviews:
- 94
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- Brasserie Piedboeuf
- Belgium
- Avail:
- Year-round
- Wants
- 10
- Gots
- 97
SCORE
69
Poor
69
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Reviews: 94
| Ratings: 342
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3.32/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
From the large can, it pours a clear light golden color with a nice white head. In the nose, it is fresh and grainy. In the mouth, light and grainy as well. Pleasant and unassuming.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
From the large can, it pours a clear light golden color with a nice white head. In the nose, it is fresh and grainy. In the mouth, light and grainy as well. Pleasant and unassuming.
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2.28/5 rDev -23%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
De color ámbar, con cuerpo ligero y carbonatación media, esta cerveza tiene una cabeza espumosa de poca retención. Aroma a malta y lúpulo, una vez en boca resulta agradable, mejor que muchas de su estilo y precio.
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look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
De color ámbar, con cuerpo ligero y carbonatación media, esta cerveza tiene una cabeza espumosa de poca retención. Aroma a malta y lúpulo, una vez en boca resulta agradable, mejor que muchas de su estilo y precio.
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3.31/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pale gold with a nice head and good lacing. Unfortunately the positives end there. Sweetish nose, caramel. Flavour has some butteriness, bitter at the end. Overall a bit indistinct.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pale gold with a nice head and good lacing. Unfortunately the positives end there. Sweetish nose, caramel. Flavour has some butteriness, bitter at the end. Overall a bit indistinct.
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3.18/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Golden colour and medium head with a very short retention. Fresh hops and grass notes with slight bitterness. Quite enjoyable for it's style and holds up to it's competitors very well.
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look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Golden colour and medium head with a very short retention. Fresh hops and grass notes with slight bitterness. Quite enjoyable for it's style and holds up to it's competitors very well.
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3.34/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
0.5l can. Actually german pilsener.
Clear golden with nice white head, good retention, some laces.
Malty smell with grassy notes.
Taste follows the nose, dry on palate, thin hop finish.
Light body, soft to medium carbonation.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
0.5l can. Actually german pilsener.
Clear golden with nice white head, good retention, some laces.
Malty smell with grassy notes.
Taste follows the nose, dry on palate, thin hop finish.
Light body, soft to medium carbonation.
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3.36/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
drank a ton of this in Amsterdam
pitchers go down easy and has a solid flavor. much better than nearly every AAL which is the class this beer belongs to
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
drank a ton of this in Amsterdam
pitchers go down easy and has a solid flavor. much better than nearly every AAL which is the class this beer belongs to
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3.27/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
From Festival de las Naciones. In Teku glass. Playing Broken Age. Not the typical euro lager, more soft and smooth, maybe a bit flat but with a sugary sweetness and light bananas notes that give it some originality
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look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
From Festival de las Naciones. In Teku glass. Playing Broken Age. Not the typical euro lager, more soft and smooth, maybe a bit flat but with a sugary sweetness and light bananas notes that give it some originality
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3/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Deep golden colour, medium head with short retention. Good lace. Aroma of fresh hops, grains. Medium body, creamy palate, bitter finish. Taste is bitter, fresh hops, notes caramel. Correct for the style.
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Deep golden colour, medium head with short retention. Good lace. Aroma of fresh hops, grains. Medium body, creamy palate, bitter finish. Taste is bitter, fresh hops, notes caramel. Correct for the style.
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1.48/5 rDev -50%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
Light golden color with a thin head with short retention.
Aroma with notes of biscuit malt and sugar sweetness, orange in syrup and mild booze.
Sweet flavor with notes of glucose, faint herbal hops, booze, some cooked vegetables and cardboard. Medium dry aftertaste with a mild bitterness.
Light body with appropriate carbonation.
Below average lager with some unpleasant notes that diminish drinkability. Who says it does not have bad beer in Belgium?
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look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
Light golden color with a thin head with short retention.
Aroma with notes of biscuit malt and sugar sweetness, orange in syrup and mild booze.
Sweet flavor with notes of glucose, faint herbal hops, booze, some cooked vegetables and cardboard. Medium dry aftertaste with a mild bitterness.
Light body with appropriate carbonation.
Below average lager with some unpleasant notes that diminish drinkability. Who says it does not have bad beer in Belgium?
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2.19/5 rDev -26%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Can, 0,33 l
A - Very pale, light yellow color. White foam lasting 10 sec. Lots of bubbles at first. Classic industrial lager.
S - Highly unpleasant smell, cheapest malt, corn with skunk adjuncts.
T/M - Bitterness is the only taste i could define. Some sweetness also.
O - Rubbish
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look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Can, 0,33 l
A - Very pale, light yellow color. White foam lasting 10 sec. Lots of bubbles at first. Classic industrial lager.
S - Highly unpleasant smell, cheapest malt, corn with skunk adjuncts.
T/M - Bitterness is the only taste i could define. Some sweetness also.
O - Rubbish
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4.06/5 rDev +37.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is an everyday beer which has no intense or special flavor but is straight forward and a good regular beer. In its genre I think one of the better beers for regular everyday use.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is an everyday beer which has no intense or special flavor but is straight forward and a good regular beer. In its genre I think one of the better beers for regular everyday use.
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2.76/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Okay in its style i guess, but altogether as a beer not very impressive. The smell is very weak (hints of malt and sugar) and the taste is watery and sweet; not a lot of flavour going on here....It is like drinking a diluted liquid digestive biscuit basically....
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Okay in its style i guess, but altogether as a beer not very impressive. The smell is very weak (hints of malt and sugar) and the taste is watery and sweet; not a lot of flavour going on here....It is like drinking a diluted liquid digestive biscuit basically....
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3.36/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
25 cl bottle wth a twist cap.
This is a very enjoyable beer. Maybe it's because this is my first beer after a long day of hiking. Or maybe it's because I am drinking it from a seaside balcony in southern Crete. Or perhaps I've had too many mediocre Euro Pale lagers lately. It any case, it has a light, citrusy flavor that is quite refreshing. I do wish it was bolder, but it is certainly more enjoyable than the BA rating suggests.
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look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
25 cl bottle wth a twist cap.
This is a very enjoyable beer. Maybe it's because this is my first beer after a long day of hiking. Or maybe it's because I am drinking it from a seaside balcony in southern Crete. Or perhaps I've had too many mediocre Euro Pale lagers lately. It any case, it has a light, citrusy flavor that is quite refreshing. I do wish it was bolder, but it is certainly more enjoyable than the BA rating suggests.
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3.45/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
My first beer; as a teen living in Belgium back in the 80s, this is what I thought a beer tasted like. It's a bit bitter, but thats what made it so memorable. Not to shabby, but age has made me realize that it's been above average. But you don't talk bad about your first kiss either.
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
My first beer; as a teen living in Belgium back in the 80s, this is what I thought a beer tasted like. It's a bit bitter, but thats what made it so memorable. Not to shabby, but age has made me realize that it's been above average. But you don't talk bad about your first kiss either.
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3/5 rDev +1.4%
It's your average pale lager, with a golden hue and a faint aroma, it does what you want it to do. It's like a better tasting Stella Artois. For the price, it's definitely worth it.
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It's your average pale lager, with a golden hue and a faint aroma, it does what you want it to do. It's like a better tasting Stella Artois. For the price, it's definitely worth it.
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2.9/5 rDev -2%
Served in a branded Pilsner glass in De Prins Leeuwarden (Nethernalnd)
A – Light golden in colour with pretty big Dutch head and a lot of lacing left over. Pretty standard for the style and place.
S – Smell was dominated by a lot of malt with some hints of clove and banana. This is the second time I have come across this in a Dutch bar. The first was with a Heineken in an Irish pub.
T – The taste is as you would expect mild sweet malts but not overly sweet a little bitter hop finish that is slightly drying but there is the same odd banana middle I found with the Heineken.
MF – Astringent and drying. Not overly full in the mouth but not exactly thin either.
O – Meehhh. This is okay, it is drinkable and I suppose it is doing a fine job for what it is but it just feels and little dull to me. In short it is nothing to write home about.
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Served in a branded Pilsner glass in De Prins Leeuwarden (Nethernalnd)
A – Light golden in colour with pretty big Dutch head and a lot of lacing left over. Pretty standard for the style and place.
S – Smell was dominated by a lot of malt with some hints of clove and banana. This is the second time I have come across this in a Dutch bar. The first was with a Heineken in an Irish pub.
T – The taste is as you would expect mild sweet malts but not overly sweet a little bitter hop finish that is slightly drying but there is the same odd banana middle I found with the Heineken.
MF – Astringent and drying. Not overly full in the mouth but not exactly thin either.
O – Meehhh. This is okay, it is drinkable and I suppose it is doing a fine job for what it is but it just feels and little dull to me. In short it is nothing to write home about.
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2.89/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
I had this a few times while in belgium - first on the plane all experience from a can.
This is a golden colored light looking and thick foam of white topping with visible carbonation -not much different than most -head retention is good. The smell is faint, but sweet without much in the way of hops but nothing offensive or off. The feel is light as expected but medium carbonation with mild sweet middle and semi-dry finish.
The taste is pretty ordinary and on the sweet side but not much malt depth and lacks any real hop flavor -pretty cookie cutter lager flavor which is low flavor and best enjoyed chilled. Overall I didn't mind this it is not metallic or grainy as some in the style but it does not stand out either.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
I had this a few times while in belgium - first on the plane all experience from a can.
This is a golden colored light looking and thick foam of white topping with visible carbonation -not much different than most -head retention is good. The smell is faint, but sweet without much in the way of hops but nothing offensive or off. The feel is light as expected but medium carbonation with mild sweet middle and semi-dry finish.
The taste is pretty ordinary and on the sweet side but not much malt depth and lacks any real hop flavor -pretty cookie cutter lager flavor which is low flavor and best enjoyed chilled. Overall I didn't mind this it is not metallic or grainy as some in the style but it does not stand out either.
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3.19/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
From an 11.2 oz can (dated July 2, 2014) into a pint glass.
A-A normal pour produces a light, yellow-gold brew with a thin, white head that drops quickly. No lacing, not much activity in the beer.
S-The smell is slightly grainy with a mild hop bite. There isn't much here, but a little whiff of banana reminds you that this is a Belgian beer. Conversely, a touch of skunk reminds you that this is a canned, macro-style lager.
T-The taste is mild like the smell, but with less intrigue. The brew is grainy, with a hint of toast, and only a minute kick of skunky, bitter hops.
F-The feel is light to medium with a tinny, slightly fizzy carbonation.
O-This brew is ubiquitous in the old country, but that doesn't make it great. Anyway, I would rank Jupiler one or two small notches above a BMC macro AAL type lager if only for the slightly interesting smell and the slightly heavier mouthfeel.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
From an 11.2 oz can (dated July 2, 2014) into a pint glass.
A-A normal pour produces a light, yellow-gold brew with a thin, white head that drops quickly. No lacing, not much activity in the beer.
S-The smell is slightly grainy with a mild hop bite. There isn't much here, but a little whiff of banana reminds you that this is a Belgian beer. Conversely, a touch of skunk reminds you that this is a canned, macro-style lager.
T-The taste is mild like the smell, but with less intrigue. The brew is grainy, with a hint of toast, and only a minute kick of skunky, bitter hops.
F-The feel is light to medium with a tinny, slightly fizzy carbonation.
O-This brew is ubiquitous in the old country, but that doesn't make it great. Anyway, I would rank Jupiler one or two small notches above a BMC macro AAL type lager if only for the slightly interesting smell and the slightly heavier mouthfeel.
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2.71/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
It isn't often that I go from one of the best beers in the world (Westvleteren) to one of the more common (Jupiler) in just a matter of two hours. I had a bottle at a cafe which was on the Belgium-France border outside Watou. On to the beer:
This beer is pale gold colored with a short head and decent retention. It smells of a strange iron, and it also smells of a standard malted barley. The taste at least is a small improvement over the aroma. It starts with vague cereals and some DMS. Is there fermenting asperagus in this beer? A dry barley note and slight fruitness bring a little rescue effort to the beer, making it half-decent. The beer is light bodied and "soapy", and okay with the drinkability.
Eh, it's okay. It's probably better than a skunked Stella though.
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look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
It isn't often that I go from one of the best beers in the world (Westvleteren) to one of the more common (Jupiler) in just a matter of two hours. I had a bottle at a cafe which was on the Belgium-France border outside Watou. On to the beer:
This beer is pale gold colored with a short head and decent retention. It smells of a strange iron, and it also smells of a standard malted barley. The taste at least is a small improvement over the aroma. It starts with vague cereals and some DMS. Is there fermenting asperagus in this beer? A dry barley note and slight fruitness bring a little rescue effort to the beer, making it half-decent. The beer is light bodied and "soapy", and okay with the drinkability.
Eh, it's okay. It's probably better than a skunked Stella though.
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3.21/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On-tap at Cafe Katoen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has no visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high white head that died down but left a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface.
S: Light aromas of bready malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste has flavors of bready and grainy malts along with a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium- bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The beer is easy to drink and tastes like an average pale lager, but without any flavors of adjunct malts.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On-tap at Cafe Katoen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has no visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high white head that died down but left a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface.
S: Light aromas of bready malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste has flavors of bready and grainy malts along with a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium- bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The beer is easy to drink and tastes like an average pale lager, but without any flavors of adjunct malts.
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2.45/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Served on-draught into a 25cl glass in a bar in Belfort, France. Reviewed from notes taken in Summer 2011.
A: Pours a two finger head, fluffy white, with light cream, fair thickness, and good retention. Body colour is a semitransparent crystal yellow.
Sm: A light aroma of barley and crystal malts. Hopping is generic floral.
T: Light barley foundation with some pleasant smooth cream. A handful of crystal malts. Floral hops. Pretty simple but refreshing. Maybe a buried hint of lime? Balanced.
Mf: Smooth and wet. Complements the flavour profile okay.
Dr: Below average in quality. Priced highly at 3 euro for 25cl (by French standards). Hides its average ABV okay. Meh. Not very good stuff.
D+
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look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Served on-draught into a 25cl glass in a bar in Belfort, France. Reviewed from notes taken in Summer 2011.
A: Pours a two finger head, fluffy white, with light cream, fair thickness, and good retention. Body colour is a semitransparent crystal yellow.
Sm: A light aroma of barley and crystal malts. Hopping is generic floral.
T: Light barley foundation with some pleasant smooth cream. A handful of crystal malts. Floral hops. Pretty simple but refreshing. Maybe a buried hint of lime? Balanced.
Mf: Smooth and wet. Complements the flavour profile okay.
Dr: Below average in quality. Priced highly at 3 euro for 25cl (by French standards). Hides its average ABV okay. Meh. Not very good stuff.
D+
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3/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
330ml bottle served in a Weizen glass.
A: Pours a pale and clear yellow color forming a beg bubbled and aired white head. Medium retention and tons of lacings formed and left
S: Very grainy and bready in the nose. Sweet grains. Some notes of adjunct malts and honey. Lager yeasts and light notes flowery hops in the end
T: Sweet grains upfront. Slightly sweet. Very grainy and a bit hoppy bitter finish. Notes of bready and biscuity Lager yeasts
M: Light body. Good carbonation. Grainy and slightly bitter aftertaste
O: Medium drinkability
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
330ml bottle served in a Weizen glass.
A: Pours a pale and clear yellow color forming a beg bubbled and aired white head. Medium retention and tons of lacings formed and left
S: Very grainy and bready in the nose. Sweet grains. Some notes of adjunct malts and honey. Lager yeasts and light notes flowery hops in the end
T: Sweet grains upfront. Slightly sweet. Very grainy and a bit hoppy bitter finish. Notes of bready and biscuity Lager yeasts
M: Light body. Good carbonation. Grainy and slightly bitter aftertaste
O: Medium drinkability
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1.87/5 rDev -36.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
A very light, golden amber colour with a very thin, bubbly white head that is more lacing than anything else.
Very grainy with some lager malts and a basic malty base coupled with some vegetable adjuncts on top.
Sweet malts and some citrus with a hint of skunk in there. Quite grainy with some bread and light hops.
Quite light bodied, fairly skunky and cheap tasting with a sweet but not overly pleasant tang to it.
Cheap and nasty tasting lager, I'm amazed that this is the best selling beer in Belgium and quite frankly it is an awful lager.
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look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
A very light, golden amber colour with a very thin, bubbly white head that is more lacing than anything else.
Very grainy with some lager malts and a basic malty base coupled with some vegetable adjuncts on top.
Sweet malts and some citrus with a hint of skunk in there. Quite grainy with some bread and light hops.
Quite light bodied, fairly skunky and cheap tasting with a sweet but not overly pleasant tang to it.
Cheap and nasty tasting lager, I'm amazed that this is the best selling beer in Belgium and quite frankly it is an awful lager.
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3.14/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
On draft at a few bars in Mons, Belgium. This beer is ubiquitous in these parts.
The beer is pale and golden yellow hued with a half inch of white head. A nice appearance for the style. The aroma brings grain, malt, lager scents. The flavor is of macro lager and tastes as if it is mass produced. Grainy finish, lingering bitterness. Light bodied with moderate carbonation. This was just ok.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
On draft at a few bars in Mons, Belgium. This beer is ubiquitous in these parts.
The beer is pale and golden yellow hued with a half inch of white head. A nice appearance for the style. The aroma brings grain, malt, lager scents. The flavor is of macro lager and tastes as if it is mass produced. Grainy finish, lingering bitterness. Light bodied with moderate carbonation. This was just ok.
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3.13/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
We pour a pale golden brew. It holds a two finger head of fat white bubbles that pillows out of the glass. Retention is decent, and lacing is patterned all the way around the glass. There is full clarity to the beer, with no sediment or haze, and carbonation appears weaker. The aroma opens with adjuncty grain and a waxy, crayon-like quality. On the back there is sweetness of booze and deeper, more toasty caramel malts. Molasses sweetness is light but present. With warmth comes musk, cheddar cheese, and a distant earthy hop. Our first impression is that the grain is quite predominant and rather one dimensional. As we sip, bitter grain and souring lactic acids flow in. These make the base for the entire flavoring. The alcohol comes through as the swallow peaks, affording a spicy bite, and a warm synthetic cherry flavoring. This adds syrupy sweetness for a brief moment, and thickens the beer. We finish with souring adjuncts and flour, but the flavoring drops off readily, and is quickly thinned out by watery wash. The aftertaste breathes of flour, dried grass, white sugar, the faintest grassy hops, and constitutional sourness of grain. The body is lighter, while the carbonation is medium. The mouth is lightly coated with a metallic, slick liquid, and left cooled and happy. There is decent slurp and pop to each sip. The abv is appropriate, and the beer drinks nicely.
Overall, the thing we liked best about this beer was the cooling aroma and the clean finish to the beer. The nose was softer and less bitter than many of its competitors, and the following taste was equally as pleasant, for the style. Throughout the tasting, however, things never seemed as fresh as they could have been. The flavoring was there, but it was not very robust, deep, or very complex.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
We pour a pale golden brew. It holds a two finger head of fat white bubbles that pillows out of the glass. Retention is decent, and lacing is patterned all the way around the glass. There is full clarity to the beer, with no sediment or haze, and carbonation appears weaker. The aroma opens with adjuncty grain and a waxy, crayon-like quality. On the back there is sweetness of booze and deeper, more toasty caramel malts. Molasses sweetness is light but present. With warmth comes musk, cheddar cheese, and a distant earthy hop. Our first impression is that the grain is quite predominant and rather one dimensional. As we sip, bitter grain and souring lactic acids flow in. These make the base for the entire flavoring. The alcohol comes through as the swallow peaks, affording a spicy bite, and a warm synthetic cherry flavoring. This adds syrupy sweetness for a brief moment, and thickens the beer. We finish with souring adjuncts and flour, but the flavoring drops off readily, and is quickly thinned out by watery wash. The aftertaste breathes of flour, dried grass, white sugar, the faintest grassy hops, and constitutional sourness of grain. The body is lighter, while the carbonation is medium. The mouth is lightly coated with a metallic, slick liquid, and left cooled and happy. There is decent slurp and pop to each sip. The abv is appropriate, and the beer drinks nicely.
Overall, the thing we liked best about this beer was the cooling aroma and the clean finish to the beer. The nose was softer and less bitter than many of its competitors, and the following taste was equally as pleasant, for the style. Throughout the tasting, however, things never seemed as fresh as they could have been. The flavoring was there, but it was not very robust, deep, or very complex.
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Jupiler from Brasserie Piedboeuf
Beer rating:
69 out of
100 with
342 ratings
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