Gandavum Dry Hopping
De Proefbrouwerij

On tap at Het Waterhuis aan de Bierkant in Ghent, Belgium.

This one pours a nice golden yellow color, with a fluffy head, and ltos of lacing.

This smells like peppery and floral hops, with some bready maltiness.

This is definitely a very solid beer, but the environment in which I’m drinking it is super enjoyable too, and that may certainly be affecting how I’m enjoying it. It’s nice and floral, with some refreshing bitterness, and a lightly grainy, bready, and sweet malt backbone. There’s some pear and apple too.

This is light bodied, crisp, clean, and quite drinkable.

This was absolutely one of my favorite bars on my trip to Belgium, and this was a nice little beer to drink at this wonderful canal-side bar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perky flowery scents shine through a dense, honey like aroma. A soapy, uncarbonic mouthfeel carries the type of flavours you'd expect from smelling this mustard-colored brew; Flowers, honey and grainyness. The finish is neutral, but not without it's flaws - An out-of-style, out-of-balance buttery taste can easily be picked up on.

 

 

Pours an opaque saturated orange, a finger of foam, spotty lace in the glass.

Aroma isn't all that hoppy, floral with sandalwood traces, and specialty malt. Reminds me of a faded malty IPA.

Sweet with a faint bitterness in the aftertaste. Crystal malt bready caramel sweetness. Medium bodied with a soft carb level. Bready malt flavors dominate, some vague dried orange peel surfaces occasionally. Again, it's pretty malty with minimal hop character. Graham cracker aftertaste. Not especially impressed by this, just showed up and at $15 I'd hoped it would be relatively fresh.