Natte
Brouwerij 't IJ
- From:
- Brouwerij 't IJ
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Belgian Dubbel
Ranked #117 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #35,360 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 15.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 49
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 01, 2025
- Added:
- Feb 19, 2002
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 35
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
After the ‘Zatte’, this is the oldest beer from Brouwerij ‘t IJ. Natte is classed as a ‘dubbel’, a Belgian category of smooth, dark beers. Because we partly use dark malt, Natte has a reddish-brown colour and a smooth, roasted flavour with earthy tones of brown sugar, nuts and plums. Completed with slightly bitter hops, this is a nicely balanced beer and one of the brewery’s classics.
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Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.26/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.26/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Copenhagen 15/5 2021. 33 cl bottle from Beerdealer web-shop. Brouwerij 't IJ's usual design with the Ostrich and its egg. This time in blue.
Pours clear dark brown with a red hue. Mid-sized yellowish head. A bit bubbly. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam unable of covering the surface of the beer. No lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with a malty sweet odor mingling with a subtle fruity scent. Caramel, cardboard, toffee. Lightly toasted malts. Sour grains. Hints of brown sugar.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a strong sweetness followed by a moderate bitterness. Aftertaste is sweetish with a notable bitter undertone. Linger for a while. Finish is sweet caramel with a bit of alcohol.
Quite much on the sweet side and surprisingly boozy despite a modest ABV.
Mar 09, 2025Pours clear dark brown with a red hue. Mid-sized yellowish head. A bit bubbly. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam unable of covering the surface of the beer. No lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with a malty sweet odor mingling with a subtle fruity scent. Caramel, cardboard, toffee. Lightly toasted malts. Sour grains. Hints of brown sugar.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a strong sweetness followed by a moderate bitterness. Aftertaste is sweetish with a notable bitter undertone. Linger for a while. Finish is sweet caramel with a bit of alcohol.
Quite much on the sweet side and surprisingly boozy despite a modest ABV.
Rated by donspublic from Texas
3.58/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Just found tasting sheet for this beer I had on my 60th, no notes, just numbers
Jan 06, 2024
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.58/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Cloudy ruby brown with a tan head. Earthy bitterness cuts into the sweet malt in the nose. Taste is odd, no way around it: very earthy almost burnt nutty flavors in and around the sweeter malt and candi sugar, dark fruits are dried and fleeting, big roasted malt with earthy spice sets in about a third of the way through the sip, more odd than good. Feel is warm, medium bodied but not smooth for the style, has rough moments unnecessarily. A head scratcher
Oct 08, 2022
Reviewed by BeerTastesGood from California
4.39/5 rDev +22.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev +22.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I've never had an amber ale that tastes so much like a Belgian. Very interesting, like a Belgian with some chocolate and malt on top. Fun, want to try this style more.
Jan 08, 2018
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