Poperings Hommel Bier | Brouwerij Van Eecke N.V.
Brewed by:
Brouwerij Van Eecke N.V.
Belgium
brouwerijvaneecke.be
Style: Belgian IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 7.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Hommel beer brewed with Hallertau and East Kent Goldings hops from Belgium’s hop growing region
Added by BeerAdvocate on 10-12-2001
HISTOGRAM
Ratings: 813 | Reviews: 413
3.87/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy light gold color with solid white cap and lacing.
Aroma of homemade yeast bread with something slightly sweet and fruity like a ripe pear in the background.
Taste is a beautifully complex melange of flavors that to me match the aroma yet the whole is more complex and elegant. It took about half a glass to realize the ABV was 7.5% but that was in feel as there is no apparent alcohol in the flavor. Hops are just enough to provide a balancing bitterness and become a bit bolder by the finish and into the aftertaste.
Full texture and balancing carbonation.
Overall another fine Belgian Blonde that upholds the traditions of that remarkable brewing Country.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy light gold color with solid white cap and lacing.
Aroma of homemade yeast bread with something slightly sweet and fruity like a ripe pear in the background.
Taste is a beautifully complex melange of flavors that to me match the aroma yet the whole is more complex and elegant. It took about half a glass to realize the ABV was 7.5% but that was in feel as there is no apparent alcohol in the flavor. Hops are just enough to provide a balancing bitterness and become a bit bolder by the finish and into the aftertaste.
Full texture and balancing carbonation.
Overall another fine Belgian Blonde that upholds the traditions of that remarkable brewing Country.
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3.58/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.4/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Cloudy, straw color that, frankly worried me. But all up from there. I smell sweet that makes me think of fruit, but I can't say which. But its a good aroma. Taste is very nice. A little sweet, but not annoying. For a strong beer, not bitter and does not taste of alcohol. Light and smooth going down. Overall, a very good beer. Easy to drink while packing a good wallop.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Cloudy, straw color that, frankly worried me. But all up from there. I smell sweet that makes me think of fruit, but I can't say which. But its a good aroma. Taste is very nice. A little sweet, but not annoying. For a strong beer, not bitter and does not taste of alcohol. Light and smooth going down. Overall, a very good beer. Easy to drink while packing a good wallop.
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4.05/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.19/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
a classic of the world that i have somehow missed until now. exciting to find it on tap too! really pasty washed out straw color, a little haze and a lot of head, looks belgian for sure, much paler than anticipated for whatever reason, looks really light, creamy, and lively. aroma is great, a grassy hop complexion that has some light bitterness to it, a dried tea-like herbaceous quality, also i assume from the hops, and a really nice belgian yeast strain thats not too ester heavy, but has some of that classic belgian spiciness to it, a wonderful pairing with the hops, and it translates into the flavor as well. this is as much yeast driven as it is by the hops, thats for sure, crackery and bready but soft and light and very dry by the end. creamy feeling though, expansive and bursting with carbonation, super active, refreshing even for its strength. some light hop bitterness to finish, but the yeast outlasts it, super highly refined. this is exactly what i am into right now, these hoppy belgian types, and the mild nature of this is such a nice contrast to the american made belgian styles like this that just let everything run like crazy. this was very very good, and i will look forward to my next glass of it!
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
a classic of the world that i have somehow missed until now. exciting to find it on tap too! really pasty washed out straw color, a little haze and a lot of head, looks belgian for sure, much paler than anticipated for whatever reason, looks really light, creamy, and lively. aroma is great, a grassy hop complexion that has some light bitterness to it, a dried tea-like herbaceous quality, also i assume from the hops, and a really nice belgian yeast strain thats not too ester heavy, but has some of that classic belgian spiciness to it, a wonderful pairing with the hops, and it translates into the flavor as well. this is as much yeast driven as it is by the hops, thats for sure, crackery and bready but soft and light and very dry by the end. creamy feeling though, expansive and bursting with carbonation, super active, refreshing even for its strength. some light hop bitterness to finish, but the yeast outlasts it, super highly refined. this is exactly what i am into right now, these hoppy belgian types, and the mild nature of this is such a nice contrast to the american made belgian styles like this that just let everything run like crazy. this was very very good, and i will look forward to my next glass of it!
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4.25/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.44/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.19/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.87/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.18/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Well well, this one is a surprise, from the hoppy excess presented on the label, I was expecting to be hit by a houblon buffon!
This pours exactly as you would expect having finished it's conditioning in the bottle, full of sediment and a hazy body with a short lived head.
Aroma is a light biscuit of all things, no real sign of those hops!
Taste is great, a real combination of slightly ripe fruit, and again no real hops to be sensed.
Aftertaste is good, and the feel is of a light but pleasing effervescence. 7.5% abv is solid and seems to be par for the course for the hoppy Belgians.
This is the best of them so far, better than the Leffe, better than the La Chouffe, Duvel tripel hop?, close call.
Overall one for the connoisseurs.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Well well, this one is a surprise, from the hoppy excess presented on the label, I was expecting to be hit by a houblon buffon!
This pours exactly as you would expect having finished it's conditioning in the bottle, full of sediment and a hazy body with a short lived head.
Aroma is a light biscuit of all things, no real sign of those hops!
Taste is great, a real combination of slightly ripe fruit, and again no real hops to be sensed.
Aftertaste is good, and the feel is of a light but pleasing effervescence. 7.5% abv is solid and seems to be par for the course for the hoppy Belgians.
This is the best of them so far, better than the Leffe, better than the La Chouffe, Duvel tripel hop?, close call.
Overall one for the connoisseurs.
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3.59/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bottle to a goblet
A - A rich gold with a thick white head and some brown deposit floating around
S - Biscuit malts, perfumed and piney hops
T - Some sweetness
M - Rich carbonation but not exaggerated
O - An IPA without too much grapefruit nor bitterness
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bottle to a goblet
A - A rich gold with a thick white head and some brown deposit floating around
S - Biscuit malts, perfumed and piney hops
T - Some sweetness
M - Rich carbonation but not exaggerated
O - An IPA without too much grapefruit nor bitterness
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3.9/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass at the World of Beer in Pooler, GA. The appearance is a gold color with a small white head. The aroma is a sweet mix of fruit. The taste is fruit driven with some caramel malt.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass at the World of Beer in Pooler, GA. The appearance is a gold color with a small white head. The aroma is a sweet mix of fruit. The taste is fruit driven with some caramel malt.
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4.38/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.29/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.5/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.46/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.06/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had it on tap at Belgian B Cafe, NYC.
Pours an amber orange with a frothy head. Cap retains well. Lots of lacing.
A unique bouquet of muted tropical fruit flavors, along with a faint musky quality; pear, papaya, passion fruit, even coconut milk. Floral, honeysuckle and vanilla bean. Light spice, lemony twang and, at times, a faint metallic aroma.
The taste is somewhat different. The palate is dry, earthy, rustic, grassy, herbal and mineral like. Light cracker malt backbone.
Some sweetness in the finish. The hops presence is of some significance as it provides an herbal and grassy feel and a touch of bitterness. Medium bodied and velvety in the mouth feel.
It feels more like a hoppy Belgian Pale Ale than a Belgian IPA. Nevertheless, an interesting brew I'm glad I tried.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had it on tap at Belgian B Cafe, NYC.
Pours an amber orange with a frothy head. Cap retains well. Lots of lacing.
A unique bouquet of muted tropical fruit flavors, along with a faint musky quality; pear, papaya, passion fruit, even coconut milk. Floral, honeysuckle and vanilla bean. Light spice, lemony twang and, at times, a faint metallic aroma.
The taste is somewhat different. The palate is dry, earthy, rustic, grassy, herbal and mineral like. Light cracker malt backbone.
Some sweetness in the finish. The hops presence is of some significance as it provides an herbal and grassy feel and a touch of bitterness. Medium bodied and velvety in the mouth feel.
It feels more like a hoppy Belgian Pale Ale than a Belgian IPA. Nevertheless, an interesting brew I'm glad I tried.
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Poperings Hommel Bier from Brouwerij Van Eecke N.V.
Beer rating:
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813 ratings
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75