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Simplex
Brouwerij Brasserie De Ranke
- From:
- Brouwerij Brasserie De Ranke
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
Ranked #17 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #13,420 - Avg:
- 3.95 | pDev: 8.1%
- Reviews:
- 19
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 07, 2023
- Added:
- May 23, 2017
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 4
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Ratings by bark:
Reviewed by bark from Sweden
4.51/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
The colour is pale gold; the liquid clear. The three finger head is compact and white; it sinks slowly leaving some lacing on the glass.
The smell is quite light with some fruity-yeasty notes, hints of hay and spicy phenols. Banana peels and a hint of soap.
The taste is first very dry and bitter. Emerging notes of spices, fresh fruits and banana peels. Some yeast and dough. Medium body. The aftertaste is dry, too, with fresh coriander, nutmeg and bitter herbs. Passing hints of oranges and lime peel. Belgian yeast and strong clean bitterness in the finish.
The carbonation is very strong with lots of mid-sized long-lasting bubbles. The liquid is medium smooth.
A session Belgian IPA? Yes, why not: This is a dry bitter and highly refreshing beer!
Jun 19, 2017The smell is quite light with some fruity-yeasty notes, hints of hay and spicy phenols. Banana peels and a hint of soap.
The taste is first very dry and bitter. Emerging notes of spices, fresh fruits and banana peels. Some yeast and dough. Medium body. The aftertaste is dry, too, with fresh coriander, nutmeg and bitter herbs. Passing hints of oranges and lime peel. Belgian yeast and strong clean bitterness in the finish.
The carbonation is very strong with lots of mid-sized long-lasting bubbles. The liquid is medium smooth.
A session Belgian IPA? Yes, why not: This is a dry bitter and highly refreshing beer!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4.1/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
11.2oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden amber color with a good-sized, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sticky patches of lace on the glass. It smelled funky with barnyard notes, caramel and spices. It tasted of spices, yeastiness, toffee and a hint of funkiness.
Sep 23, 2021Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
3.25/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
De Belgiuminabox. Montnaod router Huawei wifi 6, y webcam. Luego jugando a God of War 3. En copa Grimbergen. Ligera, con perfil belga muy seco y con bastante presencia herbal. No está mal pero tampoco dice mucho. Se echa en falta dulzor
Nov 23, 2020Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.45/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330ml bottle from Beers of Europe (£1.91):
Golden amber, translucent & topped with a 1cm, foamy white head that holds well; there's some lacing on the sides of the glass & plenty of visible carbonation rising to the surface too. Sharp & fresh on the nose with citrus, dry hops & some yeast alongside floral notes with a little banana & spice at the end too. Some apple, pears & citrus fruits open up the taste but it's a touch more subdued than the nose; there was some spices & yeast further on too with grassy hops & herbal flavours rounding things off. It's a lively beer with a very dry palate that's sharp & crisp too.
Jul 25, 2020Golden amber, translucent & topped with a 1cm, foamy white head that holds well; there's some lacing on the sides of the glass & plenty of visible carbonation rising to the surface too. Sharp & fresh on the nose with citrus, dry hops & some yeast alongside floral notes with a little banana & spice at the end too. Some apple, pears & citrus fruits open up the taste but it's a touch more subdued than the nose; there was some spices & yeast further on too with grassy hops & herbal flavours rounding things off. It's a lively beer with a very dry palate that's sharp & crisp too.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.11/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.11/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
L- Deeper gold, some haze, a couple of small lumps of sediment entered the pour at the last moment. Pours with pillowy white 2Cm head [ps. which holds really well].
S- I just get some blended mild citrus zest.
T- Wooh it's hoppy-dry; I wasn't expecting that on my first sip of beer today! Well, it certainly isn't a Pils! In fact it's so hoppy it's making me sneeze repeatedly!!
F- This is really drying on my palate...
O- I can hopefully finish this beer but it isn't working for me. The hoppy dryness dominates completely for me, meaning it seems majorly unbalanced. Not a beer I'd wish to drink again.
330ml bottle BB: 24/01/2022. Bought from BelgiumInABox Antwerp/BE for home delivery to me in London/UK.
--Update: After seriously disliking this beer I accidentally ordered another bottle as part of a jumbo-batch from a UK beer warehouse. I'm going to edit my original 3.75/3.25/1.75/2/2 rate somewhat as I'm surprised to find this one a lot more palatable. Yes it's still dry but I'm getting detail I didn't get last time, like quite complex aromatic timber notes. It's still somewhat more austere than my go-to range, but it's ok. Now 3.75/3.25/3/3/3
Jul 08, 2020S- I just get some blended mild citrus zest.
T- Wooh it's hoppy-dry; I wasn't expecting that on my first sip of beer today! Well, it certainly isn't a Pils! In fact it's so hoppy it's making me sneeze repeatedly!!
F- This is really drying on my palate...
O- I can hopefully finish this beer but it isn't working for me. The hoppy dryness dominates completely for me, meaning it seems majorly unbalanced. Not a beer I'd wish to drink again.
330ml bottle BB: 24/01/2022. Bought from BelgiumInABox Antwerp/BE for home delivery to me in London/UK.
--Update: After seriously disliking this beer I accidentally ordered another bottle as part of a jumbo-batch from a UK beer warehouse. I'm going to edit my original 3.75/3.25/1.75/2/2 rate somewhat as I'm surprised to find this one a lot more palatable. Yes it's still dry but I'm getting detail I didn't get last time, like quite complex aromatic timber notes. It's still somewhat more austere than my go-to range, but it's ok. Now 3.75/3.25/3/3/3
Reviewed by Guaro from Italy
3.85/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Lightly veiled gold color with a compact white head and a fine texture. Scent of malt, light caramel, citrus, herbaceous. The drink has a good balance of sweetness and bitterness, where neither of the two components is excessively marked. Crackers, honey, yellow fruit, peach and citrus fruits, herbaceous and earthy hints, spiciness. Medium body, soft and medium sparkling. Dry and bitter finish. Delicate, clean and well made beer.
Jun 04, 2020Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington
4/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Gulden Draak tulip. Pours a hazy, medium straw yellow with a big five finger white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of mildly grainy malt, grassy hops, mild orange and lemon citrus; spicy. Flavor is lightly grainy hops, orange citrus, light stone fruit, grassy and floral hops; finishes with grapefruit rind and nice grassy hop bitterness. Medium bodied with light creaminess. A nice Belgian pale ale base with some modestly assertive hopping to give the finish a more modern edge. The classic fruit flavors in the Belgian yeast merge with the fruit in the hops in a quite pleasant way. I think this style used to be called Belgian IPA, but I guess it's a hoppy Belgian pale ale now, and a very nice one.
Sep 10, 2019Reviewed by aleigator from Germany
3.94/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a clouded amber color with a spongy, big head.
Smells of rich wheat, leafy hops and a flowery note in between.
Has a well carbonated, light mouthfeel with a fantastic bitterness to it, going all the way.
This tastes of bread dough and a prominent hoppy dryness from first glance, unrevelling a noble herb note, as well as a note of bitter lime. A subtle, wheat and cracker defined balance gets established then, amped up by the beer‘s mineralic carbonation. Finishes a little heavier on the yeast, which brings an estery pepper note to the palate and even more bitter hops, ending fresh and crisp, without denying its belgian origin.
This is a flavorful low abv blond ale with a great hoppy edge to it, which defines the taste in this entirely.
Jul 29, 2019Smells of rich wheat, leafy hops and a flowery note in between.
Has a well carbonated, light mouthfeel with a fantastic bitterness to it, going all the way.
This tastes of bread dough and a prominent hoppy dryness from first glance, unrevelling a noble herb note, as well as a note of bitter lime. A subtle, wheat and cracker defined balance gets established then, amped up by the beer‘s mineralic carbonation. Finishes a little heavier on the yeast, which brings an estery pepper note to the palate and even more bitter hops, ending fresh and crisp, without denying its belgian origin.
This is a flavorful low abv blond ale with a great hoppy edge to it, which defines the taste in this entirely.
Reviewed by stcules from Italy
3.72/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.72/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Beautiful intense golden, white and creamy foam.
The hop dominates the smell, with grass, hay, light citrus, a hint of pink pepper.
Same notes in the taste, herbal notes overall, on a light malt base.
Again pepper and spiciness.
Bitter, intense, pleasant and very drinkable.
Great.
Jul 23, 2019The hop dominates the smell, with grass, hay, light citrus, a hint of pink pepper.
Same notes in the taste, herbal notes overall, on a light malt base.
Again pepper and spiciness.
Bitter, intense, pleasant and very drinkable.
Great.
Reviewed by OlaB from Norway
3.88/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy golden color with a medium top off white head that dissolves quickly.
Aroma is of ripe fruits, citrus, bisquits, hay, grass, yeast,spices and floral hops.
The taste starts of dry and bitter with presence of fruits, citrus and spices in the flavour. The finish is quite bitter with floral and grassy hop notes. Aftertaste has a decent lenght, and the flavours are quite rounded for the low abv. Mouthfeel is crisp and clean with a medium carbonation and a light body.
A quite tasty and easy drinking ale that goes down easy on a hot day.
Jul 07, 2019Aroma is of ripe fruits, citrus, bisquits, hay, grass, yeast,spices and floral hops.
The taste starts of dry and bitter with presence of fruits, citrus and spices in the flavour. The finish is quite bitter with floral and grassy hop notes. Aftertaste has a decent lenght, and the flavours are quite rounded for the low abv. Mouthfeel is crisp and clean with a medium carbonation and a light body.
A quite tasty and easy drinking ale that goes down easy on a hot day.
Simplex from Brouwerij Brasserie De Ranke
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
48 ratings
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