Brouwers ‘t Verzet are a relatively small brewery that found their home in the town of Anzegem in the Belgian province of West Flanders, a bit over a half our drive south west of Ghent.
For some reason I regard them as one of Belgium’s newer breweries, but given they’ve been around since 2011 I need to change this assessment. Noted for being new age, even a little anti-establishment, they are known for making a range of beers which don’t really adhere to the traditional Belgian style guidelines. It is probably one of the things that most attracts me to trying their beers.
They describe Unwanted Tattoo as a soft IPA with fresh ginger. I love ginger – in food as well as beer – so I was looking forward to this beer the first time I tasted it some time ago. The base beer is indeed a soft mouthfeel. I guess IPA might be the closest style to pin, but there isn’t a lot of hop bitterness nor any great fruity character.
It is well balanced with the gentle malty body supporting the earthy hops and gentle spicing, and giving the ginger space to shine. Of course I’d like more ginger, though it is obviously there it is held in check with the other attributes.
Bevog's core range IPA is a really nice balance between fruity and floral hops and the solid malt body
An old-school triple dry-hopped IPA, with a solid malt body and a Belgian yeast
De Molen's annual spring time release is 'Day & Dew' - an IPA featuring a bevy of US hops and bergamot fruit
De Molen's first take on the currently trending north-east IPA
One of De Molen's Bereft Festival 2017 beers, this is a smoked Earl Grey IPA - heavy on the smoke and tea, light on the IPA!
This is a fun IPA from De Molen with extracts of vanilla, chocolate and orange
The spring seasonal offering from De Molen is technically an India Pale Lager
A beer sitting between a pale ale and an IPA, celebrating 50 years of Maris Otter malt
An old-school IPA, the gift of De Molen's brew team to John Brus for his recent marriage to partner Petra
A west coast IPA from one of California's early microbreweries
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
20% rye, 10% smoked malt with Simcoe and Cascade hops
A clean, crisp and sessional IPA from the team at Troubadour
by Brouwerij Palm (Swinkels Family Brewers)
An English-style IPA from the third generation Martin's family brewery
An IPA featuring a bevy of different hops, with a big caramel malt body
An IPA from Kees, finished with a French saison yeast for an interesting mix of beer styles
Kees' version of a NEIPA - or at least a hazy IPA - full of Citra, Mosaic and Loral hops
Pineapple, coriander and szechuan peppers plus a little lactose make for an intriguing milkshake IPA
As the label suggest, this is an IPA brewed using all French ingredients
Described as an International IPA, this beer is full of mango and citrus
An IPA which mixes the influences of both the Anglo-Saxon and US versions of this style
Our first beer from Poland's Maltgarden brewery is this DDH Hazy IPA
A super-tasty hazy IPA featuring Enigma and experimental hop HBC 630
by Browar Pinta
Pinta's first ever beer was this American style IPA named 'Hops Attack'
A deliciously fruity and aromatic IPA featuring Centennial, Chinook and Columbus hops
The classic West Coast IPA from Sierra Nevada
Uiltje's flagship IPA is a superbly balanced combination of a solid malt base and loads of American hops
A variation of the original Bird of Prey with the addition of grapefruit
An old-school IPA featuring Willamette, EKG, Columbus and Centennial hops
A Belgian strong dark ale with smoked malt and grilled cherries
Ella hops from Australia provide a tropical fruit character to this crisp and refreshing Belgian IPA
A light and sessionable Belgian Pale Ale (or light Belgian Blond) that proudly uses 'No American Hops'
