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PaasIJ
Brouwerij 't IJ
- From:
- Brouwerij 't IJ
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
Ranked #46 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #18,187 - Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 10.44%
- Reviews:
- 15
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 16, 2024
- Added:
- Mar 01, 2005
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 10
Our bokbier for Easter; not too sweet, thereby producing a fine flavour. The flavour and aromas give a nicely balanced mix of fruit, coriander, yeast and hops. An enjoyable combination in which the bitter element gets an additional boost from the lightly roasted malt. The aftertaste is slightly sparkling, with a long-lasting, fresh, sweet flavour. An excellent beer for celebrating the arrival of spring!
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Ratings by wl0307:
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.88/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Tasted by half-pint on tap, Lowlander Cafe, Drury Lane, Central London. The beer menu says this is a Spring/Easter special beer brewed with coriander and curacao... Served chilled in an Affligem goblet.
A: cloudy/hazy pale amber hue, coming with a nice frothy white beer head which sustains just well.
S: restrained grainy malts, very creamy; on top of a mild coriander-spicy and curacao-citrus note ladden with green apple-ish perfumy fruitiness... A harmony on the aroma~~
T: creamy-textured grainy flavour upfront, followed by a light taste of honey-tea, hints of perfumy citrus-zest/curacao, and faintly coriander touch plus a metallic hint at the back. Very soft aftertaste of grains and residual bittering hop flavour, plus a lingering green apple-ish perfume.
M&D: extremely silky smooth and creamy... medium-bodied ale with a fuller profile underneath. A decent seasonal pale ale worth trying (not for those looking for bold flavours, though).
Apr 24, 2006A: cloudy/hazy pale amber hue, coming with a nice frothy white beer head which sustains just well.
S: restrained grainy malts, very creamy; on top of a mild coriander-spicy and curacao-citrus note ladden with green apple-ish perfumy fruitiness... A harmony on the aroma~~
T: creamy-textured grainy flavour upfront, followed by a light taste of honey-tea, hints of perfumy citrus-zest/curacao, and faintly coriander touch plus a metallic hint at the back. Very soft aftertaste of grains and residual bittering hop flavour, plus a lingering green apple-ish perfume.
M&D: extremely silky smooth and creamy... medium-bodied ale with a fuller profile underneath. A decent seasonal pale ale worth trying (not for those looking for bold flavours, though).
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by misteil from Ireland
3.52/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
i’m drinking a lot of these guys beers over here, there have been some pretty good ones but nothing truly great yet, and sadly i haven’t found such a beer here either, not bad tho, a nice simple belgian pale ale, brown bread, honey, caramel, orange, spice, clove, nutty, wood, floral, but it does have this pretty astringent metallic flavour on the finish, it’s mild but it’s there, light to medium in body with medium carbonation, another so so beer from brouwerij ‘t ij
Mar 29, 2022Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.96/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This Easter brew is one of the best Dutch beers I’ve had, even if the style isn’t my definite favourite. Had it on tap in Amsterdam, very enjoyable indeed. Pleasant spicy aroma with hints of leather and wood, the yeast is not as dominant as with some other beers of this style. Some sweetness in flavour and aftertaste, but not too much. Apparently this is a "you either like it or you don’t"-beer.
Feb 23, 2022Reviewed by marcbosch from Netherlands
3.96/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Look: somewhat hazy orange, half a finger of dense head.
Smell: fruity, with both hops and (possibly) esters. Yeasty. Bready. Coriander is there.
Taste: balanced, following the nose: yeast, bread, spices, and both fruity and grassy hops.
Feel: Highly carbonated (a tad too much for my taste), medium body, dry finish.
Overall: This feels like the cross of a Belgian Pale Ale and a Maibock, which is pretty much what they were aiming for (and what many Dutch "Spring bocks" are). Good drink.
Mar 11, 2019Smell: fruity, with both hops and (possibly) esters. Yeasty. Bready. Coriander is there.
Taste: balanced, following the nose: yeast, bread, spices, and both fruity and grassy hops.
Feel: Highly carbonated (a tad too much for my taste), medium body, dry finish.
Overall: This feels like the cross of a Belgian Pale Ale and a Maibock, which is pretty much what they were aiming for (and what many Dutch "Spring bocks" are). Good drink.
Reviewed by Zet from Netherlands
3.96/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Lovely golden carbonation and a decent head that leaves lots of pretty lacing. Smells bohemian: lots of pilsener hops and malt. Tastes a lot like toast initially, but hints of liquorice, coriander and light fruits (tangerine, orange) make their way through. It gets a really nice malty profile after a few sips and the intensity of flavour is very nice. Finish has the pilsener hops doing their thing again and there are also hints of liquorice and coriander sticking to the palate. Medium-bodied, refreshing and sparkly. Nice spring beer, let the sunshine in!
Apr 07, 2017Reviewed by schavuytje from Netherlands
4.35/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
4.35/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
smells sour as an herbal bouquet comes in here drinking a pleasantly bitter and the roller makes a sparkling sweetness you desire a spring terrace 'T IJ goes with it
Dec 25, 2016Reviewed by joaopmgoncalves from Portugal
3.54/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.54/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Poured to a Brouwerij't IJ glass.
A: The body is very low carbonated with a yellow colour with a non existent (white) head that has totally no retention nor lacing - just a thing in this brewery.
S: The aroma has a big citrus profile with a yeasty hint.
T: The taste is mostly yeasty, just like all the beers from this brewery. There's little to no complexity on the taste of these beers, they mostly appear to be the same.
M: The carbonation feels a bit harsh with a medium to low body. The beer appears to be kinda out of date.
O: Just finished my tour on Brouwerij't IJ, it's good to acceptable with an awesome expectation for the future of this brewery.
Apr 17, 2016A: The body is very low carbonated with a yellow colour with a non existent (white) head that has totally no retention nor lacing - just a thing in this brewery.
S: The aroma has a big citrus profile with a yeasty hint.
T: The taste is mostly yeasty, just like all the beers from this brewery. There's little to no complexity on the taste of these beers, they mostly appear to be the same.
M: The carbonation feels a bit harsh with a medium to low body. The beer appears to be kinda out of date.
O: Just finished my tour on Brouwerij't IJ, it's good to acceptable with an awesome expectation for the future of this brewery.
Reviewed by Marius from Netherlands
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
33cl bottle. Pale amber, clear, with a white head. Smells like yeast, yeast spices and faint sourness. Bitter-sweet and metallic taste, with notes of honey, herbal hops, spices. Actually quite enjoyable.
Aug 05, 2015Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.47/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
330ml bottle at Café van Daele, Amsterdam:
This one wasn't a bad effort from 't IJ although I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as I did their Zatte tripel. This one had quite an unusual aroma that I couldn't quite place at times but the taste wasn't a bad one at all & overall the balance of the beer was pleasant with some bitterness at the end to counter the sweetness that featured throughout. An easy enough beer to drink & one that I'm glad I tried, particularly as it's a spring seasonal but I'm not sure it's one that I'd pick again.
May 14, 2015This one wasn't a bad effort from 't IJ although I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as I did their Zatte tripel. This one had quite an unusual aroma that I couldn't quite place at times but the taste wasn't a bad one at all & overall the balance of the beer was pleasant with some bitterness at the end to counter the sweetness that featured throughout. An easy enough beer to drink & one that I'm glad I tried, particularly as it's a spring seasonal but I'm not sure it's one that I'd pick again.
PaasIJ from Brouwerij 't IJ
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
40 ratings
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