Jopen Life's A Beach (4.5%)

Wakatu, Chinook, Amarillo

3.5

173 reviews

Haarlem, Netherlands

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4.4 Bernstein-Färbung und angenehmes, cremiges Mundgefühl. Duft beinhaltet Noten von blumigem Honig bei einem schönen fruchtigen Geschmack. Insgesamt schöne runde Sache, tolles Session IPA.

3.4 Clear orange \gold colour with thin white head, aroma is hops, herbal and slightly citrusy, taste ois hoppy, herbal and citrus hops, low carbonation , bitter aftertaste.

2.2 Backlog. Sample. Grain, some honey (oxidized) and citrus. Light bitter, watery.

3.4 medium white head, copper golden coloured body,fruity peach malts herbs hops pine tree like smell, medium co2 medium herby bitter peach hops malts some caramel a bit acid taste

3.0 Bottle from AH. Amber with of white head. Mild carbonation. Quite mild hoppiness with some grassy plants notes. Bitter aftertaste. Ok

3.2 L: -pours a hazy golden with a medium,foamy,offwhite head -medium carbonation visible S: -honey,peach,resin,glue,grapefruit T: -pine,resin,grapefruit,peach F: -medium carbonation -light, watery body O: This is the Definition of Hop water.Just too bitter as a Summer sessioner with no malt backbone.

2.4 slappe waterige session ale. ietwat zurig, bedoeld om fris te zijn maar maakt het meer limonade.

3.2 Together with Yves at his home, gold blond colored body with a white head and with a spicy herby hops aroma a spicy hop dry bitter taste with a bitter finish

3.3 Shared with Wim at my home. Slight hazy blond colored beer with small white head and no carbonation. Hopped spicy aroma. Full sparkling palate. Finish is spicy koriander dry.

4.0 Heerlijke session ipa. Zoete geur, interessant bittere afdronk. Een van mijn favoriete bieren!

3.6 Super prickelnder CitrusLowMaltySIPAFun mit grasigen Fundament und cascadehoppy Aftermath🎃!! Love it 🎷👽✨ . 0,33l Buddel aus Holland..

3.2 Keg at reijngoud. Pours golden, nose is light pineapple, citrus, taste is similar, dry toffee.

3.6 Bottle from an Albert Heijn supermarket in the Netherlands. "Session IPA" just below standard ABV... Thick, irregular, 'membranous' lacing, egg-white, densely moussy head, slowly dissipating in the middle, over a very lightly hazy orange-tinged peach blonde beer with visible strings of fizz, a bit more hazy and deeper orange with sediment. Dank aroma of old garlic, cedar essential oil, frying red onions, grapefruit peel, biscuit, sweaty T-shirt, pond water, tamarillo, very old abbey cheese, tangy spring onion juice, hints of caramel, mandarin, paprika powder, dried mango, marijuana, minerals, fresh green seaweed. Crisp onset, spritzy, 'clean' fruitiness with low sweetness (think unripe green banana, some raw pineapple, pear peel) and a somewhat stronger sourish undertone, minerally side notes, smooth and slick mouthfeel. Bubbly, fizzy carbonation impairs drinkability a bit, but underneath lies a rounded, biscuity and cereally maltiness with sharper grainy edges, supporting a very dank, aromatic yet somehow 'old' hoppiness, sweaty, cheesy and urine-like, with retronasal hints of - in descending order - spoiled red onions, garlic, herb cheese (old hops), grapefruit peel and pine resin. Ends in herbal, grapefruity, resinous and wormwood-like bitterness matched with ongoing biscuity and fruity juiciness, with those minerally notes persisting. Piney, cheesy, oniony and dank, this is perhaps more than I bargained for; expectations are never high when I fetch an IPA from a supermarket, but this one passes for me, as a very aromatic, almost 'moss green'-coloured, quenching and pleasantly bittering IPA, though 4.5% ABV is perhaps still a bit much for the intended style, resulting in something that could just as well have qualified as a standard 'American' style IPA. At least this is daring enough to punch a lot of hoppiness in your face - even if it is cheesy, old, dank hoppiness, perhaps a bit too much so in my particular sample. Must be a lot more elegant and refined when young and / or from tap - I have to remember that for the next time I may encounter it.

3.6 Tap. In 't Haantje. Lekkere IPA, niet overmatig zwaar van smaak; rustige afdronk, prima zomer-IPA!

3.6 Una session positiva al naso con buone note erbacee, mentre al palato seppur beverina � meno convincente manca qualcosina.

2.5 Smaak is duidelijk citrus en moutig, helaas ook vrij bitter, blijft ook lang hangen, als je doorslikt is hij ineens heel dun, bijna zonder smaak. Met slechts 4,5% niet zo vreemd.

3.6 Een van me eerste IPA’s die ik ooit dronk en er toen nog nauwelijks iets over wist. :-) Maar was toen al verkocht dat dit een biertje met een lekkere bitter en een opvallend laag alcohol percentage was en nu naar zoveel andere IPA’s later blijkt het nog steeds gewoon een knap gemaakte IPA. En eigenlijk nog veel knapper na zoveel andere IPA te hebben geproefd dat er zo’n laag alchohol percentage zo’n krachtig biertje te maken valt. Dus er is geen excuus dat alleen sterke biertjes een hoog cijfer scoren. Maar dat blijkt ook als je het glas op tilt. Het ruikt dus al vrij hoppig en naar citrus. Het smaakt hoppig kruidig na citrus zoals ananas maar ook mandarijnen en heeft een goeie bitter waar ik het al eerder over had. Ik heb het ieder geval nog niet gezien maar wat is er mooier om zo’n zonnige IPA op een beachclub te bestellen?

3.4 Bottle a golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts citrus fruits herbs and hops flavor malts citrus pineapple fruits herbs and bitter hops in the aftertaste

3.1 bottle from grosery store@Albert Heijn, Not much about hops in vanguard this seemed to me, rather like a pale ale with notes of hops, both aroma and flavor. Most part is a bitter, but for session ipa - still too little. Caramel sweetness slightly overwhelms in balance of taste.

2.9 Average IPA, low on alcohol which gives it in my opinion a rather average taste. Could have been better with more fruity aromas

3.0 Easy going beer. Sweet (malty, peach, grapefruit), with a hoppy, medium bitter finish. It’s a bit watery. Not very interesting, but it’s a nice refreshing beer.

3.4 Bottle. Quite mild nose, hoppy notes. Taste is mild and round, some hops, mildly bitter finish. Light body, soft carbonation, probably pretty good for a summer day.

3.8 A very good IPA considering it’s low on alcohol and modest in appearance. It tastes and feels like a real IPA and nothing actually gives away the fact it is a light version. Very well done by Jopen.

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2.5 Vrij normale, bijna saaie IPA. Aroma met mandarijn en welbekende passie vrucht. Smaak wat van hetzelfde, maar mist wat krachtigs, wat mat zonder felle bitters of vlammende zuren, waardoor nasmaak meer suiker dan citrus is. Mooie kleur oranje.

3.4 Oranje kleurig bier met een witte schuimkraag. Aroma: fruitige hop en wat karameltonen. Smaak: fruitig, fris, wat karamel en wat mout en een bittertje.

2.8 Session ipa de 4,5 % abv et 50 ebu. Orge malté et avoine. Houblonnage en wakatu, chinook, amarillo. Mon exemplaire était juste à 1 an après sa date. Couleur ambre moyen, à la clarté nette. Bulles fines, en colonnes droites, partout, vives. Mousse beige clair, très soyeuse, stable à 6 mm. Arômes de lichee, abricot, fruit de la passion, pointe de résine. 1ère bouche souple à la belle entame fruitée, où l’avoine passe nettement. Arrière-bouche à l’amertume fine. 2ème au beau fruité, mais avec une perte de cohésion. Arrière-bouche moins précise. 3ème avec une désunion des saveurs, perte de lien. Arrière-bouche sur une amertume assez banale. Longueur sans vrai équilibre. Jambes fines, longues. Levure un peu épicée, ligne correcte. Alcool qui ne peut assumer son rôle sur les saveurs, et surtout sur l’équilibre. Finale basique. CONCLUSION : "relax, ontspan" nous dit le brasseur, mais même en se détendant on ne peut vraiment apprécier cette bière, et surtout on est assez énervé quand on sait que l’on a gaspillé de l’amarillo !!

2.8 Bottle 330ml. [ As Jopen Life’s A Beach ]. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, light to moderate hoppy, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, fruity hops, pale malt, thin. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20160904] 6-3-5-3-11

2.8 (Keg at Tapas Bar Inez, 20170211) The beer poured amber and lightly hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had grass, herbalness and mildly spiciness. Palate was light bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, herbalness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. A decent mild and hoppy brew but lacks character.

3.3 Bottle at Ministarstvo, Nis. Thanks to Marta :) We’ve agreed it has kind of sweet aroma, honey maybe? Sweetness won’t let you go later and using words of my significant other I would say it’s apple in caramel. Bit heavy drinking for Session IPA. But yes, life is a beach.