Grapefruit IPA from Belgium - Untouched by monks

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This brewery has an interesting story and you learn more about that old brewery which has been took over in 2015 by a young team who like to do things a bit different. Have a look at https://www.vbdck.be and read the story at https://www.vbdck.be/kerel/

Hey Hive Family
some new beer in around

From the history

This is a nice story about a brewery from 1866 which closed 1966 and got a rebirth at 2015. Have a read at https://www.vbdck.be/kerel/

The Beer

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Kerel Grapefruit IPA is brewed by the VBDCK Brewery, based in Temse.

The brewery dates back to the 19th Century, when it was called the Verbeeck-Back Brewery.

In 2015, a new generation took over the brewery with a new bloodline – Verbeeck-Back-De Cock (VBDCK). It is proud to be a family run brewery.

Their Grapefruit IPA is slightly tarty and hoppy. Real grapefruit puree is added to produce this refreshing fruit beer.

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Beer at my sofa

To have another nice background, I choose an old black leather sofa.

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The back side of the bottle - still at the sofa

To read the whole story have a look to their website.

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From above - not yet sleeping on my sofa

That messeage...

"untouched by monks"

goes for my understanding against the trappist breweries in Belgium who are run by monks.

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The beer jumped out of the bottle - at the kitchen

Yeah, this was a bit surprising, as there was a lot of pressure within that little bottle and that gave me a hard job to catch all the beer.

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In the glass

to color of grapefruit with only a little taste of Grapefruit

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The taste

Yeah, a good beer
even if there is fruit inside

5,00 % ABV

53 IBU

They say...

The difference between drinking a fruit-flavoured beer and a fruit beer is the difference between buying a blow-up doll (or a battery-operated device) and finding true love. Don’t settle for the knock-off. Have the real thing: a beer whose wort is mixed with real grapefruit puree to allow the sugar to ferment out, leaving the tropical aromas behind.

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