vandeStreek Fun House 0,5% New England IPA Can (24 x 33cl) Utrecht, Netherlands.
A non-alcoholic New England style IPA – which is hazy, less bitter and more fruity than general American IPAs
Funhouse is vanderStreek’s second low-alc IPA beer; initially brewed in collaboration with Hong Kong brewery Gweilo who have also worked with other leading UK craft brewers such as Vocation. It is based on their 6.6% Hazy Weekend NEIPA using Sabro and Mosaic hops, and was first brewed in 2018.
Hazy, looking and smelling of orange – plus pineapple and grapefruit. Medium body with a taste emphasising oranges and lemons with light malt and piney hops. It has a moderate bitterness and a citrus finish.
VandeStreek Brouwerij is a new craft brewery based in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The beers are modern, full of flavour, challenging and creative – above all, top quality.
After viewing Brewdog’s ‘Sink the Bismarck’ video (at that time the world’s strongest beer – 41%abv) brothers Sander and Ronald Van de Streek started home brewing in 2010. Production was still just 50 ltr per brew in May 2013 when their beers were introduced to the public at the Utretch Beer Brewers Festival.
By 2016 a crowdfunding campaign allowed Ronald and Sander to become full time brewers, settle on a core range of beers and draw up plans for their own brewery, which opened for production in 2017.
vandeStreek brew a core range of seven beers including the Playground Non Alcoholic IPA. Then, in addition, they brew a ‘special’ every other month, complemented by both collaborations and ‘Barrel Aged’ beers from their growing stock of barrels.
ABV: <0.5%
Hops: Columbus - Mosaic - Citra - Cascade
Malt: Barley
IBU: 50
Tasting notes: Amber in colour with a persistent lacy head. Plenty of vibrant citrus and tropical aromas and flavours as well as strong hop bitterness and a lasting finish. Hop-forward and forceful US style IPA with no discernible lack of character from the missing alcohol.
Pairing Suggestions: cold meat, cheeses, salads, aperitif
Brewer: Vandestreek Brewery
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