One of the newer additions to this Smash series by Brasserie {C} in Liège, brewed with barley, wheat and oat malts as well as three hop varieties - but these are not mentioned on the can, which would have been handy; they are, however, disclosed on the brewery's website as being Idaho 7, Citra and Nelson Sauvin (oof). Can of nearly half a year old, found at the Delhaize supermarket at the Sterre in Ghent. Thinnish and open, very loosely structured, very irregular, off-white, bubbly, shred-lacing 'head' eventually dissolving all but completely on a hazy pale yellow blonde robe with vague apricot tinge. Aroma of overripe papaya, withering kitchen herbs, starfruit, vague mandarin, old onions, dock leaf, nettle soup, spoiled lemon flesh, pond water, rotting grass, egg yolk, diesel. Fruity onset, prickly carbonation (too much for style), impressions of papaya, starfruit and apricot, sweetish with a soft bready to doughy malt core, a bit brioche-like, soaked in this aromatic hoppiness bringing forth retronasal withering kitchen herbs again as well as something (cooked-)oniony and a clear 'spoiled' effect (rotting weeds, spoiled leek soup). A fine yet 'stubborn' peppery hop bitter trace lingers. Clearly well past its prime - I think this one can only have tasted good when it was 'farm fresh', though I doubt it was a truly convincing example of a NEIPA back then. Too bad, I guess I will have to revisit this one when I stumble upon a fresh sample.

On tap at Brasseries de Liege. Hazy yellow coloured, medium sized white head, citrusy and light oranges in the nose. Citrusy, fruity, light grapes and touch of grass with short sweetish finish.

3/X/25 - 33cl can from Carrefour (I think?), shared @ home, BB: 13/V/26, 14:25 (2025-986)

Very cloudy beige blond beer, aery irregular off-white head, unstable, crackling down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: nice, zesty, citrus, oranges and orange peel, some tropical fruits, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, lots of citrus, good bitterness, zesty, tropical fruits, a bit sweet, fruity, juicy, very nice! Aftertaste: more citrus, grapefruit, juicy, a little floral, zesty, quite some grapefruit, nice bitterness, somewhat sweet, nice stuff, very impressive, was not expecting this!