Strong Belgian blonde brewed for drinks center De Centrale in Diksmuide (though at first for the municipality of Diksmuide apparently), sampled in a café at the Diksmuide market place. This beer has been in existence since 2015 and was brewed by Dolle Brouwers at first, but went to Deca in 2019; AVB has dropped by one per cent at the time and I heard that the Dolle version was actually just an alias of their core Ara Bier, in spite of their policy of being against aliasing (or 'etiketbieren', as good old OBP coined this phenomenon). Egg-white, thick and frothy, rocky, stable head on a hazy peach blonde robe with amber glow, turning more pale-brownish with sediment but still generally blonde. Aroma of bread crust and bread pulp, dried orange peel, coriander seed, crumbling dry earth, fried potato, clove, roasted turnips, unripe peach, pear peel, straw, field flowers. Fruity onset but restrained and not sweet, hinting at unripe peach and apricot peel along with a dash of hard pear, medium carbonated, smooth-bodied, even a bit fluffy. Cereally and bready core, touch banana bread but feeling 'true' and genuine, bitter orange peel note along with the expected coriander seed spiciness, blending with a clove-like phenolic touch and floral hops into a yeasty, earthy, drying, spicy and altogether utterly 'Belgian' finish. Typical local 'streekbier' of old-fashioned signature, as if the craft beer movement never happened - but technically very solid and I like that a lot.