Fles gekocht bij Bio-boerderij in Hilvarenbeek. Goudgeel bier, licht troebel, witte schuimkraag die snel wegtrekt. Aroma is moutig en kruidig. Smaak zoetig en licht fruitig. Smaak ebt snel weg zodat je snel mogend wil drinken. Met een ABV van 7% geniet dat geen voorkeur.

Bottle from LDW, Eke. Hazy blond, white foam. MEdium sweet, notes of peach, light citrussy. Balance is ok.

33cl bottle from Dolma Magasin, Ixelles, Brussels. F: medium, white, average retention. C: deep gold, light hazy. A: malty, bready, bit orange peels, spicy, apples, floral. T: malty, spicy, bready, bit herbal, floral, vaguely fruity, almost dry on the palate, for me quite boring yet ok without flows and bio, medium body and carbonation, enjoyed.

Another of these Beers for Nature, the profits of which are for De Wielewaal, a locally well-known nature association. Apparently brewed with four different grain species: obviously barley, spelt, buckwheat (not technically a true grain, I know) and the ancient einkorn, which I never saw in a beer before; also contains meadowsweet and yarrow, indigenous herbs that have been used in beer for ages as well. Bottle at the cafeteria of the Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen, the largest nature reserve in the city of Ghent. Snow white, medium thick, papery lacing, irregularly edged, mousy head on a hazy 'old gold' beer with straw coloured edges and very fierce, cava-like sparkling everywhere, rushing through the glass and supporting the head. Aroma of soggy white bread, dry crackers, field flowers in a subtly distinctive way (the yarrow and meadowsweet, in other words, not separable from one another, though), straw, green banana, old dried thyme (the spiciness of the specialty grains, no doubt), dried apricot, cloves, green apple peel. Fruity onset, halfripe banana and pear with a dash of apricot but relatively subdued in sweetness, lively carbonation with very minerally effect yet not in an obnoxiously harsh and stinging way; soft, fluffy malt breadiness with clear grainy edges from the spelt and einkorn, as well as that typical, dull, 'off-green' buckwheat spiciness, supported by a phenolic spicy note and a floral, vaguely grassy hop bitterishness, the florality of which is obviously accentuated and further coloured by the yarrow and the meadowsweet, both of which seem to add a powdery, 'real' floweriness, in a subtle way. A very thin and faint metallic accent lingers somewhere but - to me - not disturbingly so. Soft, floral, supple, well-carbed and thoroughly Belgian, very accessible to a typical Belgian (non-geeky) palate, but indeed the specialty grains and subtly applied herbs add something slightly different here, which I can appreciate.