Occasional ‘René’ beer made for a garden centre apparently and showing a willow on its label, hence the name (‘wilg’ is Dutch for willow); thanks to tderoeck for sharing. Thick, egg-white, cobweb-lacing, frothy head, lightly hazy peach-tinged ‘old gold’ robe. Aroma of peach, banana, straw, red apple, honey, bubblegum, powder sugar, bitter green weeds, parsley, coriander seed soapiness. Sweet onset, lots of banana isoamylacetate, bubblegummy with additional notes of green pear and peach, fizzily carbonated; supple white-bready maltiness with a thin layer of honeyish sweetness on top but also vaguely metallic. Grassy and eventually quite leafy hop bitterness in the end, coriander seed soapiness, in all quite dryish with a pleasantly lingering bitterness. Straightforward, boring blonde, a bit like the original René itself actually, but technically correctly executed.

11/VII/20 - 33cl bottle from a trade, shared @ home, BB: III/2020 (2020-621) Thanks to Jerre for the trade!

Slightly cloudy gold blond beer, big solid creamy off-white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very smelly, dirty, shellfish, soapy, slightly fruity. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: spicy, pretty dry, herbal bitterness, soapy, coriander, lemony touch. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, bit spicy, off, weird, sugary, sweet, banana, some bubble gum, meh.

20/08/2019 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with jerre. Clear blonde orange, big creamy white head; Nose is malts, banana; bit spice. Taste is sweet malty, easy drinking but OK.