6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from a local bottle shop. Aroma is citrussy hop, pale malt, citrus peel, orange, grain. Lightly floral. Flavour is bitter and light to moderate sweet. Medium body. Plenty of citrus, bitter.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Special version of the already existing Antigoon by Musketeers, conceived as a white (or wheat) IPA apparently; bottle from Drinks4U in Deinze. Snow white, wheat-enhanced, busily cobweb-lacing, pillowy, thick and firm head resting atop a misty yellow blonde beer with warm apricot tinge. Aroma of mandarin, brioche bread, warm butter, ripe kiwi, melon, melting powder sugar, fresh lemongrass, freshly cut dandelions, gypsum, field flowers, orange zest, apple blossoms, honey pomelo, something lightly homemade orange lemonade-like, moist apple cake, lemon thyme, banana, white pepper, touches damp earth and leftover dough. Sweetish fruity onset, impressions of ripe pineapple, pear, banana and sweet peach with citric side notes (orange early on), lively carbonated with smooth, softish, bit fluffy mouthfeel; soft brioche-bready core with sharper cereally edges, including clear wheat slickness but lacking a bit in the sourish and soapy effects I expect from wheat, yet properly soaked in somewhat restrained but effective New World hop aromas - shifting between orange zest, mandarin, kiwi and lemongrass. A fresh dandelion- and sow thistle-like earthy hop bitter effect mingles with higher tones of orange zest and mandarin, even very vague passionfruit, so that in all, the hop character here is outspoken and bold enough to set this beer in wider IPA territory; just a bit more wheat, however, could lift it up to a true white IPA. Bitterness remains very light - too light in fact, with orange juice-like sweetness prevailing, a bit too much so really. In this form, a kind of Belgian interpretation of white IPA, but in the good sense, with enough balance, aromatic power and colourful fruitiness; clearly one to choose above the regular Antigoon, even with a vague nod at Musketeers' past, specifically the Troubadour Special Reserva variants with special hops (in a time when New World hops were not a common ingredient in Belgian artisanal brewing). Nowhere difficult nor original, clearly too sweet (even a little bit sticky in the end), too easygoing, mass-marketed and sleek, but not unlikeable.

7

Botella @Makadam, Mechelen. 30/04/2024. Color amarillo corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores levadura, herbal, malta.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Slightly hazy golden beer with a white head. Aroma of lime, wheat malt, citrus. Taste of herbal and citrusy hops, lime, yeast, pale malt. Long bitter finish.

4.9

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Hefig-herber Beginn mit überraschend wenig Hopfen. Milde Süße, die Herbe bleibt im Vordergrund während die Hefigkeit nachlässt. Kurzer Abgang, in dem der Hopfen erkennbar wird. 8/7/7/6/8/7

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

33cl bottle from Prik&Tik Kampenhout, Belgium.
F: medium, white, long lasting.
C: gold, light hazy.
A: malty, citrus, wheat, dough, light hoppy.
T: medium malty/wheat base, herbal bitterness, citrus, spicy, banana, dough, dry on the palate, medium carbonation, ok, why not?

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Fles 33cl thuis. Fruitig, bitter, wat yeasty, hoppig, citrus, licht droog. (17-3-2023).

4.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Flesje gedronken bij Uniek in Beek en Donk. Bleekgeel, troebel bier met medium schuim. Aroma is fruitig van citrus. De smaak is citrusachtig en zurig. Nasmaak is iets bitter.

6

Magus, mõru, nisune, humalane, veits happeline. Ok.