6.8

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

The blonde in this Eifel brand, named after the Belgian Eifel, in which its birth town of Büllingen - a beautiful place by the way, now that I have seen it - is situated. Vichy bottle from a local Delhaize supermarket in the same region (Amel I believe). Snow white, towering high, foamy, large-bubbled, slowly receding head over an initially clear, warm golden blonde robe with vague khaki tinge and fierce, almost champagne-like sparkling, turning misty with sediment. Aroma of dry cereals, iron (confirmed by the 'hand test'!), Conference pear, green banana, white peach, vague soapy note (coriander no doubt), sawdust, clove, apple peel, cooked turnip, straw, old newspapers. Fruity onset but restrained in sweetness, green pear and green banana, fizzy carbonation; smooth cereally core, a bit grainy even and fairly low in residual sweetness, a dryish character continued in a floral hop bitter note, adorned with a touch of (phenolic) clove, a vague whiff of (added) coriander and ongoing pale malty white-breadiness. An 'allemansvriend' as they say in Dutch: completely middle of the road, boring and generic even for this blandest of classic Belgian ale styles. Too bland to distinguish itself - but doubtlessly serving its purpose on a local level.

6.4

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

33cl bottle from Delhaize in St. Vith, Belgium.
F: medium, white, average retention.
C: gold, clear.
A: banana, red apples peels, honey, spicy.
T: medium malty base, banana, red apples, perfumed, bit caramel, honey, spicy touch, nice balanced bitterness, medium carbonation, ok drinkable yet nothing really special.

6.8

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

Herber, hellmalzig getreidiger Beginn. Weich, wenig kräutrig, erhöhte Karbonisierung. Spritzig, weiter hefig, wenig süßer Abgang. Ok! 9/10/10/10/8/10

6.5

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

Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing! Bottle looks simple but good. Beer in the glass zippy, small head. Dry malty aroma. Starts malty, some spicy notes, modest yeasty. Light sourish touch. Finish more balanced, spicy-malty. Not bad.

6.6

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

Pours rather clear blonde. Small white head. Smell is fresh, malty, tad hops. Rather clean fermentation profile for the style ( mild spices ). Taste is sharp, tad bitter. Very light citrussy. Wheat-like almost. Sharp carbo, thin body.

6.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

19/XI/19 - 33cl bottle @ HoReCa-Expo Gent, BB: n/a - (2019-1840) Thanks to the brewers and the Ghent Beer Posse for sharing today’s beers!

Clear pale blond beer, nice thick creamy white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: spicy touch, herbal, bit chemical, dusty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: little fruity, soft bitterness, bit watery, herbal. Aftertaste: little dry, soft bitterness, bit spicy.

7.3

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

Fresh malty nose with nice hints of yeast. Smooth fresh beginning. Biscuits, fruity soapy with a nice dry floral fruity yeast. Very fruity soapy, nice smooth yeast, easy to drink, Very nice.

7

Shared with Erzengel! A slightly hazy golden beer with a white head. Aroma of mild sweet and herbal pale malt, lime and yeast. Taste of herbal pale malt, straw, lime. Interesting!