Cuvée 950

Bottle. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Floral and spice aroma with woodsiness and yeast. Citrus and floral flavor with grass and yeast. Medium bodied. Light summer fruit and yeast lingers with yeast, floral notes, and spice.

Golden coloured body with a thin white head. Aroma of yeast, sugars, light malt and quite a bit of fruits. Medium-bodied; Strong sugar flavour of apricots and pears with a little yeast note, some lighter malt and wheat notes and a bit of floral and grassiness on the end. Aftertaste shows more sugars than anything else with an emphasis on yeast and wheat with the rest of the flavours related to sugars, fruit and a light sweetness. Overall, a surprisingly nice ale with a good yeast characteristic and some smooth fruity notes. Yet another example of a great beer that you can find almost everywhere over here that no one thinks anything of! I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased for €2,25 from Bier Tempel in Bruxelles, Belgium on 12-August-2013 sampled a few hours later in my hotel room here in Sainte Catherine, Brussels, Belgium on 12-August-2013.

10th October 2012
Light haze on this gold -amber beer. Big pale cream coloured head. Palate is crispy and a little dry. Minerals. Sweet banana esters dominate but are tempered by a nice lemony tang and a pinch of white pepper. Finishes dry with some creamy malt coming through. Not bad!

750 ml bottle into signature chalice, bottled on 4/26/2012. Pours slightly cloudy golden amber color with a 1 finger dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, apple, pear, pepper, clove, grape, pale candi sugar, honey, bread, floral, grass, and herbal earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of malt, hop, and fruity/spicy yeast ester notes. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, pepper, clove, pale candi sugar, light honey, floral, grass, bread, and herbal earthiness. Nice balance and complexity of fruity/spicy ester flavors; with a larger amount of spicy esters; low-moderate malt balance and zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Quite dry on the finish as well. High carbonation and medium bodied; with a smooth, crisp, and prickly mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice Belgian blond ale. Good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy ester notes; smooth and crisp to sip on. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Bottle 330ml.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a large, creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, moderate yeasty, dried fruit, fruit. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sharp yeast - phenol, dried fruit, yeasty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130104]

Bottle from Au Grain d’Orge, Crissier, bb 10.04.14
Beautiful golden color, clean, with generous head. The aroma is delicate and spicy. Smooth mouthfeel; the malt flavor hs a light sweetness, very light fruity touch, and reasonable spiciness; correct bitterness; light mint impression in the final.
Basic but not bad.

330ml bottle. Clear golden colour with average to huge, firm, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Grainy and slightly yeasty aroma. Taste is bitter, grainy, minimally spicy yeasty. Uninspired.

Bottle. Hazy golden color, massive fluffy white head. Aroma of almonds, banana. Taste starts sweet, then yeasty bread, bitter dry finish. Not bad.

Bottle @ Late Night Fonefan/Brugmansia Tasting, January 2013. Pours clear golden with a white head. Yeast, fruit and a bit of alcohol. Some grains as well. Medium bodied. Clean and decent.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a hazy golden with loads of tiny impurities and a white head. Spicy fruity and yeasty nose. Medium body, fruit and Belgian yeast - and then a spicy hoppiness reminding me of Sorachi Ace. Not bad. 040113