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clear medium golden colour, small frothy off-white head, mostly diminishing, light lacing. Aroma malts, vegetables, grainy, bread, light citrus. Taste medium sweet, light bitter, slightly sour, grainy, vegetables, stale mouthfeel. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, aftertaste sweetbitter, touch more sourness, spicy and metallic notes; something to forget...

Mild-florale hefiger Geruch. Das Bier startet frisch-mild. Nicht zu tief mit einer leicht frischen Note. Gewürze, weiche trockene Hefe, nicht zu tief. Nett.

Golden color with small head. Smell is bland, some herbal hops. Taste is grassy hops, some yeast. Light bodied, watery texture. Light bitter finish. Ok, but nothing special.

cler golden colour, minimal white head; aroma of floral notes and stalls; taste of malty sweetness and some grassy-herbal hops; far from being good belgian ale...

12 oz pour on draft at B Too into a tulip. Clear golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of herbs, spice, malt. Tastes of wheat, malt, caramel, a bit of corn, herbs and spices. Medium body with a dry finish.

500ml bottle from Vanuxeem. Pours clear blonde with large white head. Easy-drinking blonde, not a great deal of complexity but it goes down well without much fuss. A crowd-pleaser.

Another beer celebrating the commemorations around World War I. Comes in a 50 cl bottle - aimed at British consumers, that much is clear. Thin off-white head, breaking after a short while; colour a deep orangey ’old gold’ with steady sparkles, staying clear all the time and therefore clearly filtered and pasteurized. Aroma of stale cookies, sour berries, green apple, starfruit, lemon zest, white candi sugar, toasted bread, caramel, something sweaty and grainy, something phenolic (burning plastic), the unmistakable pasteurization smell and fried eggs. Sweetish onset of restrained, appley and orangey fruitiness and residual sugariness, a bit honeyish, medium carbonation, sourish accent, biscuity and caramelly malts, sweetish and toasted at the same time, finish of grassy hops with low bitterness, yeasty spiciness and badly hidden, gin-like alcohol with somewhat bittering effect, solvents as well, though the last thing remaining is (fortunately) lingering, biscuity and caramelly malt sweetness. The bottle fascinated me more than the beer - if they want to honour the British liberators of Belgium a hundred years ago, why not attempt to make a decent English bitter or any other Anglo-Saxon ale style? Some British beer styles became popular in Belgium after the war anyway... Or was this intended as a bitter or a golden ale after all?