6.6

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

Flaska från Belgiuminabox. Skummar rejält, disig ljusgul vätska. Väl kolsyrad, lätt och citrussyrlig. Doft och smak av stjärnfrukt, ananas, lime, mineraler , klorofyll, örter, surdeg. Trevlig och uppfriskande med rolig smakbild.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

15/IV/20 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ home, BB: IX/2021 (2020-337)

Clear pale blond beer, huge dense creamy white head, very stable, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: little fruity, bit malty, herbal hops, slightly floral, delicate fragrance. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit malty, nice bitterness, fruity touch, bit grassy, some citrus, little soapy, coriander. Aftertaste: spicy, dry bitter finish, some citrus, herbal, very good one.

Paired with fried halloumi, smash potatoes and a salad. Good pairing!

6.8

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

Four-grains beer (barley, wheat, rye and buckwheat) hopped with Simcoe, from one of Antwerp's more promising client brewers. Almost gushing, but with some patience and caution I managed to reduce the loss to exactly one drop... Towering high, audibly fizzing, egg-white, mousy, cobweb-lacing, foamy head on a misty pale yellow blonde beer with warmer apricot hue and lively sparkling. Aroma of lemon candy, ripe pineapple, mock-jito, yuzu, sourdough hint, meringue, green apples (strong), soapy starfruit, gypsum, a whiff of classic Fanta, white bread dough, vague dusty accent. Spritzy, crisp onset, very sharply carbonated distracting from the real flavour, but with still recognizable impressions of starfruit, pineapple, unripe pear and Granny Smith apple fruitiness; sweetish, but with a pronounced, citric-sourish edge, resulting in a somewhat lemonade-like effect (Fanta again, from a distance). Slick white-bready and cereally maltiness, lean and slender, remaining soaked in this sweet-and-sour lemonade effect, lime and green apple aspects at the sides (but strongly so) as well as minerally effects from the carbonation; some wheat soapiness, way less rye and buckwheat spiciness though. Ends with a floral and zesty hoppiness, crisp and 'yellow-green', but not necessarily identifiable as Simcoe; gentle floral and slightly leafy bitterness lingering, as well as minerally 'gypsum', a 'dusty' note and those sugared lime and green apple effects. Overcarbonated for sure, even for something intended as a summery quencher; not my personal cup of tea per se, but apart from the overcarbonation, this is admittedly an interesting one, even if the 'homemade' lemonade aspect bothered me. I wonder how intentional this effect was; did Galea envision a drink that can please both lemonade drinkers and beer lovers? Whatever the case, that poor Simcoe, still one of the brightest stars on the New World hops firmament as far as I'm concerned, never really got a chance to shine here, as I was already fearing. Not bad, all in all, but again one of those Belgian ales trying to be fancy by incorporating New World hops - and basically failing at it. Too bad, I expected more from Galea, to be honest.

6.6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

33cl bottle. A clear yellow golden beer with a big white head. Aroma of funky blond malt, herbs, citrus, brett. Taste of funky malt, pale malt, herbs, citrus, bretty finish. High carbonation.

5

Vlakke granerige smaak. Iets te veel koolzuur.

7.8

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

Sampled @ Modeste bierfestival, Antwerp. Hazy pale yellow color, average to medium sized white head that lasts for a decent while. Aroma is lightly malts, hayish, grassy. Flavor is lightly malts, hayish a bit again, lightly lemongrass notes, lightly bitter. Decent body and carbonation. Nice saison. 8-4-7-4-15.

6.4

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

Geel bier met veel stevig schuim. Smaak is fris fruitig zuur met iets van citrus en ananas. Goed voor een warme zomerdag.

7.8

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

Draft glass @ Spéciale Belge Taproom. Golden hazy, nice creamy white head. Nose is low soapy fruity, lemon, fruity, bread, BE yeast & hint passionfruit. Taste is candied lemon peel, passionfruit, BE yeast, bread, sweetish, passionfruit profile really helps it. Bread & soapy body. Def. my favourite Galea beer so far. Didn't really get funk.

6.5

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

Pours rather clear blonde. Small white head. Smell is bit estery, mild metallic notes. Bit citrussy. Fresh. Taste is sharp, citrussy, mild wheat. Full grainy back. High carbo. Rather balanced. Sharpness reminds of metallic, but it’s not actually metallic at all.