330 ml bottle, almost 7 months old. Cloudy dark orange, foamy head. Rye bread, fruity notes (quince, ripe pear, some mango, pomegranate), brett, white pepper, fermented hay. Dry bitterness, slightly sweet. Medium bodied, oily creamy texture, soft carbonated, dry finish. Nice, interesting and complex!

'Roggenbier' by this progressive German craft brewery, hopped with Columbus and Cascade and apparently fermented with kveik (einen norwegischen Farmerhefe). Bottle of almost a year old on the time of consumption - while the label gives a best before date of about half a year less, so technically past its date. Very strong gusher, rushing out of the bottle upon opening, so be warned. Irregularly lacing, medium thick, off-white, mousy head, breaking quickly here and there in the middle; cloudy, even 'soupy' robe, warm rosy-orangey peach blonde with beige-ish glow. Aroma of fresh sourdough, strong Brettanomyces 'horseblanket', unripe peach, old dried lemon peel, freshly cut cucumber, damp hay, dust, slight echo of Cascade-produced orange in the background, fresh lemonbalm leaves, soggy spiced bread, fermenting apple juice, withering grass, very vague hints of cumin cheese rind, gypsum, wet sawdust, elderflowers. Fruity onset, low in sweetness but with a clear sourishness to it without being actually acidic; hints of green pear, cucumber, unripe peach and green apple, medium carbonated. Lean, smooth body turning rather 'dusty' and powdery in the end, cereally with a bready to even doughy core, which indeed reveals the 'dim' and deep spicy character of rye, connecting with only remote zestiness but still clear 'dull' spiciness of the hops, in which floral notes are discernable as well as a citrus pith bitterness. Very earthy, yeasty, 'dirty' ending, with more spiciness added by phenolic effects and that sourdough effect lingering, with a kind of powdery 'chalkiness' to it. Only in the very last stage do the floral and citrusy aromas of the hops make an effort to linger around retronasally, like a distant memory of what could have been - so that in this phase, the Brett gets to dominate, with its classic horseblanket, damp hay and stale sweat associations. Granted, I should have bought and consumed this one fresh when I had the chance, I can only hope that in young condition, it was more bright, coloured and focused, as it has become rather... well, dull at this point. As for the kveik aspect: with all due respect for Lars Garshol's pioneering work in this matter and I do recognise the distinct estery and phenolic accents some of these kveik strains may result in, but I also maintain that it is more interesting for the brewer to use it than for the consumer. In this particular example, it even got contaminated with Brett, accounting for most of the aroma (maybe this was intentional, but then it would have made sense for the brewer to mention that on the label). For comparison, I would like to have this same beer (and, for the sake of equality) at the same age, but fermented by a 'normal' top-fermenting yeast, I think that would prove very interesting...

Slightly aged sample Light gushing to dense, light-yellowish head, very stable and fed by finely carbonated hazy ochre beer. Roses, Brett, lemonrind, fine fruity& herbal esters, cookie dough, perfumey and bubble gum. Dry, extremely so, with a faint acidity. There's a finish with something salty, as diluted brine. Again herbs, vegetables. Light body, bit creamy from the tenacious head, good carbonation; long-lasting flavours. Not bad, of course Kveik ought to be drunk very fresh indeed.

Bottle, BB290819.Pours hazy golden. Aroma and flavor are hoppy,sweet,bitter,sugary,citrus, spiciness.Overall: quite good, despite over BB,

Hazy pale amber, good frothy off-white head, dissipating slowly, patchy lacing; aroma pale malt, brett, apricot, cat piss; taste mild sweet, bitter and sourish, brett, apricot, grainy rye; dry aftertaste as in taste, citrus pith; medium body, oily to watery texture, soft carbobation; interesting brew but not that special, bit coarse impression, okay.

330ml bottle. Murky, dark orangey, golden colour with average to huge, firm, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Mildly bretty, funky, yeasty aroma, hints of Hubba Bubba bubblegum, spicy overtones with a touch of Mettwurst and brine. Taste is dry, mildly bretty funky, yeasty, minimally tart-ish, a touch of brine and Mettwurst; minimally watery passages.

Orange with a foamy to frothy head. Aroma of orange peel, yeasty rye bread. Taste is bittersweet up front, mildly bitter and grainy at the finish with just a hint of tartness. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Pleasant.

Flasche gekauft im Beereau in Berlin-Mitte. Trübes Orange, wenig Schaum. Etwas säuerliches Aroma, Getreide. Geschmack: leicht süßlich. Getreide, Orange, vergorene rote Früchte. Wird fruchtiger und moderater.

Bottle at home from Biervana, 2nd December 18. Pours an apricot colour and hazy. Aroma is apricot, yeast, honey and grains. Taste is apricot, stone fruit, honey, sweet canned fruit, light bitter, grainy. Quite an interesting one.