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

Dark reddish brown colour, beige foam. Nose of red berries, balsamico, wood, light green apples, light bitter, sweet.

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

Bottle from bottle shop in Durbuy - thanks, Anke! Pours hazy brown with a thin, frothy, off-white head. Aroma of sherry, red apple, wood, vinegar, redcurrant, wet hay, shoe polish. Taste has sour redcurrant & plum mixed with vinegar, solid bitter undercurrent of wood & hay, vague hint of polish in the back. Dry, herbal hoppy finish, tart & vinegar-like, soft alcoholic effect of sherry, slightly oxidized perhaps. Medium body, oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Decent enough Sour with barrel accents.

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

Barrel aged sour ale by this underrated craft brewery in the Liège province. Gusher, but slow enough to remain manageable with enough time and patience. Initially audibly crackling, eventually creamy, pale yellowish beige, small-bubbled, thickly membrane-lacing, medium thick, very stable head; misty, deep and warm orange-amber robe with even a slight copper-bronze glow, some dead yeast bits at the bottom. Rich, very estery bouquet of cherry plum, unripe nectarine, sour white grapes, maracuja, medlar, ripe purple gooseberries, red apple, strong vanilla from the oak and also actual wet wood, unsugared yoghurt, pineapple, roses, fresh figs, quite some Bretty 'horseblanket', wood sorrel leaves, dry sherry, stale orange juice, rosemary, brown honey, sourdough, caramel - and then some very vague 'band aid' in the background, fortunately fading again quickly so I will not take this into account too much in rating this beer. Evidently tart onset, lots of colourful estery fruitiness varying between sour apples, passionfruit, grapes and plums, with a sweetish core softening the sourness; crisp, fizzy carbonation but not too much for the style. Rounded, full, smooth body, caramelly malt sweetness with a biscuity edge, dried by this juicy, very fruity, lactic sourness; this play of sourness and sweetness remains entertaining till the end, when the woody factor sets in and the sourness wins the battle, because it gets the aid of a quite strongly drying tannic wood effect, pushing up a lot of that 'old vanilla'-like scent typical for oak wood as well. Still some apple- and even caramel-like sweetness keeps lingering in the background, even when - unexpectedly - a brief, but notably leafy, earthy hop bitter note appears. And so sour, sweet and bitter are all tied together in the end, with that 'sedate', drying and mildly acidic lactic sourness and fruitiness prevailing, in a juicy, colourful way. I had very positive experiences with this brewery before (right from when they started, really) and this one does not disappoint, this is a beautiful American style blonde sour with strong 'oud bruin' tendencies, streamlined, rich and full, without too many unpleasant effects (apart from the inclination towards gushing and that volatile accent of band aid). A difficult endeavour relatively well executed, in the vein of e.g. De Leite, with even a vague Alvinne echo, though that is perhaps stretching things a bit...

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

Sampled at Brassigaume 2019. A hazy orange golden beer with a beige head. Aroma of tart caramelized fruits, brett, grapes. Taste of sour red berries, grapes, brett, caramel.

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

Bouteille 33cl de Malt Attacks & from Tderoeck. BB 08/2020. Léger gusher. Orangée sur léger trouble, col beige. Arôme, nez fin acidulé, léger vinaigre sans être surfait. Je note un nez plaisant fruité rappelant les mûres, cassis. Aigreur presque balsamique-vineuse est en rétro-nasal. Palais est finement malté, caramel avec une pointe de biscuité, le tout est accentué par un effet boisé et barrique en retrait. Petite touche aigre de levure sauvage mais au côté fruité tirant sur les agrumes; citron vert et pamplemousse mais aussi un effet plus fruité noir venant des malts. Aigreur persistante mais qui ne devient pas trop dominante, le tout sur un effet presque de vieille brune.

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

330 ml. bottle shared by two. Small gusher. Dark red brown, disappearing tanned head. Sour acidic fermenting fruits, bit spoiled, messy carbonation slightly off with pleasant vinegar, acidic oak, wine vinegar, quite sour but not pure vinegar, cranberry jam acidic, messy carbonation. Bit off but overall pleasant basic sour.

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

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lienne Woody (by Brasserie de la Lienne):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

4/I/18 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ New Year's holiday (Ardennes) - BB: VIII/2020 (2018-659)

Clear red amber beer, big aery to creamy beige head, pretty stable. Aroma: very fruity, vinegar touch, red berries, sweetish, hint of vanilla. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity, pretty bitter touch, some tannins, very fruity, little funky, sourish touch. Aftertaste: yeasty, some banana, bit acidic, fruity, pretty bitter, some tannins.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Pours semi-clear, dark caramelly copperbrown. Small white head instantly fades. Smell is rich, woody, fruity, lactic acid, mild vinegar. Semi-high intensity. Taste is dry, lactic sour, woody, mild fruity. Very astrigent. medium-thin body, high carbo. Pretty good. perhaps could use some less carbo, bigger mouthfeel, and - as a personal preference - less dryness. Fleshy, oak-fruity aftertaste. Bit lactic acid.