Beau-Monde

Malty, has pleasant orange, feels more British than Belgian. Saison feel is subdued. Quite bitter

Klein minpuntje voor gushen. Smaakt zoet, kruidig, moutig.

Door voorzichtig openen nagenoeg gehele inhoud in het glas gekregen. Oranjebruin bier met veel schuim wat snel wegzakt. Smaak is licht bitter hoppig en kruidig met iets van rozijnen, druiven en graan.

Bottle. Golden color. Citric peachy floral aroma and flavor. Malty yet dry. White pepper. Soft tart notes. Yeasty herbal finish. Quite decent.

RB backlog. Breadcrust, orange zest, tangy. Dry, astringent bitterness, bready. Kight body with very active carbonation. Too active carbonation on a too bitter beer. Maybe because it's overdue, should give a fresher bottle another try.

From the bottle. Dark orange with a frothy white head that lingers. Aroma is full of oranges and rather peppery. Taste is bitter with a mild acidity at the end and a dollop of spice. Medium body, dry, lightly warming. Overall, interesting and pleasant in moderate quantity.

Bottle @ Willems, Grobbendonk. Pours Hazy deep Golden with a creamy fluffy head. Gusher. Yeasty with notes of oranges, grass and spices. Chamomille. Dry finish. Tasty allright!

330ml Bottle - A big gusher. Hazy amber with a white head. Orange, dried apricot and a hint of caramel in the aroma. Tangy taste with orange peel, caramel, dried apricot, peach and marmalade. Not too bad once the gushing has settled down!

Bitter orange saison from the Dochter, bottle bought at Koelschip in Ostend. Very strong gusher, taking me fifteen minutes to open it fraction by fraction in trying to reduce the loss to a minimum - which eventually succeeded. Very thick, rocky, towering high but loose and slowly diminishing, large-bubbled, off-white head over a hazy amberish peach blonde beer, deep orangey and warm, with strings of fine fizz. Aroma of - alas - some oxidized, 'rusty' malts already, next to more pleasant impressions of lively orange peel and even delicately fragrant orange water, peach, caramel candy, turnips, straw, old bread, melon, honey, persimmon, soap. Estery onset, peachy with notes of light banana and tamarillo, softish and bit minerally carbonation, very bready malt sweetish middle with a thin caramelly edge as well as something vaguely toasty; retronasal return of oxidation but also this delicate, fragrant orange water effect from the bitter oranges, followed by quite firm, spicy, leafy hop bitterness and quite a lot of spicy phenols. Ends earthy and a bit 'dirty'. Too old, this is clearly not what it used to be anymore, as I can imagine this being very bright, elegant and delicate when young; in this form, however, too dirty and phenolic and not quite up to this brewery's usual quality standard. Have an extra point for originality, though.