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

F: average, off white, average lasting. C: dark ruby to brown, hazy, opaque. A: blueberries, raspberry, caramel, hint of apples, yeast. T: 0,33l bottle, blueberries, raspberry, some candy tones, bubble gum, fruity sweet together with some dry hoppy tones on the palate, low to medium body, average carbo, not bad but not my favourable style.

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

Rozerood bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is fruitig en licht bitter hoppig met iets van bessen. Niet slecht voor een fruitbier.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

New-ish dry-hopped version of an old Belgian fruit ale I had - and more or less appreciated - a long time ago, swingtop bottle from Fontana. Lots of pressure, but no gushing whatsoever. Medium thick, off-white head quickly reduced to a moussy, stable rim and thin patches in the middle, lightly lacing; equally misty, translucent, warm amber colour with reddish hue, becoming notably more brownish and ’murky’ with deposit. Aroma betrays both dry-hopping and sugary fruit extract, and both seem to clash quite vigorously; I get hints of red fruit jam, crispy red apple peel, old orange, strawberry wine, grapefruit peel (gaining strength with the sediment added), bread dough, cranberry sauce, mint, vague aniseed even, beetroot, light caramel, bitter honey, red Haribo candy, vague hints of sweet paprika, watermelon, brown sugar, rose petals, soggy apple cake, some very faint iron, rosehip tea, bubblegum (isoamylacetate), fried potatoes, industrial tomato juice, sweet rosé wine. Sweetish onset, some red candy and industrial purple ’forest fruit’ jam (I guess this is the ’myrtille’ component) with a genuinely sourish, cranberry- and redcurrant-like sharpness surrounding it, in a medium carbonated, smooth physical environment, along with hints of banana, peach and red apple. Light bodied, slightly caramelly and very faintly nutty malt backbone over which this red fruit arrangement is transported to a dryish finish, with again that rosehip-, sweet tomato- and cranberry-like quality rising up retronasally - more so than actual blueberries (’myrtilles’), though a certain blueberry spiciness remains identifiable. The hops, explicitly advertized on the label, remain limited to a softly, earthy bittering touch, clashing a bit with the fruit sweet- and sourness; a berry-like tartness is present and actually helps to dry the finish more than the hops. Juicy berry flavors linger back in the throat more so than any serious dry-hopping. A bit tart with a sweet core, hop bitterness noticeably added but in a subtle way: this seemingly weird concoction is a typical example of how traditional Belgian brewers struggle to interpret the new craft beer wave; it has a certain ’apéritif’-like quality, in trying to force the internationally popular hoppiness onto what is basically a sweet, 20th-century Belgian fruit beer. The result is a bit like a rosé wine: sparkling, sweet with a drying tail and appetizing. In terms of style, I’d rank this among the likes of Triporteur Kinky Berry, Paenhuys’ Rosse Vos, Dame Jeanne Rozat or Broeder Jacob Brut Rosé: a kind of ’Belgian compromise’ trying to connect 20th century Belgian clichés (sweet fruit beer in this case) with the international hop forward-movement, not unlike the much more widespread phenomenon of ’Belgian IPA’, which is essentially a compromise between Belgian blonde or tripel and international IPA. Cross-overs between Belgian traditions and international evolutions are not necessarily a bad thing (see many creations by Struise, Alvinne, Dochter etc.), but at the end of the day, it all comes down to one question: did I enjoy this? I’m still in doubt about this particular example, I’m a bit puzzled, I recognize the deceptive sweetness and redeeming tartness of the basic version but I am left wondering if dry-hopping it was a good choice at all for this kind of beer. Honestly I would not even consider drinking this a second time, but in comparison with the aforementioned examples trying to achieve the same goal basically, this is not the worst beer available, I reckon.

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

On tap at de slof, Enkhuizen. Thin creamy off white head. Hazy amber pour. Slightly bitter aftertaste with some blue berries

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

Fles thuis gedeeld. Rood tot amberkleurig bier met weinig schuim. Aroma is fruitig en grenadine-achtig. Smaak is eveneens fruitig van de bessen. Smaak ebt snel weg.

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

Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus and Joes. Hazy red color, medium to full sized off-white head that lasts for quite a long time. Aroma is basically a variation of red fruits. Taste lightly malts, some hops and in fact again some red fruit mix and some sweet candy. Decent body and carbonation. Quite pleasant actually.

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

Bottle @ benzai. Very hazy amber colour with a small to medium sized off-white head. Smells fruity, sweet, syruppy. Tastes weird fake fruits, candy, horrible. Medium body, soft carbo.

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

Sampled at Zythos 2016. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours unclear amber, small white head. Smell is sweet, violet-Sugar-like sweetness. Taste is likewise, very aromatic Sugar. Sweet. Not too shabby.

--- Beer merged from original tick of Bon Secours Myrtille Dry Hopping on 24 Apr 2016 at 19:58 - Score: 6 --- Beer merged from original tick of Bon Secours Myrtille on 04 Jun 2015 at 17:12

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Sampled @ ZBF 2016 (Thank you for sharing BE RB CREW!) Dkar amber, little head. Nose is extremely sweet artificial fruit, heavy on the cheap kind of jam that you get in hospitals, hotels in those little cuts, massively artificial. Taste is bitter upfront but chemical & not hop bitter, soap, sugar, chemical fruit, super cheap jam. Dry chemical, lightly powdery. Bad artificially sweet fruit beer as for the hop connection, nope & I cannot imagine it working. Overall I find this is a very strange product as I cannot imagine to who this is marketed.