Gushing to a glass of dense white foam and a bit of orangeish overcarbonated veiled yellow beer. Citrus, lemonsyrup, also quite spicy nose, bark, leafy herbs. Again this citrussy start, later a bit sweeter, maybe restsugars, yet giving a pretty attenuated impression. Orange cookies, langue de chat . Quite slick, oily, overcarbonated. Medium bodied at least. Strange beer, not unmeritorious.

Clear amber beer with a big off white head. Aroma of dried fruits, peach, mild resinous hops. Taste of ripe peach, oxidized fruits, resins, moderate to long bitter finish.

Broers have been issuing a yearly Cuvée in the past two years, each time following the same recipe – a blonde ale of 7% ABV hopped with Cascade they grow themselves in their garden. This rating concerns the 2021 edition. Starts off with very violent gushing, spouting out of the bottle – it took me quite some time and precaution to avoid major loss… Medium thick, off-white, moussy head lacing in shreds and dissipating till eventually as good as nothing is left; misty warm and ‘sunny’ orange robe with even a slight amberish tinge, lots of lively sparkling and tiny specks of dead yeast throughout. Aroma of dried orange peel as well as orange juice (going stale a bit), Cantaloupe melon, lychee even, bread crust, sweet cherry tomatoes, baker’s yeast, moist white pepper, dried field flowers, cloves, straw, honey, ripe peach, rusk. Fruity onset, quite lively, sweetish with hints of melon, lychee, peach and light banana, medium carbonation, rounded mouthfeel; nice bready and rusk- to cracker-like maltiness, some spicy phenols (clove) and, above all, a long, firm, rooty but elegant hop bitterness providing retronasal effects of grapefruit and orange zest with again that slight touch of lychee. That old ‘Belgian’ spicy yeastiness gets in the way a bit of this display of homegrown Cascade, but the hops do get a lot of space here, easily piercing through till the end, when a pleasant breadiness lingers on; alcohol adds a very slight warmth but otherwise remains perfectly in place. Typical Belgian style IPA, see e.g. De Plukker’s All Inclusive for comparison – even if this particular one is not labelled IPA, strangely perhaps. Too bad for that heavy gushing so be warned, but otherwise this is a very enjoyable Belgian hoppy blonde in my opinion.

22/VIII/20 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ holidays (France), BB: 16/XII/21 (2020-812)

Clear orange blond beer, small creamy off-white head, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: sourish, pretty fishy, weird, yeast notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet, malty, grains, soft bitterness, bit oxidized, spicy notes, bit herbal. Aftertaste: slightly sourish, malty, grains, somewhat sweet, ripe banana, butter biscuits, soft bitterness, more banana peel. Not my cup of tea.

Golden colour with light haze. Aroma and flavour are grainy and quite sweet. Yellow stone fruits like apricot linger in the background. Soft carbonation.

Copperish orange beer, finely carbonated to medium high, dense, just off-white head, stable. Malts, toasted, hint at citrus liqueur (Mandarine Napoléon, Grand Marnier,...) and old, wild hops. Toasted, lightly burning MF & flavour. Again hops as an afterthought; Cascade grown-in-Belgium just doesn't taste as Cascade from Yakima valley. Sweet, and, again, more than a tad liqueurish, including the citrus. Mild carbonation, very slick to viscous, dry. I guess the aim looked better than the result.