Bière de garde from a 75 cl bottle at Velootje in Ghent. Very thick and rocky, egg-white, fluffy, thickly cobweb-lacing head over a misty pale amber coloured beer with peachy orange hue, cloudy with sediment. Aroma suffers from lightstruck effect (ammonia - green bottle!), covering more flattering hints of dried apricot, straw, jute, white pepper, apple peel, clove-like phenols, toasted bread, old cake, sourdough, parsley, unripe plums, pear, green tomatoes. Mildly fruity onset, peach, vague banana and sourish redcurrant, fizzy carbo - bit overcarbonated in fact, but otherwise smooth and lean mouthfeel. Grainy, lightly nutty and somewhat caramelly malt core, a touch toasted bitter in the end, matching with grassy and peppery hop bitterishness, a tad earthy, dryish and yeasty with fruity esters lingering in the back of the mouth. Decent enough, too bad for that lightstruck smell but after this fades away, this is an enjoyable albeit very stereotypical French ale.

Zeer onderbouwd amberbier. Zoetig maar ook goeie bitter.

Hazy light brown colour. Aroma is quite spicy and yeasty. Flavour has a spicy taste and the sweetness of red fruit syrup.