7

Pale and clear golden with no lasting head. Sour grains, stonefruit sour, some yuzu, light elderflower herbal and floral notes. Thin body, weak carbonation. Pleasant wild brew, with room to improve in the balance of things. Taste good, mouthfeel poor.

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Special ‘Brussels’ farmhouse ale by Kromme Haring flavoured with elderblossom, 75 cl bottles made exclusively for the BXL Beerfest, which was cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Medium sized, off-white, irregularly lacing, opening head on a lightly hazy straw blonde beer with golden to pale greenish hue and lively fizz, cloudy with sediment. Aroma of indeed elderblossom but in a very fresh and flowery way (without that typical cooked-meaty aspect I normally get from it), green apple, damp straw, kiwi, lime, something sulfuric (freshly struck match), parsley, sourdough, cucumber, white grape, chamomile, cava, light sweaty touch. Crisp, fruity onset, sourish lime-like effect but in a very elegant, gentle way, lots of green apple, hints of gooseberry, pear and white grape, lively but refined carbonation, supple body; continuing ‘fruity’ sourishness through a white-bready and cereally malt base, aromatized by the elderblossom, again very flowery and genuine, and a bit spicy; the ‘green’ sour-sweetish fruitiness keeps refreshing everything, also when a bready yeast effect shows up, while hops remain limited to a vague background bitterishness and allow the fruitiness and floweriness to fully blossom. Very elegant, refreshing, spring-like ‘bière d’apéritif’, almost a beery equivalent of German Maitrank or a fruity sparkling wine. Lovely testimony of this brewery’s skills, one of Holland’s very best in my opinion.

7

Lekko przyprawowy, dzikusowo- owocowy, w aromacie za duzo kefirowatosci ale w uscie tyli cacy, chlalnosc duza. Fajo

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Clear golden with a tiny and short lived white head. Aroma had a nice soft funk, bretty but light, along with quite some citrus, tart and fresh lemon, oak, yeast and light herbal notes. Flavour is puckering acidic. Medium bodied with light carbonation.

7.5

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

Bottle. Color: Hazy golden, thin white head. Aroma: Tart, funky, floral and bit fruity. Taste: Moderate to over moderate tart, floral and fruity elderflowers and elderberries, Elderberries mostly at the finish. Clearly present yet subtle wild yeast funk. Moderate to over moderate fruity bitterness. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Dry-ish mouthfeel. Nice refreshing and fruity Saison / Wild Ale.

7.9

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

26-09-20 // Happy Zwanze Day 2020 at Mon Petit Café, Stuttgart. Bottle, shared. Thanks! The elderflower is sublte. A nice farmhouse funk and graininess. Flowery yes, but also herbal. Spicy.

7.9

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

Bottle shared. Light golden with short lasting white head. Sour wheat, elderflower, gooseberries, soft funk and lemon, mineral. Medium sour, under medium sweet. Medium bodied. Nice.

7

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

Pours unclear, fluorescent yellow Small white head. Smell is elderflower, bit spiced. Taste is full, tart, dry, mild intensity on the elderflower. Perfumy, medium body and medium high carbo.