One of these first careful beers made by a 'bierfirma' in Lelystad; got this bottle from the local Mitra shop there, but with a different label now only mentioning Red Polder Ale. Slow gusher, but manageable. Very thick and foamy, bubbly, cobweb-lacing, egg-white, stable and frothy head on a lightly hazy deep amber-hued orange blonde beer, turning deeper amber-orange and mistier with sediment. Aroma of evident carbon dioxide (like a freshly opened bottle of artificially carbonated water), quickly making room for the actual bouquet of ripe peach, soggy peanuts, rainwater, cooked sweet potatoes, touch of honey, caramel, freshly cut red apples, banana, grass, field flowers and - after warming up - very obvious DMS. Very spritzy onset, overcarbonation stinging painfully on the tongue's surface, distracting from the fruity flavours of red apple, light banana, peach and pineapple, harshening an otherwise slick, somewhat thinnish body; rounded, thinly caramelly and very slightly peanutty as well as softly bready maltiness with light phenolic spicy notes and lingering fruity esters on top, leading to a minerally, caramel-malty and fruity finish, in which some soapy coriander shows up - the soapiness lingering beyond the spiciness - as well as a hint of very softly bitterish floral hoppiness. Remains altogether sweet, simple, fruity and malty, straightforward and unpretentious but drinkable enough (if it weren't for that damned DMS). I would, however, rather classify this as a Belgian style amber ale (in the 'spéciale belge' tradition) than as an 'international' (so in essence: American) style amber ale...

Fles 33cl thuis. Rood fruit zoet, licht kruidig, carameltonen, wat suikers. (27-1-2019).