23 May 2021. At Haeseveld. Cheers to Anke, Robrecht, Annemieke & little Ise! Tap. Clear pale golden, thinning, white head. Aroma of unripe pear, sweet grain, apple peel, baker's yeast, unbaked bread, straw. Taste has sweetish and quite subtle pear, apple, banana perhaps in a doughy-bready malt profile, some bitter grain and straw. Yeasty, grassy hoppy finish, lingering sweet grain. Light body, slick texture, average carbonation. Quenching yet standard Belgian Pilsner.

The standard pale lager in a series of beers brewed at Haeseveld and served at the spot in what has become a large, modern, clean and beautiful café with equally large patio, drawing more visitors of Ghent and surroundings to an otherwise relatively quiet neighbourhood – an outskirt of Ghent, basically, on the border with Destelbergen. The café as such has been there for a long time, but was taken over by the Huyghe brewery in nearby Melle and refurbished and expanded with a new brewing installation. This Pilsener is one of the four fixed beers coming out of it; thanks to Isabel for sharing. Snow white, mousy, medium thick, cobweb-lacing, very stable head on a near-clear pale straw blonde beer with lively sparkling; it seems indeed unfiltered, but only a very, very diffuse haze of yeast is noticeable. Aroma of white bread, soaking wet chicken food, freshly cut grass, plaster, leftover dough, minerals and a whiff if iron, but not feeling ‘additive’ and more likely related to the metal pipes the beer went through. Neutral onset, sharply carbonated in a stinging, initially even numbing way, adding a lot of lively minerality; slick grainy body, sweetish like bulgur or cooked barley, with a very thin breadiness to it somewhere, as well as that faint iron hint returning. Grassy hop bitter touch in the finish (luckily!), even lingering a little bit. This hop bitter accent, however faint, kind of saved this for me, but honestly I see very little difference with Huyghe’s own Campus so the question arises how original these Haeseveld beers really are. Judged by itself, this “Belgian premium Pilsener” perfectly fits the template of an easily drinkable, soulless pale lager created by the industry in the late 19th and 20th centuries, but the slightly above average hoppiness and the subtle trace of yeasty breadiness lend it a bit more quality than, say, a can of Jupiler or Cara Pils so in all, certainly not the worst standard pale lager around in this country. --- Beer merged from original tick of Belgian Premium Pilsner on 20 Oct 2020 at 12:32 - Score: Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6. Original review text: The standard pale lager in a series of beers brewed at Haeseveld and served at the spot in what has become a large, modern, clean and beautiful café with equally large patio, drawing more visitors of Ghent and surroundings to an otherwise relatively quiet neighbourhood – an outskirt of Ghent, basically, on the border with Destelbergen. The café as such has been there for a long time, but was taken over by the Huyghe brewery in nearby Melle and refurbished and expanded with a new brewing installation. This Pilsener is one of the four fixed beers coming out of it; thanks to Isabel for sharing. Snow white, mousy, medium thick, cobweb-lacing, very stable head on a near-clear pale straw blonde beer with lively sparkling; it seems indeed unfiltered, but only a very, very diffuse haze of yeast is noticeable. Aroma of white bread, soaking wet chicken food, freshly cut grass, plaster, leftover dough, minerals and a whiff if iron, but not feeling ‘additive’ and more likely related to the metal pipes the beer went through. Neutral onset, sharply carbonated in a stinging, initially even numbing way, adding a lot of lively minerality; slick grainy body, sweetish like bulgur or cooked barley, with a very thin breadiness to it somewhere, as well as that faint iron hint returning. Grassy hop bitter touch in the finish (luckily!), even lingering a little bit. This hop bitter accent, however faint, kind of saved this for me, but honestly I see very little difference with Huyghe’s own Campus so the question arises how original these Haeseveld beers really are. Judged by itself, this “Belgian premium Pilsener” perfectly fits the template of an easily drinkable, soulless pale lager created by the industry in the late 19th and 20th centuries, but the slightly above average hoppiness and the subtle trace of yeasty breadiness lend it a bit more quality than, say, a can of Jupiler or Cara Pils so in all, certainly not the worst standard pale lager around in this country.

18/VIII/20 - on tap @ Haeseveld brewery (St. Amandsberg), BB: n/a (2020-795)

Clear pale blond beer, big creamy off-white to white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, more malts, hint of green banaan, some DMS, cooked cabbage. MF: ok carbon, medium body, pretty smooth texture. Taste: banana, malty, lots of grains, hay, bit sweet and sugary, corn syrup?? Aftertaste: little malty, bit metallic, unpleasant yet gentle bitterness, more banana.