From tap at De Brasserie, Emmen. Belgian yeast with malt and some fruity estery notes. Moderate to medium sweet, mild bitter. Hint of alcohol. Decent if unremarkable Strong Belgian, bittersweet taste.

Proefglas tijdens het 23ste Bierpassieweekend in Antwerpen gedeeld. Kruidig, licht plakkerig, yeasty, banaan, redelijk volle smaak. (22-6-2024.

--Bottled at Lars's birthday bash. -- Clear pale golden, small head. Aroma of honey, grass and grain. Sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Honey and grass. Bread. Warming finish with low bitterness.

The lighter version of the ‘Ultra Blond’ in Haeseveld’s range – one can already begin to wonder what the point is, but anyway. From tap at the brewery. Frothy, thick, egg-white, lacing head on a lightly hazed, deep and pure yellow-golden beer. Aroma of banana milkshake, bubblegum, candied pineapple, white bread, straw, ‘jenever’ (even ‘perzikjenever’ in this case), glazed pear, potato peel. Sweet, white-sugary onset with pronounced bubblegummy banana ester, hints of ripe pear, pineapple and yellow raisin, medium carbonation, slick mouthfeel; white-bready and cereally core with a thick layer of honeyish or white candi syrup-like residual sweetness on top, slight clove-like phenols in the end along with mild floral hop bitterness and warming, wodka-like alcohol, while that annoying banana-flavoured bubblegum sweetness sticks. Crowd pleaser, cheaply made with adjuncts and way too much residual sweetness, overly simplistic and boozy (though luckily – and logically I suppose – less so than that Ultra Strong one): like all of Haeseveld’s mass-oriented cliché beers, unnecessary at best.

33cl bottle from Prik & Tik Dranken Marlou. F: big, egg-white, good retention. C: gold, light hazy. A: banana, peach, pear, bit caramel, bready touch. T: full malty base, banana, pear, pineapple, bit bready, medium carbonation, simple but ok for the style, enjoyed.

Clear golden colour with quick fading head. Aroma and flavour have sweet perfumed yellow stone fruits. Sultanas. Bananas. Almost like sherry.

Clear golden colour, white foam. Notes of sweet malts, some stone fruit, banana, light bitter finish.

23 May 2021. At Haeseveld. Cheers to Anke, Robrecht, Annemieke & little Ise! Tap. Clear golden, stable, foamy, white head. Aroma of pineapple from the can, peach, ripe banana, candied apricot, yeast, wet clove. Taste has (very) sweet pear, pineapple & banana, quite estery with an element of residual sugar on the tongue, sweet yeastiness all in all next to honey maltiness & just a touch of bitter clove. Floral hoppy finish, phenolic too, before somewhat 'biting' alcohol & solvent (cheap white rum impression I'd say) kicks in and sweet ripe fruits cling to the palate. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. 'Very strongly fruity' according to the description - that's almost an understatement as lots of sweet ripe fruits seem processed and fermented into a strong, sugary, alcoholic brew. This is not too refined, and the name does not help here either: I cannot help but call to mind the cheap strong Lagers produced by Gordon. At least it's better than that, of course, but not a necessary addition to the beerscape.

18/VIII/20 - on tap @ Haeseveld brewery (St. Amandsberg), BB: n/a (2020-796)

Clear dark blond beer, big creamy solid off-white head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of ripe banana, bit oxidized, lots of marzipan, some grains and malts on warming up. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet, pretty chemical, lots of banana peel, weird bitterness, more almonds and marzipan, very yeasty. Aftertaste: banana peel, sweetish, ripe banana, some banana liqueur, banana flavoured candy, bit of a chemical impression.