Amber ale in this Chinelle series by Franchimont, thanks to Goedele for the bottle! Off-white, regularly shaped, large- but even-bubbled, slowly dissolving head, clear apricot blonde robe with pale orangey hue – but certainly not ‘amber’; strings of sparkling, obscured by haze after the sediment is added. Aroma of cooked carrots, glazed parsnip, unripe banana, thyme, damp earth or even mud, raw broccoli, peanuts, cream, green pear – and a far less inviting aspect reminiscent of old dishwater and even rancid butter. An ominous sign, and indeed: the natural banana and apricot fruitiness of the beer appears to be overruled by a ‘dirty’, lactic sourness, as in milk gone sour and rancid butter, stretching through the whole beer; fizzy carb, bready and very lightly caramelly malt core with a floral hop bitterish touch in the end but as said, everything remains heavily ‘disfigured’ by the infection and the unintended sourness it brings. Very obviously infect and drain pour as such, alas; if it were not for the infection, then this would have been a simple, quenching blonde, but not truly an amber or Wallonian ambrée at all. Unnecessary beer in all respects – too bad, I did like the other Chinelles I had so far. --- Beer merged from original tick of Franchimont Chinelle Amber on 20 Oct 2020 at 15:11 - Score: Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5. Original review text: Amber ale in this Chinelle series by Franchimont, thanks to Goedele for the bottle! Off-white, regularly shaped, large- but even-bubbled, slowly dissolving head, clear apricot blonde robe with pale orangey hue – but certainly not ‘amber’; strings of sparkling, obscured by haze after the sediment is added. Aroma of cooked carrots, glazed parsnip, unripe banana, thyme, damp earth or even mud, raw broccoli, peanuts, cream, green pear – and a far less inviting aspect reminiscent of old dishwater and even rancid butter. An ominous sign, and indeed: the natural banana and apricot fruitiness of the beer appears to be overruled by a ‘dirty’, lactic sourness, as in milk gone sour and rancid butter, stretching through the whole beer; fizzy carb, bready and very lightly caramelly malt core with a floral hop bitterish touch in the end but as said, everything remains heavily ‘disfigured’ by the infection and the unintended sourness it brings. Very obviously infect and drain pour as such, alas; if it were not for the infection, then this would have been a simple, quenching blonde, but not truly an amber or Wallonian ambrée at all. Unnecessary beer in all respects – too bad, I did like the other Chinelles I had so far.