330ml bottle [as Prototypes 2018 Pink Cross]. Minimally milky, golden colour with average, thick, foamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy hoppy and pale malty aroma, hints of lemon, lemon tea, lemon zest. Taste is dry, slightly bitter, minimally tart, citrusy hoppy, hints of lemon, lemon zest. Minimally oily texture.

Süffiger, getreidig herber Beginn. Spritzig, erhöhte Karbonisierung, später etwas bitter. Rund, würzig herb-hopfiger Abgang. Nett. 10/11/12/11/9/11

Session beer – not an ale but a lager in this case – that was apparently elected as the best of a series of four and released last September; hopped with Cascade, Citra, Columbus and Mosaic. Bottle at Afsnis in Ghent, three months old. Medium thick, snow white, stable and closed, creamy head over a near clear, vaguely ochre-ish tinged straw blonde beer, misty with sediment; lively sparkling throughout. Aroma of spoiling leek soup and withered kitchen herbs, rotting onion even, lemon candy, chalk, pumice, white bread pulp, soap, vague chicken broth somewhere. Clean, minerally onset, chalky notes under a slick, cereally, bit thin but not unpleasantly sweetish pale maltiness, a tad bready and ‘dusty’ thanks to the yeast suspension; mild citrusy and withered kitchen herb effects from the hops, softly bittering over a minerally, gypsum- and pumice-like end phase with that chicken broth effect (probably onsetting oxidation already) returning briefly retronasally. Probably already too old – this must have been a very delicate beer to drink fresh only. That said, it is an interesting idea, a “session IPL” as it were which I can imagine may please a larger crowd than just the beer geek. Interesting, but not in good shape anymore so my rating here would probably have been higher if I had tasted this in September instead of now…

Hazy yellow colour, white foam. Nose of citrus, tropical fruit. Taste is bitter, citrussy, also fruity. Nice and refreshing lager.

3.2

Seems to be a bit hoppier than I remember from the tasting event… Which is a good thing! ? --- Beer merged from original tick of Prototypes 2018 Pink Cross on 05 May 2018 at 16:10 - Score: 6. Original review text: Final Tasting Prototypes 2018

Bouteille 33cl de BBP, BB 03/2019. Dorée, col blanc. Arôme India Lager? je note juste pas mal d'effluves de brett avec un citronné et agrumes assez marqués sous couvert de notes d'abricot et douceur plus centrée sur orange glacée. Palais est léger et fin avec une belle note de brett et ici un rappel de DLS au niveau levure et grains. Tangy tropical fruits sur petite touche surette-brett funk. Fruité moyen sur la fin - abricot.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Brussels Beer Project Wunder Lager (by Brussels Beer Project):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

26/VIII/18 - 33cl bottle from a trade, as "Proto Pink Cross", shared @ home - BB: 1st Q/III/19 (2018-1181) Thanks to Bierridder_S for the trade!

Little cloudy orange to peach coloured beer, big aery irregular white head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: citrus, fruity touch, bit malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter start, fruity, citrus, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: little malty, bitter, citrus, very refreshing, some tropical fruits, slightly medicinal bitterness, dry and bitter ending.