Bierfestival Brugge 2019. Dark amber, tanned head. Nose is dull medicinal, herbal, BE stale dusty malt. Taste is stale cereal, grainy, cobwebs, leaves, roots, bland poor dusty herbal BE malty. Shouldn’t have the word hop in the name

17/08/2019 @home - 37,5cl bottle from Willems en Zoon, Grobbendonk. Dark amber with medium tanned head. Nose is malts, spice, caramel, hops. Taste is sweet malts, bit spices, some caramel, nice hops bitterness.

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Meester Green Hopping 2018 (by De Meester):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 8/20, MyTotalScore: 2.4/5

2/II/19 - sample @ Brugs Bierfestival, BB: n/a - (2019-179) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing todays' beers!
Clear orange to amber beer, small creamy beige to off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: malty start, sweet and sugary, where's them hops? MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: alcohol burn, bit sourish, sugary, more alcohol, caramel, sweet malts. Aftertaste: alcohol burn, fruity notes, bit sourish, soft bitterness. Earlier Rating: 5/15/2019 Total Score: 3.919/I/19 - 37.5cl bottle @ Nieuwjaarsreceptie Gentse Biervereniging, BB: n/a, bottled: 15/X/18 - (2019-106) Thanks to everyone for the huge bottle share!
Clear amber to red brown beer, creamy beige head, stable, little adhesive. Aroma: very malty, bit of caramel, sweetish, some ripe banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, malty, sweet, caramel, quite some banana, bit chemical. Aftertaste: bit sugary, hoppy, caramel, bitter, spicy finish. One of the best beers from De Meester so far!

bottiglia 355 ml, schiuma beige fine persistente, colore ambrato carico torbido, al naso lievito frutta matura miele pepe spezie, in bocca malto caramello spezie, corpo leggero, watery, carbonazione leggera, secca, amaro moderato. Non è il massimo ma è l’ultima birra di Natale 2018. 30.12.18

24 November 2018. 5de Winters Bierfestival Waregem. Deputy Taster: Anke. Hazy dark brown with a lasting, small, frothy, tan head; irregular lacing. Aroma of candied orange, caramel, cookie dough, plum, milk chocolate, syrup, green tea. Taste is light to medium malty sweet, quite fruity, (candied) orange & plum with some dough & caramel; turning light to medium herbal bitter, cinnamon & faint clove, tea-like, tad lemony sour. Dry, herbal hoppy finish, faint caramel & plum but ultimately the bitterness prevails with tea & orange peel notes; plus a dash of warming liqueur alcohol. Medium body, slick/oily texture, soft carbonation. Perhaps this could do with some ageing to balance out the rougher bitter edges.

F: big, stable, beige. C: dark brown, hazy, opaque. A: dark malts, caramel, bit chocolate, dried fruits, herbal, hint of toffee, dark cherries, cocoa. T: dark malts, chocolate, caramel, herbal, decent bitterness, dry on the palate, bit warming alcohol, dried dark fruits, toffee, nice balanced, herbal bitter finish, full body and medium carbonation, nice one, enjoyed, 37,5cl paper wrapped bottle (bottled 15/10/18) from 5de Winters Bier Festival in Waregem.

Bottle from Harris Teeter in Alexandria, VA.Medium brown in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Toasty malts, slight touch of berry fruit, hint of chocolate, leading to a bitter finish. Ok.

12 oz. bottle. Pours clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma of malt, bread, nuts. Some fruitiness. Taste follows nose. Has some burnt notes, maybe some spruce. Caramel and spices. Not great, but probably one of Abita's better efforts.

Murky dark amber pour with a beige head and very good retention. Decent lacing. Tastes like a muted scotch ale. Slightly harsh mouthfeel. Meh. Not a great profile. They say they change the recipe each year but it tastes the same as past years to me.

Bottle from systembolaget. A bit boring for a Christmas beer. Some maltiness but nothing more exciting. Descent.