6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Hazy, light Amber color and a white head. Herbal,-,spicy, decent malty and a belgian-yeasty Twist. Rather bitter.

7.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Pours clear blonde. Scent is typical De Ranke hops, green and prominent.I did hope for more fresh lageryeast aroma's. Taste is malty, sharp hops and bitterness. Very lingering. bit thin bodied, lovely bitter punch though - yet not much more beyond that.

8.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Flaska från Etre. Disig varmt gyllengul vätska med högt stabilt skum. Doft och smak av gräs och örter. Krispig men mjuk krämig munkänsla. Torr, riktigt torr och en smakbild med mycket besk ädelhumle som liknar XX Bitter. Dessutom toast, harzig kåda, mineraler och bittra örter. Mycket gott

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

0.75l bottle, huge thanks Nino and Casey for sharing it with us! So, Simplex brewed with lager yeast and then bottle-conditioned. It's cool to see brewers of De Ranke's profile playing around like that! It was a hazy golden beer, distinctly flowery in the aroma, albeit with a vague phenolic touch. Simple, pleasant taste - flowery notes, vague citric touches on a mellow body, nicely soft and fluffy, finishing bitterish and with a light phenolic touch. Apart from the mild phenolic kick, this is excellent! Guess it was a side-effect of a need to re-ferment, but there you go, still a beer I enjoyed and didn't feel too much out of place even in Plzeň.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

17/IX/21 - 75cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Nieuwjaarsreceptie Gentse Biervereniging, Hotel Columbo (Gent), BB: 16/X/22, lot: B163T26 APR21 (2021-1098)

Clear pale blond to orange beer, big creamy bit irregular off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, bit yeasty, some marijuana. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: malty start, bitter, dry, grains, hay, cow fodder, yeasty, some banana. Aftertaste: very bitter, herbal, bit yeasty, funky, very resinous, dry finish.

8

Golden with a huge lasting white head. Herbal aroma with a huge mineral note and wet granite. Dry, herbal, mineral funky flavour.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle 75cl. Parkbench with Thomas A und Martin Mikkeller. Pours Hazy Golden with a large creamy White head and lacings. Green and grassy. Rustic yeast. Dry and bitter. Super crisp with a long lasting grassy lip smacking finish.

7.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Draft @ Dynamo.
Couleur dorée, présentant un col généreux épais blanc.
Arôme au bouquet plaisant, reste sur une amertume noble sur de légères effluves fruitées-terreuses avec une pointe de fleuri. En rétro-nasal, de fines notes de grains - pils.
Palais est léger, finement houblonné avec les classiques nobles qui confèrent une bonne fraicheur entre léger fruité, herbacé, terreux avec une petite pointe de fruit qui perce sous l'amertume. Le tout est rehaussé par l'usage de levure type lager qui apporte plus d’onctuosité que la version habituelle.

Une version basse fermentation qui semble faire ressortir un peu plus l'amertume que pour la version classique.
A noter également, l'usage de houblon dit Warneton 7784 de la houblonnerie Forrest Farm - houblon propre à cette dernière.