Decent beer, lotsa phenols. Dry. But rather simple. A little too bitter perhapsa. Brouwbar gent

28 October 2021. At Brouwbar. Cheers to Anke, Ama & Johan!

Clear golden, small, foamy, white head. Aroma of apple, kiwi, quince, gooseberry, physalis. Taste has sweet-sour apple, quince & physalis in a bready-wheaty malt body, bit spicy. Grassy hoppy finish, more yellow fruit, very slightly soapy, soft jenever-like alcohol hint. Medium body, slick texture, average carbonation. Sympathetic Ale, a welcome quencher after the bold new Quad & Stout.

Blonde ale intended as a summery quencher, with a new recipe differing slightly from earlier blondes or tripels by Brouwbar, hopped with Hallertau Blanc. Egg-white, moussy, membrane-lacing, small-bubbled and stable, only slowly opening head, misty ‘old gold’ with pure yellow-golden glow. Aroma of apple peel, ripe pear, minerals, freshly cut grass, green melon, apricot, sweetclover, touches of white soap and gin somewhere faraway in the background. Clean, sweetish onset, fizzy carbonation, fruity notes of pear, melon and apricot, minerally undertone, very smooth and slick mouthfeel; a thin layer of honeyish sweetishness stretches out over a rounded, cereally pale malt sweetishness but nowhere does this combo become too sweet, instead it develops to a floral, grassy hop bitterish finish, very mildly so but adequate enough, topped with a subtle retronasal whiffs of lime zest and green melon. Clean, streamlined and very elegantly balanced blonde, easygoing for sure but not heavily estery, not spiced with coriander or anything else and not overly residually sweet like most other Belgian blondes, most of which fit in a more traditionally oriented and more commercially ‘broad’ approach.

18/IX/21 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent), BB: n/a (2021-1102)

Clear blond beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, fruity, some banana, spicy touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit fruity, ripe banana, gentle bitterness, malty, sweet. Aftertaste: somewhat grassy, dry, bit yeasty, spicy, sweet, malty, caramel, little metallic.