Fles gedeeld door Roelzie. Het is een troebel oranje bier met een medium schuimkraag. Het heeft een aroma van hop en gist. De smaak is moutig, hoppig en frist fruitig.

Clear deep golden beer with a white good lasting head. Aroma of mild herbal malt, spices, some white grapes. Taste of mild herbal pale malt, straw, yeast, moderate bitterness, moderate carbonation.

Smell-weak hops. Foam- thin, hops, bitter tones. weak malt. Head is medium-sized, white in color. Sticks. Appearance-brewer bottle cap, simple label. Clear orange amber, medium to high in carbonation. From - snifter Taste - weak hops, weak malt, faint herbal tones, weak bitter tones. Nothing special.

Donkergeel bier met mooie schuimkraag. Smaak is licht bitter hoppig en kruidig met ietwat rook, wat bloemen en iets hout achtigs. Heel bijzondere maar interessante smaak.

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average modeerate bitter finish. Oily palate.

One of the first three beers created in the new, state-of-the-art microbrewery installed in the Grimbergen abbey, of course with the financial aid of owner Carlsberg, who kind of uses it to conduct small-scale experiments. Many thanks to tderoeck! Thick and foamy, beaten egg-white, membrane-lacing, stable head on an initially clear warm ‘metallic’ golden beer with tiny dots of yeast everywhere, turning equally misty and deeper peachy with sediment. Aroma of ripe peach, fresh orange zest, banana, old dry crackers, green melon, honey, dust, straw, field flowers, tulips, raw kale, dry grapefruit peel. Fruity onset, peach, apple peel and a faint dash of banana, not too sweet but quite sharply carbonated (bit stingy even); supple, bit soapy mouthfeel, dryish with bready malts under confident, rooty hop bitterness, floral and vaguely citrusy (orange peel), but not quite recognizable as Galaxy, which in my experience can add lots of lovely sweet fruitiness aromatically. Granted, this beer was a bit past its prime already and I am sure the Galaxy did shine brighter when it was younger, but for me, rather than the aromatic and clean APA I was hoping for, this is another of those postmodern Belgian blondes embellished with an all too modest amount of New World hops. Largely fails to deliver the promised Galaxy aroma apart from those citrusy notes here and there and needs some general cleaning up and finetuning, but still a pleasant enough beer, incomparably more tasty than those awfully industrial ‘classic’ Grimbergen beers – and better than feared.

Short lived whitish head, leaving some lace over veiled orangey golden beer. Spicy malts' nose, root- and other spices, peppery, hint @ ginger. Quite bitter initially over sweeter malty underbuild. Spicy flavours again in force, also weeds & herbs. Hay, again pepper, bambooshoot. Finish is really bitter, almost astringent, but then the aftertaste gives away (added?) sugar. Feels spritzily carbonated, slick, medium bodied. Not your usual Alsatian Grimbergen, neither the classical craft ale. There is frank complexity, which makes it daring seen its intended public: casual visitors @ the abbey and supermarket shoppers.

33cl bottle from Carrefour market @ in Tervuren near Brussels. F: medium, white, average retention. C: gold, light hazy. A: malty, light citrus, bit herbal, orange. T: medium malty base, bit citrus, bready touch, orange, herbal touch, medium carbonation, nothing really special here, partially enjoyed.

Pale golden colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour are very yeasty. Quite dry. A bit watery. Balance not good. Not an easy drink.

Bottled. A golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, spices, straw, yeast, fruit, and malt. The flavor is sweet wtih notes of straw, yeast, fruit, spices, hops, and malt, leading to a dry finish.