5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Pale blond colour with lacy head. Aroma has a floral, pepperyness. Bitter citrus pith. Has a stale taste.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Belgian style blonde from Rotterdam named after the legendary Kraken sea monster (allegedly based on observations of giant squid - see the picture on the front label, to name one example); longneck bottle from the Albert Heijn supermarket in Lokeren. Quite thick and frothy, egg-white, cobweb-lacing, even-bubbled and regular, stable head on a lightly hazed yellow straw blonde beer with lively sparkling rising up in the middle, becoming misty and more deeply golden with sediment. Aroma of banana-flavoured bubblegum to even banana liqueur (Pisang Ambon) without the alcohol, freshly cut green pear, white soap, chamomile, white bread dough, grass, unripe melon, hints of orange zest, cilantro, lavender (very faint but still pushing through from the background), damp earth and old potatoes. Crisp, spritzy onset, quite numbing carbonation but acceptable for style I guess, sweet but rounded and clean fruitiness of ripe banana, pear and slight melon; minerally and stingy effects of carbonation continue over a supple, smooth cereally and softer white-bready malt body, while some spicy notes are picked up along the way - clove-like phenols, but also coriander seed and a minty or lavender-like touch. Floral hops join the coriander in the finish, depositing a mild, yet pleasantly lingering, bit spicy bitterness - even if the banana ester still rules supreme at that point. Quite sleek and rounded for a Belgian blonde, but it ticks all the boxes with its residual sweetness, coriander and banana ester; I guess this is what one can expect from this kind of beer, but it is technically not badly made by any means. A dime a dozen, I was expecting something more powerful from a beer taking its name from a gigantic ancient sea monster - perhaps a salted caramel-flavoured imperial stout would have suited the name 'Kraken' a bit better, who knows?...

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33cl bottle from Albert Heijn Knokke-Heist supermarket. F: medium, white, good retention. C: gold, light hazy. A: malty, citrus, bit herbal, spicy, peach, bit bready, honey. T: medium malty base, peach, banana, herbal, honey, lime, good balanced bitterness, light soapy mouthfeel, soft to medium carbonation, good for the style, enjoyed for sure.

6

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

Bottle 33 cl. ours an almost clear golden with a tiny, rough, white head. Sweet, fruity nose, with a yeasty touch. Medium body again sweet fruit with somesulphur and a bitter finish. I do NOT sense any blood oranges or kiwi fruit at all. 020123

6

Magus, Belgia pärm, nats tilline, veits happeline. Okish.

6

Belgian yeast, bitterish, hoppy, dry

6

33cl bottle. A clear deep golden beer with a off white head. Aroma of fruity wheat malt, belgian yeast. Taste of orange fruits, belgian yeast, tangerine.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Fles 33cl in Zuidwolde. Belgisch gist, blood orange, fruitig, maltig, zoet, wat kruidig, suikers. (8-7-2022).

6.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 33cl. from a local Jumbo supermarket @home poured into a shaker. Hazy pale golden colour, fair frothy white head, slowly diddipating till a thin layer remains, fair lacing. Fruity aroma, sweet malts, orange, caramel, light vanilla, light coriander, citrusy hops. Taste below medium sweet and bitter, malty, grain, orange, grapefruit, coriander. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, dry sweetbitter aftertaste, fruity and husky notes, finishes with lingering pepper and coriander, nice.

6.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Sweet malts and some wheat, quite some coriander, light peppery, a hint of citrus and bitter weedy hops. Medium sweet and bitter. Quite some coriander, but not too bad.