Amber ale of a somewhat hybrid kind, intended to evoke both Belgian amber ('ambrée') and oldskool EPA (English pale ale); steinie bottle from a local supermarket in Büttgenbach. Thick and frothy, busily 'Brugse kant'-like lacing, egg-white, dense, fluffy, stable head on a hazed, 'dark blonde' peach coloured robe with ochre-ish tinge and lots of tiny bubbles rising up through the mist; with the deposit added, the colour becomes an opaque terracotta. Aroma of dried apricot, sandwiches, vague biscuit or even 'honingwafeltjes', pear, fried red apple slices, dust, fresh persimmon, old dried tree leaves, something fresh yellow plum-like in the background. Fruity, sweetish onset of pear, persimmon and (mostly) peach with a light sourish edge (the yellow plum effect), feeling ever so slightly 'dirty' - probably announcing infection, but luckily still under control and not bothering me at all, in fact it even adds something juicy and refreshing at this point. Lively carb but very fine-bubbled; fluffy, soft bready malt core with a light biscuity-sweetish edge, carrying onwards the fruity esters as well as that sourish aspect, which in the finish does become more 'dirty', dusty and dead-yeast-like - but the overall roundness and sweet-sourish freshness remain. Earthy finish primarily because of yeast and proteins, very bready too, with only soft, floral hop bitterishness not even outlasting the breadiness and lingering sweet fruitiness. Phenolic effects (clove) are present too, but not so abundant that they become bothersome. A typical Walloon 'ambrée' before anything else, with very little Anglo-Saxon to it - it has all the dirtiness, esteriness and maltiness one can expect from a Belgian amber, though. This brewery comes up with well-intended ideas, but so far fails to deliver on a technical level. Should they be able to clean up the messiness most of their beers have, then surely this would be a very interesting postmodern brewery capable of attracting attention beyond the Ostbelgien region...

Sampled @ Zythos Beer Festival 2022. A hazy amber beer with a white head. Aroma of caramelized malt, nuts, honey. Taste of herbal caramelized malt, honey, herbs.

Hefig-süßer Beginn. Die Hefigkeit wird schnell schwächer, weich, geringe Herbe. Brotig. 6/7/8/7//7