Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

15 September 2024. At 16de Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Kevin & Jerre!

Soap, coriander, apple peel, wheat. Sweetish apple & pear, sourish wheat, soapy coriander. Grassy hops. Fizzy carbonation. Not really enjoyable.

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

‘Bière brut’ (champagne beer, but the champagne makers of France will not allow anyone to say that) infused with herbs to create a ‘kirr royal’ effect of sorts; created for the tenth anniversary of the brewery. Shared with Jonathan. Snow white, moussy, quite stable, slowly opening head on a clear yellow blonde beer, misty further on with somewhat greenish tinge and lively visible sparkling. Aroma of perfumed soap (very strongly so) rather than real herbs, sweet rosé wine, lemon-scented hand soap to even body lotion, sweet industrial cider, lychee, champagne, ripe pear, white sugar, touch banana. Sweet, fruity onset in a sleek, cleanish way, hinting at guava, lychee and pineapple, fizzily carbonated like a sparkling wine; smooth body with velvety creaminess, wheat slickness and buckwheat spiciness all noticeable in descending order, remaining smooth, slender and a tad vinous. ‘White’ sugariness maintains a dominant sweet effect while this perfume of said herb infusion, strong from the start, grows even more intense, as if standing in a Rituals shop or something alike. A light grassy hop bitter moment appears but fades quickly, champagne-like alcohol shows up equally subtly but remains generally well hidden. The soapy perfume effect from whatever artificial addition they used, is by far the strongest flavour element here, a bit reminiscent of DeuS (one of the original ‘champagne beers’ by Bosteels) but even stronger – and though there is admittedly something ‘festive’ about this concoction, it is just way to perfumey – to an almost ‘unbeery’ degree – to please the lovers of genuinely artisanal beers. Feels ‘forced’, in a way. Not my cup of tea.

Leuk idee naar is het allemaal net niet

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Light hazy golden colour, white creamy foam. Nose of perfume, shampoo, blossoms, soap. Sweet and floral, lively carbonation. Very strange and not so good.

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

Pours unclear blonde, small to no white head. Scent is intense on banana, buckwheat(?), wheat. Taste is very full, intense on wheat, banana, typically BE style, higher CO2 ( champagne style beer... ) decent but not great. Still, better than expected as expectations from me were pretty low. Swet, but sems a bit dryer in the aftertaste than expected, due to the high carbonation.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Huge dense white head, stable, over totally opaque pale yellow beer, quite carbonated. Sweet, perfumey, Body Shop-like aromas, floral, other grains, rosepetals; a pinch of lime, Lindenblossom, lavender. Childrens' sweets, marzipan, fake grape bonbons: more perfumey, you die. Quite slick, very carbonated, medium bodied; the alcohol is completely hidden. Seriously?? Really?? Anno 2022?? Johan, go back to Moortgat and sample what Hedwig is doing these days.