3.1

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 1.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3

Starke Karbonisierung. Schwach herber und ziemlich trockener Beginn, minimal süß, wenig aromatisch. Moderat herb, kaum Nachgeschmack. 8/4/7/5/8/4

3.9

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle BeerViking 2025-10-03 Göteborg AR: odd yeasty, rubbery, finkel AP: hazy golden, wee lid F: odd yeasty, rubbery, finkel

7

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

Fles 33cl thuis als 5 Lemongrass. Glutenvrij. Citrus, wat yeasty, licht banaan, wat droog, lemongrass, maltig, fonio, bittertonen. (6-9-2025).

6.1

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

Bottle. My first beer from Ghana, bought at Marlou in Belgium. Color: Clear orange golden, white head. Aroma: Malty, spicy notes. Taste: Malty, sourish hints, moderate sweet and light bitterness. Floral / spicy notes, wet leaves. Subtle fruity notes of pear and hints of lemon, mostly at the finish. Medium body, below average carbonation. Nice try.

6

Wish it was a little yeastier but very drinkable. Thanks Bruno V.

6.6

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

"Farmhouse ale", in this context to be interpreted as Belgian style saison, produced by this African enterprise established by Belgians in Ghana; flavoured with lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, two seasonings I associate more with South East Asian cuisine than West African - but of course both plant species are cultivated in tropical regions around the world. Green-labelled steinie bottle from the Delhaize supermarket in Lokeren. Thick and creamy, somewhat rocky, dense, egg-white, even-bubbled head on a crystal clear pure 'old golden' robe with a column of enthusiastic sparkling rising up in the middle. Sweetish aroma of industrial apple juice, some minced lemongrass perhaps but vaguely so and in a sweeter kind of way than feels natural, ripe pear, banana peel, brioche, cotton cloth, hardly any kaffir but rather sugared lime juice from a bottle, wet cardboard, grass, hints of peach, sweat, wet sand and green fig. Rather sweet onset, though not in a cloying way; residual sugars over a basic fruitiness of sweet apple, pear and a whiff of banana, soured a bit by carbon dioxide, quite sharp in this one. Slick body, cereally pale malt sweet with this sweet apple juice effect thinly continuing, while a 'green' and somewhat perfumey flavouring comes in, probably representing the kaffir lime and the lemongrass, but both remain very vague and indistinguishable. A slight citric juiciness does linger at the back but maintains this vague, perfumey, eventually somewhat sourish character which neither says 'lemongrass' nor 'lime leaf' (of any kind); hops remain very mild and hardly provide any lasting bitterness. Filtered and way too clean for anything 'saison'-like, even taking the huge flexibility of the concept into account; this Ghanean farmhouse ale actually comes closer to an industrial Belgian blonde (think Leffe Blonde and the like) than anything else, is dramatically underhopped and monotonous and the admittedly conceptually interesting flavouring remains vague and hardly recognisable (if at all). Retronasally, something sourish and sweaty sticks for a while as well as something indeterminately sweetish, but in a way that reminds me much more of the average African pale macro lager than anything else - let alone saison. Odd, not a farmhouse ale even in the broadest sense of the word and lacking in character and bitterness: after that hibiscus beer of theirs I had last week, this one again fails to convince me - but within an African context, what can I say?

4.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Tap at Barn Door Beergarden, Accra. Sadly this wasn't farmhousey at all and more like a metallic macro bock with some slight funk. Pale. (21/8/24).

4.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

27/4/2024. Bottle shared at fonefan Ulfborg tasting. Courtesy of Erik, cheers! Pours clear golden with a large frothy white head. Aroma is fruity, yoghurt, stewed, boiled veg, metallic edge. Quite sweet with medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily, fizzy. By far my least favourite of the 4 Tale's tried.