Bottle. Slight hazy golden. Bready malts, grassy hops, soft lime, more fresh cut grass and older hay, straw, soft funk, dough. Under medium bitter and lighter sweet and sour. Medium bodied. Light sour and refreshing, but also bitter and crisp like a pils with a solid body. Not bad!

Summer beer by Alvinne breaking style boundaries completely: this is apparently intended as a Pilsener of mixed fermentation (which by definition means it cannot be a Pilsener at all, of course). Thick and foamy, plaster-like lacing, off-white, fluffy head over a hazy peach blonde robe with beige-ish hue – unsurprisingly looking nothing like a Pilsener at all. Aroma of dry haystacks, dried wormwood, spice bread, wet leather, unripe apricot, old dry grapefruit peel, sow thistle, orange pith, apple seeds, white pepper, horseradish. Fruity-estery onset, notes of halfripe peach and ripe gooseberry as well as oxidized green apple, very restrainedly sweetish with a soft but clear sourish edge; supple, moderately carbonated mouth feel. Very bready malt core, bread crust and cracker effects under growing, earthy and leafy hop bitterness, wormwoody and extending for a notably long ‘stretch’ into the finish, matching well with earthy funkiness of the Brettanomyces (adding urine and damp hay impressions to the fruitiness it already established at this point). Dry, quenching, earthy-fruity-funky and frankly delicious finish. Obviously this is nowhere near a ‘Pilsener’- take that as the joke it probably is – but a distinct, summery, supple and light, hoppy ‘wild’ ale, quite bright, like a blonde Orval ‘light’ or something like that. Very tasty and artisanal, fit for a sunny afternoon and very much Alvinne.

29/VII/24 - 33cl can from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Ardennes Holiday, BB: IV/2026, L24.1278 (2024-634)

Mainly clear blond orange beer, small creamy off-white head, a little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: a little dirty, yeasty, malty character, a bit funky, ok. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: malty start, grains, soft acidity, grains, gentle bitterness. Aftertaste: malty, sweet touch, more grains, a bit sugary.

Funky, bretty, malty, mashy, grainy, hops, flour

Magus, kaunane, tsitrus, linnaseline. Joodav.

Flaska från Etre Gourmet. Disig gyllengul vätska med medelhögt skum. Har verkligen mycket pilsnerkaraktär med den typiska lagerjästigheten, säd, bröd och hö men med en lätt syrlig tvist som funkar riktigt bra. Gott