Légendes coming up with a Pilsener, supporting that style claim with the use of Saaz hops and the absence of any added sugars - not enough to convince me that this is actually a Lager, but anyway. Vichy bottle bought at a shop in Bassilly. Medium thick, snow white, shred-lacing, uneven but firm and stable, slowly breaking head over an initially clear, warm golden blonde robe with apricot tinge, becoming more peachy and misty with sediment (so at least unfiltered). Aroma of soggy brown (!) bread, cooked pork (oddly), tomato soup from a can, grilled salsify, paprika-flavoured crisps, minerals, raw cereals. Sweetish onset, fairly clean in terms of esters but still some light banana, pear and peach elements here and there, moderately carbonated slick mouthfeel, minerally notes lingering under a smooth, thinnish, cereally pale maltiness - again somehow sweeter and a bit more 'moelleux' than I expect from an actual Pilsener. The peachy aspect of whatever limited fruitiness is present, somehow gets accentuated a bit by that effect, so that in the end, when a pinch of floral hops tries to add some drying bitterness and only limitedly succeeds, this still feels like a top-fermented Belgian blonde. I maintain that this is not a Pilsener at all but a cleaned up, 'stripped' and bare version of top-fermented blonde, like there are many around in Belgium these days, and I cannot help but feeling a little bit cheated every time I encounter one. Not a great success - but I have never been sincerely impressed or even pleasantly surprised by Géants anyway. Anything but legendary.

18/XI/25 - on tap @ HoReCa Expo (Gent), BB: n/a (2025-1284) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear light gold blond beer, creamy white to off-white head, pretty stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: grains, hay, cow fodder, corn, light struck? MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: grains, hay, gentle bitterness, a little fruity, quite some pears. Aftertaste: malty, grains, hay, grassy, bitter touch, ok but not very good.