5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

33cl fles van ONP5. Troebel bleekgele kleur, witte kraag. Aroma vrijwel afwezig. Licht granig, hint van citrus en tropisch fruit, Spa Rood, behoorlijk smaakloos, wel redelijk fris. Lichte body. Had hier meer van verwacht.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

On tap. Pours amber with full head. Aromas of bittering hops, a bit of grass and toasted malts. Flavors follow same with some additional bitter cereals. Reminds me of what a brewery smells like when boiling wort. Better than generic grocery store low ABV beer…

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Every brewery in Belgium, large to tiny and hypercommercial to hyper-artisanal, needs to have a nablab these days - it seems that every few years or so, a new hype comes along for less alcoholic beers (thank God we got rid of that Radler hype, now that I come to think of it) but this one seems here to stay. This is Verzet's contribution, a (practically) non-alcoholic hazy IPA of sorts. Medium sized, cobweb-lacing, egg-white, somewhat creamy and stable head on a hazed ochre-blonde beer with pale orangey glow. Aroma of freshly cut grass, soggy white bread, unripe green melon, moist white pepper, carambola, something distantly minty, flashes of pineapple, green mango, basil, honey. Crisp onset, restrained in sweetness with hop-fruity notes of starfruit and unripe mango but subduedly so, vague apricot somewhere, minerally undertone partially coming from lively carbonation - but with evidently rather thin (I would almost say watery) mouthfeel. Slender white-bready and bread crumb-like pale maltiness in the middle, under this somehow restrainedly tropical hop aroma, but quickly shifting to full-fledged, leafy, peppery, wormwoody hop bitterness filling the finish and lasting for a long time, in a notably spicy way - much stronger than the second 2024 Brigade beer, their other non-alcoholic IPA. In comparison with that one, intended for their Brigade members only, this one lacks the lush hop aromas one can nowadays expect from a nablab IPA - aromas which could have made this one so much more interesting. They are present, sure, but in a rather faint and distant way, so to my personal liking, they deserve much more exposure. Other than that, this is a fine alternative to the often dreary alcohol-free blondes that were around before the hype started - but the stakes are high these days, and the same thing can be said of a lot of contemporary Belgian (and foreign) nablabs. Clean, refreshing and pleasant enough, but after that very different and much more convincing Brigade version, this is a bit of a letdown for me. That said, I am not the biggest fan of this weird hype anyway - and this one certainly is among the better, more characterful examples of it, no doubt about that.

6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

Flaska från Etre Gourmet. Citrussmak utan att vara så syrlig, torr, lätt, bergamott, te. Lite samma stuk som mycket alkoholfriöl dvs smakar lite maltsoda. Trevlig sommardryck.

5

Nice aroma. A bit too thin in terms of mouthfeel.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ Brewdog Brussels.
Dorée, léger voile, col épais et crémeux blanc assez tenace.
Arôme est frais bien houblonné tirant sur les agrumes avec une pointe herbacée.
Palais est léger avec effet drêche sans pour cela être surfait. Très frais rehaussé par un houblonné sur les agrumes et le tropical avec une petite touche de fruits blancs. Feuille de thé en infusion procurant une fine sécheresse en fin de bouche. Finement épicé sur la fin - pointe mentholée. Une N/A sympa où, pour une fois, le côté céréales n'est pas trop dominant.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

@ Kwatrechts Bierfestival. Hazy blond colour, white foam. Nose of bubble gum, citrus, a bit perfumy. Sweet start with light bitter and a bit watery finish.