F: thin, egg-white, quick gone. C: deep gold, hazy with yeasty particles. A: malty, fruity, bit honey, alcohol, bit woody, bit citrus. T: malty, bit honey, mellow fruity, warming alcohol, woody vanilla, full body, soft carbonation, smooth mouthfeel, not so complex but still nice enjoyable beer, 33cl bottle #042/574, BB: 06/2017 as courtesy from tderoeck, many thanks, # 1400 Belgium beer.

8 3 8 3 16 Draft at BXL Beer Fest, Brussels ’17. Very hazy dull orange with a small white head. Aroma of yeast, oak, caramel, dough and citrus. Flavour is above moderate sweet and bitter. Above medium bodied with soft carbonation.

330 ml. bottle. 2017 Vintage. Bottle #1797 of 2440. Aged in 3 Years Belgian Owl Barrels (sic.) Yeah that is weirdly worded. Belgian Blond Strong Ale Aged in Belgian Whisky barrels of the by bar mos t notable distiller of the very few in Belgium. Lienne is a still rather new Wallonian brewery that takes inspiration from the craft beer movement unlike far too many Wallonian breweries and tries to do something else. Results vary but improvement & care seems to be the order of the day. Clear golden beer, fine rising bubbles, quite a solid vaguely off-white head, creamy. Nose is weird overly cooked vegetables with strong BE esters oddly mixed with vanilla boozy whisky sweetness, almost seems to indicate that they went for the lesser batch on barrels rout or something else lesser transpired, total warning. Taste is sadly disappointing as well, cooked vegetables, cabbages, green apple, finish is cheap watery whisky and banana,… Carbonation is too soft, makes it seem a bit watery. Whatever transpired here, base beer seems far too poor and the barrel doesn’t help and the barrel doesn’t come across optimal, whisky feels weak and almost cheap dare I say. I was quite optimistic here & accepted the higher price point, the previous BA beer that I had from them was very neat “Lienne / Mi-Orge Mi-Houblon Série à L’Encre Noire - Batch #2 (Armagnac)”. This is below standard. Did I have a bad bottle given the previous ratings?

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty woody aroma. Sweetish fruity malty spicy woody flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty spicy woody yeasty finish.

06/2017 @home - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck. Clear yellow with medium white head. Nose is malty, sour touch, alcohol. Taste is malty, sweet, banana, some vanilla, alcohol, missing some barrel.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lienne The Belgian Goat (by Brasserie de la Lienne):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

13/XII/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: VI/2017, bottle #034/574 (2016-1470)

Pretty cloudy dark blond to orange beer, small creamy white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity, alcohol, bit sweet, oxidized. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: bit sourish start, alcohol, sweet, ripe apples and banana, bit oxidized, apple skin, some tannins. Aftertaste: very fruity, banana skin, alcohol, bit sweet, whisky, bit sourish, more alcohol.