Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

33cl bottle from ABS Drinks near Herent. F: medium, white, good retention. C: deep gold, hazy. A: malty, peach, honey, bit spicy, mellow fruity, yeasty, herbal touch. T: medium malty base, high bit disturbing carbonation, mellow fruity, honey, herbal, decent yet bit harsh bitterness, elderflowers are quite lost here.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4

Small white head, fast gone over unclear orangeish beer. Boiled citrus, rootspices, some coriander-like aroma and diacetyl. Coriander, oxydized cookies, soupy, and a wry finish. Dull, and there is to taste, is awful. Empty, still, lifeless, bodyless. A tannine-like dry-out effect. Ouch. That is not vremd that is unpalatable.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een troebel goudgeel bier met een wild wit schuim. Het heeft een wat bloemige geur. De smaak is zoetig, bloemig en licht bitter.

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

Hazy golden colour, white foam.Aroma: herbal, elderflower, some banana, light citrussy. Taste is very unbalanced, sweet, light tart, bit metallic. Not very nice.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Elderblossom-flavoured ale Pirlot makes for the Vennehoeve, a bed and breakfast in Boechout in the province of Antwerp. Older bottle, even having past its best before date by two months, so I got it for a bargain. Opens with an ominous hissing sound upon lifting the crown cap, but no gushing. Medium thick, regular, egg-white, barely lacing head quickly opening here and there, on a misty peachy-hued warm golden beer with some dead yeast dots near the bottom; turns into a 'dirty' and 'sandy' orange blonde with sediment, with those dead yeast bits all over the place. Aroma of ripe banana and overripe nectarine, mandarin peel, spoiled pumpkin soup, honeyish flowery elderblossoms in spring, sourish turnip juice, sourdough even, wet bread, potato mash gone bad, overripe cucumber, camomile tea, withering lettuce, candy floss, meringue. Fruity onset, banana ester mixed with pear, mandarin and pineapple notes, sweet with a clear sourishness underneath that penetrates the entire beer, a bit 'dirty' and hinting at onsetting infection, further accentuated by a sharp, numbing (over)carbonation effect; slick, bready malt body, some restrained honeyish sugariness stretching till the end and more or less balancing out that sourish aspect, quite phenolic in the finish with the elderblossom peeping through in an again honeyish, blossomy way, quite different from the fleshy note I usually get in elderblossom beers. Ends sweet, with curaçao citrus peel freshness, lingering fruity esters, spicy phenols and a late whiff of floral hop bitterness; a subtle hint of 'jenever'-like warmth and even slight astringency is noticeable, which should not at all be the case at this ABV. Granted, this beer is far beyond its prime and age did not treat it well, it seems; there are plenty of off-odours making it less than appealing, but I suspect this wasn't too great in young condition either, malty and too honeyishly sweet, teeming with Belgian esters and not making good use of the added ingredient - as if it serves only to emphasise the basic honeyish sweetness that is already dominant, without expressing its true character. Not undrinkable or anything, even at this age, but not very well-made either, let alone original - there were enough elderblossom Belgians around before this came along. Still a part of me can appreciate the fact that a B&B like Vennehoeve commissions its own beer in trying to emanate an aura of 'terroir', and I can understand that they opted for something as accessible as this for commercial reasons; for the more experienced beer taster, however, this kind of initiatives usually have very little to offer and this one is no exception at all.

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

Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As Vennehoeve Godisvremd ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate yeasty, fruity yeast, belgium yeast, spicy, light dough - bread. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, belgium yeast, dough - bread, fruity yeast, yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to lively. [20180329] 6-3-6-2-11

Troebel biertje met vlierbloesemsiroop. Te veel koolzuur. Zoetzurig.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ home. Murky somewhat orange color, medium to full sized decently lasting off-white head. Aroma is somewhat floral, lightly blossomy. Taste lightly malts, sweetish, floral, blossomy. Perhaps a slight bitter hint in the finish too. A bit prickly carbonation on the tongue, average to decent body. Hmm doesn’t look very pretty but it’s drinkable.

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

Bottle shared with Deanso. Very hazy dark golden with an off white head. Aroma of spice, yeast, light fruits, herbal notes, elderflower showing up a little and malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.