28 February 2025. At Hal 16 (Dok Brewing). Cheers to the Teamleader crew!

A: clear yellow, small, foamy, white head.
A: wheat, yellow apple, lemongrass, potato, cold french fries.
T: sweetish apple & yellow plum, wheat, bit spicy, crackers.
F: bitter grassy hops, apple peel, bread crust.
P: light to medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Light and refreshing.

33cl can from Rob The Gourmets' Market in Brussels.
F: medium, white, average retention.
C: blonde, hazy.
A: malty, citrus, straw, hay, floral, green pears.
T: light malty base, citrus, hay, pears, floral, bit grassy, nice balanced bitterness, medium carbonation, nice, refreshing, enjoyed.

Grisette by Dok Brewing Company, sampled at Marengo, the new pub housed in the 19th-century Salon Napoléon on the Coupure in Ghent. Regular, firm, medium thick, egg-white head over a hazy ochre-tinged straw blonde beer. Aroma of green pear, unexpected perfumey blossom effects (jasmin, lime orchard, blossoming mediterranean shrubs), chamomile, tarragon, spice read, dough, wet sand, minerals. Spritzy onset, very sharply carbonated (as usual with Dok beers from tap – too sharply so), very minerally which, perhaps, coincidentally fits the intended style more than many others; green-fruity esters (pear, green banana) but restrained in sweetness with a supple doughy and cracker-like pale malt core, including wheat slickness and even wheat soapiness, with the carbon dioxide sharply piercing through it till the end. Finishes in floral and grassy hops providing a confident but not overpowering, balancing bitterness, while this jasmin blossom effect returns retronasally. Quite elegant, too bad the overcarbonation hinders the drinkability a bit, because drinkability seems to be an important aspect of grisettes – but then these beers have not been brewed for over a century now, so who knows – and frankly, what is the point of this ‘style’ anyway…

5/II/25 - on tap @ DOK Brewing Company (Gent), BB: n/a (2025-102)

Clear light yellow to straw yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice, juicy, tropical fruits, a little dank, some onions, diesel, very pleasant. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: some sulphur, a little bitter, bit fruity, a hint of orange peel, some marijuana. Aftertaste: a bit dank, hoppy, dry, grassy, hint of bubble gum, some banana.