Bottle. Pale amber color. Beechwood smoke and fat sausage in the aroma. Malty bready yet dry flavor with beechwood. A bit sharp, but a nice brew.

Experimental Dutch beer echoing Lervig’s acclaimed 3 Bean Stout (and similarly flavoured with cocoa nibs, coffee beans and tonka beans), but instead of copying this well-known example, Natte Gijt decided to throw in a somewhat controversial idea and make this a blonde stout instead of a black one. Sampled at Gents Bierfestival, thanks Craftmember for sharing. Snow white, mousy, opening, irregularly edged, shred-lacing head, misty deep peach golden blonde robe. Aroma of cinnamon, almond, white chocolate, caramel, baked banana, honey, rum, a faint whiff of coffee and spicy phenols (almost medicinal, really). Cleanly fruity onset, apricot, baked banana and pineapple notes, medium carbonated, full oily body, sweet and smoothly caramelly malt sweetness drenched in aromatic tonka bean effects (cinnamon, vanilla-ish, marzipan almost) with a chocolatey touch from the cocoa nibs but very little coffee; remains sweet with very low hop bitterness, and ends quite boozy with a lot of brandy-like, heating alcohol. The smoked aspect is hardly noticeable. As such, a desserty, aromatic sipper, very interesting and unique so have an extra point for that, but I maintain that in this day and age, a blonde beer can never be called a ‘stout’ (the same way a dark beer in Belgium should never be called a ‘tripel’). The smoked aspect could have been much stronger and then we would have a tonka- and cocoa-flavoured Rauchbier (I’m ignoring the coffee because that aspect remains very understated in this beer) – maybe not such a bad idea, now that I come to think of it.

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Natte Gijt / Stijl 3 Bean Stout (Golden Stout) (by De Natte Gijt):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

18/VIII/19 - 33cl bottle from the brewery @ Gents Bierfestival, BB: n/a - (2019-1303)
Little cloudy blond to orange beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of tonka beans all right, sugary, cinnamon notes, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of tonka bean, alcohol, soft roast, little bitter, coffee, more alcohol. Aftertaste: sugary, alcohol, soft roast, very intense, tonka, nice!

Bottle, strong gusher. Aroma of apricot, wheat, salt and mango. Taste has salty apricot, wheat, mango, tart and a lot of co2. The apricot is nice, but there is a bit too much salt and the carbonation is annoying.

0.33 l bottle from 'Speciaalbierpakket.nl', bottled in Spring 2019. Hazy, deep amber with a touch of purple and a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, a little sourish, fairly fruity aroma of redcurrant, lemon, raspberry, some rhubarb and a touch of apricot. Slightly sweet, moderately sour, gently fruity taste of redcurrant, rhubarb, lemon, some elderberry and a touch grains, followed by a short, slightly tart, moderately dry finish. Medium body, smooth and slightly astringent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Fairly simple but also refreshing, quaffable and especially well-balanced, i.e. not too sour. Nice!

Hazy peachy colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have plenty of fruity tartness. More sour that sweet. Smooth and easy to drink.

0.33 l bottle from 'Speciaalbierpakket.nl', best before October 2020. Hazy, deep amber with a medium large, frothy, stable, off-white head. Sweetish, quite fruity, slightly resiny aroma of peach, orange, some honey and a touch of pine. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, quite fruity and slightly resiny taste of orange, peach, bread, some pine and a touch of honey, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly resiny and a bit bready finish. Medium to full body, smooth and slightly creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Pleasant beer, a bit too bready, not the greatest DIPA.

Een beetje vlezig met een vleug mint. Weird.