Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Kristonian Dry Hop Saison (by Kristonian Group):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
29/IV/18 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared @ Arno & Meggy's place, Julia's birthday party - BB: II/20 (2018-583)
Clear amber beer, creamy off-white head, little adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: fruity, pretty malty, caramel, sweetish, jam, some strawberries. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: rather fruity, bit acidic, malty, bitter, grassy. Aftertaste: bit hoppy, dry finish, fruity touch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Still very limited, dry-hopped version of Kristonian, this one apparently brewed at Alvinne under the auspices of Glenn Castelein, not a bad reference… Thanks to the brewer himself for sharing! Cobweb-lacing, egg-white, moussy, thick and stable head, misty orangey peach blonde robe. Aroma of dried orange peel, unripe peach, sweetbread, slight caramel, moist white pepper, dried field flowers, apple peel, honey, grapefruit. Sweet onset, pineapple, apricot and peach notes, more pronounced and more estery than the regular version, which is significantly cleaner; light green banana and sourish apple accents, medium carb, supple body. Caramelly malt sweetness with some honeyish aspects to it, drying in the finish with a spicy, earthy, hayish hop bitterness which nonetheless remains fairly gentle for a dry-hopped beer, so that much of the fruitiness and malt sweetness passes through. Elegant, accessible quencher, better bodied and more estery complex than the regular version, but for me the dry-hopping can be taken a step further even for what is essentially a Belgian style amber ale. Nothing, however, reminds me of Alvinne having anything to do with this brew; maybe a barrel aged version would be interesting?
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Passie Voor Puur from Kristonian Group 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
New blonde ale by an enthusiastic young Dutch guy who has only just begun to learn the old brewing art, tasted at Bierproeverij Nieuw-Namen. Thick, tightly lacing, egg-white, stable head over a lightly and equally hazy orangey peach blonde beer. Aroma of dried apricot, white bread, caramel candy, unripe banana, pineapple, honey, raw white cabbage touch. Sweetish onset, hinting at pear, banana and pineapple in a clean and subdued way, medium carbonated, supple and mellow, slick mouthfeel. White bready and lightly caramelly malt sweet middle, bit honeyish even, leading to a very gently bittering, floral and a tad grassy finish in which the malt and residual sugar sweetness keep lingering without becoming too much. Straightforward and simple, very easy-going quencher clearly aiming at the big masses even if production is still limited; if this can be taken to a bigger volume, I can see commercial potential in it (perhaps with a somewhat more colourful label…). In any case technically surprisingly well executed, could be beginner’s luck I guess, but this is a type of easy, sweetish, quenching and unpretentious beer the average Belgian or Dutch beer consumer can doubtlessly drink on a regular basis. As for style classification: the brewer himself had no idea (not uncommon among Belgian top fermentation, of course), back label incorrectly says 'pils' and this website says EPA - I personally think Belgian ale would be the best way to put it...