6.4

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

Bottled. Deep goldeny orange colour with a mediumsized longlasting white head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is citrus, some slight yeasty tones with mild herbs and wood. Flavou ris citrus, some fruity and mild yeasty with some slight bready tones too.

7

Magus, mõrus, röst, linnaseline, puuviljane, veits kummi. Ok.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Fles 33cl thuis. Rogge, rood fruit, caramel, hoptonen, citrus, melasse, kandijsuiker, zoeten, wat bittertonen, rozijn, pruim, licht kruidig, aardetonen. (8-1-2023).

7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

The third organic Kerel beer, a saison with honey and yuzu, the Japanese citrus fruit one encounters more often in craft beer than as real fruit in these parts of the world; created to celebrate the five years of existence of the VBDCK brewery. From the familiar stubby bottle, now with spring green label. Thick and foamy, egg-white, regular, pillowy, dense head, sustained by a true 'storm' of champagne-like sparkling raging through a metallic golden blonde beer with 'old golden' hue, crystal clear at first but misty and a tad apricot-tinged further on still with a whirlwind of sparkling - in any case looking quite festive with its champenoise bubbles. Aroma of dry white bread, Graham crackers, grapefruit zest and orange pith which I assume represents the yuzu, dried green apple slices, jute rope, old cotton cloth, dried field flowers from a herbarium, cava, straw, grass, pumice and something faintly metallic (iron). Crisp onset, spritzy with very minerally carbonation (calcium-like), restrained fruitiness with hints at green pear and unripe banana, only very vaguely sweetish; supple, slick body, sweetish cereally and white-bready malts with a slight metallic touch and grainy edges, subtly enlivened by a light touch of bitterish citrus zest and pleasant floral hops (field flowers and meadow grass), ending with lingering sweetish breadiness from the yeast and accompanying, persisting hop bitterness, creating dryness. The yuzu element remains very subdued here - I was expecting a bright wave of crisp citrus but got only a vague ripple; the basis is pleasant enough, though, a dry and bready saison with floral and quenching character. Not nearly as remarkable and colourful as it could have been (and, perhaps, should have been for a celebration beer), but technically correct and easily drinkable.

5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy dark straw with airy white head. Clear aroma of malt, yeast and caramel, with touches of fruit and hops. Bitter, hoppy flavour with floral notes and touches of malt and yeast. Spicy finish with estery and malty notes and an astringent palate. Heady. Weird.

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle, 15%. To be honest, I was not really looking forward to tasting this 15 per cent hand grenade. Good fruity aroma. Cloudy golden colour with small bits floating in it. Small frothy white head. The flavour is fruity with some alcohol bitterness. Hint of vanilla and fruit, but quickly burnt away by the alcohol. Fairly unpleasant bitterness from the alcohol afterall.

6

brugge 2022

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

33cl Fles van Landmarkt. Amber kleur, witte kraag. Caramel, kruidige gist, blaadjes, licht zepig, bitter, waterig voor 7%. Lichte body.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, 5.5%. The aroma has grapefruit, but mostly it is just metallic. Cloudy dark golden colour. Big stable white head. The flavour is citric and quite yeasty. Fruity with more yeast. Yeasty finish. Fortunately, it turns more citric and fruity than yeasty after a while.