Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Ben. Many thanks. Medium carbonation. Light sweet, some honey, hay, grassy, bitter dry finish.
jefverstraete (7489) reviewed Kerel Saison from VBDCK Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Ben. Many thanks! Hazy golden colour, white foam. Dry, light peppery, some spices. Bit earthy and floral.
jefverstraete (7489) reviewed Kerel Kaishaku from VBDCK Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Ben. Many thanks! Hazy blond colour, white foam. Thick syrupy, sweet peach, floral, banana, boozy. Light tart notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Ben. Many thanks! Lively carbonation. Notes of citrus, malts, grapefruit. Lacks a bit of hoppiness and character but very drinkable.
BenL8 (2068) reviewed Kerel Grapefruit IPA from VBDCK Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home. Ars and flavour are a bit off, fruity but without enough substance (maltiness and sweetness), and also lacking a bit of general oomph, abv-wise and regarding hops. Also lots of spice somehow. Not bad nevertheless, just a slightly strange session IPA.
Maurice (8362) ticked Kerel Pink Imperial from VBDCK Brewery 7 years ago
sjogro (11801) reviewed Kerel Pink Imperial from VBDCK Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
THT June at Kwartje HQ. Black with offwhite head. Sweet roasted chocolate malts, grapefruit peel. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Kerel Pink Imperial on 11 Jun 2018 at 09:30 - Score: 7
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Kerel Flower Honey Saison from VBDCK Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
VBDCK's new summer beer, essentially their Saison flavoured with honey and - apparently in order to appeal to the Dutch market they are trying to conquer - atypically not filled in the eccentric VBDCK bottles, but in cans, still unusual for artisanal beers in Belgium. Can straight from the brewery. Tightly papery lacing, medium thick, egg-white head showing some disparate gaps in the middle but retaining well, over a misty, bit beige-tinged peach blonde beer. Aroma of ripe mandarin, starfruit, pear, aromatic acacia honey, ripe pineapple, freshly cut red apple, unripe green melon, bread crumbs, sparsely sprinkled lemon zest, freshly baked ginger cookies, fresh camomile, cornbread, vague turnip earthiness faraway in the background. Crisp, quite bright onset, refreshingly fruity with impressions of green banana, starfruit, unripe pear and quite pronounced red apple, sweetish but not sweet and with a fresh sourish accent to it, lively carbonated without being numbing; supple, lean body, restrainedly bready, juicy, with minerally side notes (as in mineral water) as well as this sourish touch weirdly persisting, though remaining refreshing. The honey adds little sweetness (none expected anyway, as it ferments out completely and only 3% has been added here) but evokes a retronasal aroma of fresh camomile, sweetclover and acacia blossoms - even orange blossom to a certain extent. Ends as crisp and refreshing as it began, with a late yet effective, floral and eventually mildly spicy hop bitterness, which becomes notable more outspoken after swallowing and eventually dries the finish adequately - the intention to present a light-footed, elegant and highly quenching summer beer has been very well achieved. Different, nice and subtle, this may well be this rather unusual brewery's best beer so far; I already held their saison in relatively high esteem at least compared with their other beers, as simple, utterly classic and straightforward as it may be, but the honey really lightens that beer's basic features with more subtlety and elegance, adding a fragile delicacy to it. Very enjoyable in this time of the year. Cheers Charlotte!
Maakun (16597) reviewed Kerel Pink Imperial from VBDCK Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at THT July. Dark brown with dark beige head. Strong raspberries, roast, old coffee, light cocoa, soft grass, herbs, cooked raspberries. Medium sweet, bitter and just medium sour raspberry touch. Over medium bodied.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Kerel Pink Imperial from VBDCK Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
6 3 7 3 15Bottle shared at THT June. Brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of red berries, raspberry, caramel, malt and light roast. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.