Bottle shared at THT March. Hazy golden with off white head. Grassy, grapefruit peel, dry bitter mineral water, tonic water, soft bready malts. Under medium sweet, quite bitter. Medium bodied with saison-like fizzy carbonation. Quite like this.

7 3 7 3 14 Bottle shared at THT March ‘18 (The Elephant Seal Edition). Hazy amber with an off white head. Aroma of malt, orange peel, dough and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Dark brown to black colored, medium creamy beige-tan head. Aroma is of roasted malt, coffee, medium citrus and floral hops, bit pine. Taste is medium sweet malt, roasted malt and plenty of dark chocolate and coffee, moderate citrus and pine, floral hops, medium+ bitterness, some spicy notes, dry finish and roasty coffee aftertaste, some roasty acidity, a bit too much of it. Medium bodied, average+ carbonation, oily. Roasty. (bottle, Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte)

Bottle shared in Hackney / many thanks is to Cloin. Pours hazy orange-gold with a frothy, lightly billowing white head. Expressive citrusy hops in the nose, wheat flakes, saison yeast. Light to medium sweet flavour with more bready wheat character, subtle bitter straw, some ripe lemon, tangerine. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Lightly warming finish, more vibrant citrus fruit character, melon, tangerine, low bitterness, wheat bread. Good fun. Solid.

Bottle split at Bodney Heights, from an online order, 22/02/18. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is tangy citric peel, spice, lemon rind, grains, grass. Taste comprises light funk, yeast esters, spice, grains, lemon piss, tangy fruits, stale bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent enough saison.

Collab of three small Belgian breweries, bottle from Willems. Regularly shaped, creamy, thick, off-white, irregularly lacing head over a hazy, orange-hued amber beer. Aroma of smoked bacon (though not too overpowering), smoked peaches, caramel, hint of cocoa dust, red apple, peanuts, dry cookies, dried orange peel. Fruity onset, crisp red apple, peach, light banana, sweetish, very sharply carbonated, a bit numbing. Nutty, toasty bitterish malt body with a thin metallic edge, caramelly malt sweetness lingering even after the smoke sets in, very obviously so yet still not overpowering and reminiscent more of smoked wood than smoked bacon as in a classic German Rauchbier. Ends with toasted malt bitterness, floral hop bitter accents and lingering fruitiness. Elegant hybrid of a Belgian amber with a Rauchbier, very well executed but perhaps a tad weak in smokiness to accompany a good cigar. Matched well with a cigarette, though...