(Draught at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 26 July 2017) Golden amber colour with frothy, white head. Malty, spicy nose with citrus, spicy yeast and hay. Malty, spicy taste with notes of bread, citrus, hay, spicy yeast and a gentle bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced saison. Quite nice.

(Draught at In De Wildeman, Amsterdam, 26 July 2017) Hazy amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with caramel, orange peel and apricots. Malty, fruity taste with notes of orange peel, apricots, toasty grain, caramel, tropical fruit and a balanced citric bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced. Nice one.

On tap at Bierlokaal De Uiver. Hazy golden yellow colour, white head. Aroma is quite grainy, socks, light swampy, cheap alcohol, gets better when it warms up, more malty and lemony. Flavour is medium sweet, malty, lemon, lemon peel, light spicy, coriander seed, alcohol, floral, some banana, bitter finish. Medium to full bodied. Too bad of the aroma, it's a tasty Tripel.

Thank you for sharing Klaas! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG17. Dark red cough syrup, amber, little bubbles only. This bottle is a bit too young, carbonation is close to being absent. Taste is very herbal medicinal cough syrup, plant. Taste is herbal cough syrup, DE yeast, so cloying herbal medicinal, sugar. Lack of carbonation is not an issue here but that medicinal herbal Belgian Ale sweetness that is has going is far too much & not my thing, maybe a bit more time will lessen that. A good beer for some but not really my thing.

Thank you Klaas! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG17. Very milky ugly wheat, white head. Interesting to see the NEIPA craze resulting in uglier & uglier beer, this one is far from the worst example. Smell is far too heavy on milky yeast, milky wheat, stale hay. Taste is stale yeast, milky wheat, banana, white bread, old vitamin, that part isn’t too good but the cheese hop finish is quite nice, the rest,… quite mess. All milky yeast wheat bodied.

Thank you Klaas! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG17. Dark brown to black, mocha bubbles. Nose is herbal with brown banana, sugar, BE yeast, herbal, overripe dark fruit. Taste is herbal chocolate, cacao, mocha, BE yeast, brown banana, overripe fruit,… Body is BE dark fruit & herbal. Not too impressive painfully classical Belgian styled brew, RIS description is hugely unfitting here.

Thank you Klaas! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG17. This is apparently their bestselling beer. Ugly hazy golden, low orange, off-white head. Nose is big soapy yeast, banana, sugar, dough, candy,… Taste is soapy banana, yeast, sugar, candy, huge banana, sweet dough, low sweet cheese in finish. Body is all banana yeast. Another bland too sweet Belgian masquerading as a saison but approachable & sweet enough for most clearly to sell well.

Thank you Klaas! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG17. Dark amber orange, small tanned head. Nose is herbal pine resin old school big bitter herbal with bark & herbal pine. Taste is herbal pine bark, basic old school herbal pine resin, bark, bitter leaves finish,… Unbalanced herbal bark, leaves, pine,… not great but passable old school DIPA. Okay enough for sure.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Pontus Devil Whale (by Brouwerij Pontus):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5

26/VIII/17 - 33cl bottle @ RBBSG17 - BB: VI/2019 (2017-1321) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!

Little cloudy amber to purple beer, no head. Aroma: sweet malts, caramel, dried fruits, raisins, some ripe banana. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet, caramel, lots of banana, malty, sugary, more sweet banana, banana candy. Aftertaste: little bitter, sweet and sugary, malty, grains, caramel, more banana.