Sampled at From The Vine beer tasting Jul 9th, 2004: I saw the word Flemish on the label and assumed Flemish Sour, but after trying the beer it doesn’t really seem to fit in that category very well (although I am not well-versed in the style). Pours a bright yellow color with a thin white head the dissipated quickly. Very thin lacing. The aroma is almost exactly like a dry, peppery champagne. Light-bodied and crisp with yeast, pepper and yes a little sourness. There are also some fruit and coriander undertones. The finish is very dry and a little vinous. This is a rather unique beer all in all and I liked it.

Well, since it’s been so long since I’ve had this, and got suckered into buying a rebadge, I figured I’d give it a proper re-rate - this is too strong and too sweet for the brett and sacro bacterias to work their magic in - there is some mild, young brett funk and leather character, but it doesn’t work that well with the candi sweetness and spices in the beer - there’s a lot of band-aid like flavor - cinnamon and apples - I suppose the brett adds more character, but that isn’t quite a good thing in this case.

Green label. The difference in the labels is slight differences in the hop variations, but it’s basically the same beer (importer’s words, and I agree). Pale, slightly hazy appearance. Aroma is fruity (apple). Flavour is slighlty minerally, yeasty, with a "green" hoppiness. A bit odd, definitely Belgian, maybe primitive, though after sorghum beer it’s a tough case to make.
Earlier Rating: 8/17/2003 Total Score: 3.3
Yellow, cloudy. Some bretty aroma notes, with nutmeg, bread and grapefruit. Palate is slightly astringent, with peachiness. The aroma hinted at a greater degree of acidity than there actually is. It also hinted at more funk that there actually is. The palate overall is kind of minerally. It smelled like so much more...

Cloudy amber color, quite dark; big creamy head. Nice malty aroma, a touch of oranges and vanilla. Quite good malty body (maybe too dry and thin), with a chocolate and orange touch. Quite good, but too thin body.

Huge, cream-yellow head, collapsing; hazy yellow-gold beer. Vanilla, white candi sugar, yeasty, meaty aroma's (beer is very young - bottled less than 1 month ago). Citrussy, slightly lactic beginning and then quite meaty flavours in a beer, that given a bit more ripening, will turn out quite dry, no doubt. Consistent sourish touch. As said, will become more dry, and MF will probably thin out. I'll try this again. Not bad, so far, but Proefbrouwerij can't be bothered with such things as conditioning... Brewed for the festive pubs-committee of Knesselare.

Foxy-amber; huge yellow/amber head, very lacey. Sweet nose, caramel- & chocolatemalts, some candi sugar, spices (mint?) and alcohol. Taste is rather dry than sweet - probably very attenuated. Again something fresh-minty in the flavour, bit of chocolate. But the palate is curiously empty. Medium bodied. Some bitterness in the aftertaste. If ever a beer I don't get the height of... I even cannot tell whether I like it or not. I suppose so, but it wouldn't appear in my recommendations list. I agree with Alex that it's reminiscent of Westmalle Dubbel.

Brewed 11/2000, 3 years old
Cloudy amber color. Nice aroma, malty, with caramel, liquorice and esters. Dryer than expected, malty, with caramel and quite strong liquorice; light fudge. A good Dubbel, well mature.

Flunky opaque peach-yellow beer, fluffy white head. Nice, very fruity nose: unripe peaches or nectarines, and lactic as from buttermilk. Smells actually like some fruited slimming drink... Surprising taste, because bitterness is the first: my taste tells me a high coloured malts content, though my eyes say different; even rubbery. Then the taste turns to tart, the palate remaining burnt-bitter. I suspect hops too, but their aromas are missing. Some acidburn. The 9% ABV is absolutely stunning - no trace of it. Is this "superattenuated" as gueuze? Very surprising beer - I do not know of any similar in Belgium. VERY unlike usual Proefbeers. I agree with Josh that the nose promesses more than taste delivers. An appropriate one thousand thanks to Dr. Bill! New rating - Vlaamse Primitief (Dutch label) with another Brueughel painting with the hooknose; on 75 cl Orange-gold; very creamy near-white head. [4/5] Brett nose, "Orvally", leather, dry hopsacks. [8/10] Dry taste, with hops, chalk, grain, and a sourish edge, which cries Brett to hight heaven. I’m very impressed with its balance. [7/10] Velvety MF, creamy, well-bodied. [4/5] Very nice, especially compared to the original with the Dutch/Flemish name of near a decennium ago; it’s become really adult. Great. [16/20]