11 March 2026. At Dok Brewing (Hal 16). Cheers to the Teamleader crew!

A: clear golden, stable, foamy, white head.
A: citrus peel, grapefruit, melon, scallion, grass.
T: sweetish melon & pear; bitter citrus peel, biscuit & bread crust.
F: piney hops, bitter grapefruit & citrus pith.
P: medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation.
Dry, bitter, nothing really special.

Dok has become a loyal customer of Yakima Chief Hops, one of the leading hop producing companies in the New World - and got their hands on one of their novelty products: Cryo Fresh Hops, an attempt to capture the 'fresh hop' experience in a pellet, so that the brewer does not need to bother about actual fresh hops anymore... From tap at Kantien, owned by Dok but located in a most lovely setting at the edge of the Watersportbaan outside of Ghent's city centre. Snow white, densely moussey, fluffy, membrane-lacing, firm head on a lightly hazed, deep pure warm yellow-golden beer. Aroma of honey pomelo, lychee, dry bread crust, freshly cut grass, grapefruit zest, minerals, lemonbalm, unripe melon, lime blossom, touch biscuit. Sweetish, clean, rounded onset, some green pear, unripe melon and vague pineapple, very sharply carbonated (as usual with tapped Dok beers - when are they finally going to learn that not every beer style needs to be saturated with so much carbon dioxide!); slick cereally core, gradually bittered by citrusy, peppery hops also providing a light tropical flavour of kiwi and papaya retronasally. Long, wormwoody, tonic-ish bitterness ensues, quenching and drying. Ignoring that overcarbonation, this APA delivers well-measured, effective flavours in a non-extreme, balanced yet contemporary, modern way. Solid, classic Dok style APA - but whether this new Yakima product manages to convey a flavour of fresh hops credibly is up to debate as far as I am concerned - it lacks a natural kind of earthy edge for that and feels a tad too sleek and artificial, in my opinion.

Fast dwindling, frothy white head over fully hazy yellow-orange beer. Dishwater (the glass?), citrus, citruspeel. Bitter citrus, orangepeel, resin. Dry herbs. Medium bodied, bit chewy, oily. Good carbonation. Quite good, not outstanding.

330ml can. Opaque, darkest brown colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, slowly osteoporosing, moderately lacing, tan head. Roasty, dark malty and citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of coffee, freshly roasted coffee beans, hints of orange, orange peel, a sweet-ish touch of dark caramel. Taste is bitter, roasty, almost a tad ashy, dark malty, tart-ish, citrusy fruity and zesty, bitter hoppy, notes of coffee, coffee grounds, orange peel, a touch of grapefruit, subtle caramel sweetness.
Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously dry and almost a bit astringent palate, fine, dense, creamy, still efficacious carbonation.
Intense, quite roasty, bitter, rough and dirty - good.

330ml can.

Purty dern nice. Always a pleasure to find a northern Belgian saison.

Nice and hoppy. Bitter and balanced

Sampled from bottle at tasting. Anti carnavaltasting 2026. Yellow color, small white head. Aroma and flavor are sourish, yellow fruits, fruity sour. Hmm oke.