0,33 l bottle. Dark red golden in the glass with a huge nearly three finger head. Fresh floral hop with honey on the nose. Taste has more malt, citrus fruity and all over that the floral hop wih a pleasant bitterness. Hints of salt. I like that one!

0,33 l bottle. Murky dark golden in the glass, small white head. Citrus and orange on the nose. Taste starts with hopy bitterness, smooth fruity, belgian yeast style. malt and caramel in the second row, present hop in the background until the end. Spicy. Honey sweetness. Less coriander. Interesting in a positive way.

0,33 l bottle from Mitra Groningen Vismarkt. Murky pale golden in the glass, small white head. Surprisingly like belgian yeast on the nose. Taste is something between belgian ale and a german Hefeweizen. Sweet and citrus fruity background, some flavour hop. Not what expected but something to taste and think about it.

0,33 l bottle. Nearly black in the glass, small beige head. More smoke than Porter sweetness on the nose. Taste starts with pleasant smoke, no real peat, but also malty and hints of fruity sweetness. Increasing fruity sweetness in the middle part, oily mouthfeel. Getting more malty to the end, all with a present smoky background. Low bitterness, little bit alcoholic.Very nice!

33cl bottle @ home. Pours black color with a thick, dense, creamy brown head. Smoked meat, mocha notes, sweetness. Velvety mouthfeel, smoothness. Smoke is gentle but there, some meaty notes. Bit too sweet. Smoke lingering in the finish. Tasty.

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, biscuity, smoky, toffee, taste is sweet, chocolate, light liquorice and vanilla, just a bit flat and thin.

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is smoky chocolate, liquorice, taste is dry, roasted, toffee, thin.

’Citrus pale ale’ according to the label, from a beer company in the north east of the Netherlands, but apparently brewed in Belgium. Medium thick, beaten egg-white, moussy, dense and stable head, hazy warm ’old gold’ colour with slight peachy hue and some large bubbles rising up here and there. Aroma of dried orange peel, apricot, field flowers, coriander seed, melon, straw, white grapes, some lemon rind, lots of inoffensive ’dusty’ accents of cardboard, potato starch and baker’s yeast. Crisp berries in the onset, more sourish than sweetish, impressions of gooseberry, redcurrant, hint unripe pineapple, unripe peach; spritzy, vivid carbonation, perhaps a tad overcarbonated since this numbs the tongue a bit but this does not really bother me here. Light grainy, slightly caramelly and pleasantly bready malt background, supple and lean, supporting the berry-like esters as well as a soft spiciness which clearly comes (mostly) from the coriander but fortunately does not become too overpowering, though a certain bittersweet, soft spicy ’soapiness’ certainly coats the back of the mouth. Peppery, grassy hops show up in the end and lend the finish a pleasant soft yet persistent bitterness, but less aromatic ’citrusness’ than expected, though a certain New World hop fragrance is certainly there; I suspect this bottle is already a bit past its prime, still perfectly enjoyable of course, but something as delicate as Citra is probably already largely faded by now. I don’t quite understand why one uses ’Belgian-associated’ coriander seed in an American style pale ale, though: this beer comes closer to a Belgian blonde than to a true APA because of this (and because of the estery yeast features). Not considering this an APA but just a Belgo-Dutch blond quencher, I must say it is a pleasant, well-made, tasty little beer, I did enjoy it.