Op tap bij Alkmaars Bierhuis (vh De Kleine Deugniet). Helder goudgele kleur, witte kraag. Hint van boter, fruitig, esters, typisch Belgisch Blond, licht kruidig, bittere finish. Lichte body. Dit moet haast wel een alias zijn van Wilderen Goud of iets dergelijks, al smaakte dit bier me beter dan Goud destijds.

Bottled@NK Stockholm. Deep red colour with a mediumsized pink head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is cherries, some almonds and mild sugary tones. Flavour is cherry essence, some almonds, mild syrup and some toffee tones. Watery.

Bottled (De Biertonne). Deep rubyish copper colour with a mediumsized foamy beige head. Aroma is sweet malts, mild spiciness as well as some wooden tones. Flavour is fruity, spicy, some plum, raisins, figs and a wee bit of alcohol. Still very smoothly balanced. Good sipper.

Irish red (in itself a 'fake' classic European beer genre invented by the French in the seventies) by Wilderen, arguably the most 'commercially oriented' brewery in the province of Limburg, ignoring the huge volumes of bland pale lager churned out by Martens; at Café René in Hasselt, advertising itself as a beer-oriented café but in fact offering little more than industrial macro beers, if quite a lot of them. Dense, creamy, egg-white, stable head, misty warm pale amber robe with orangey tinge. Aroma of sugared cashew nuts, industrial honey, white sugar, canned peaches, a whiff of iron and hints of mandarin, melon, plaster and bubblegum. Very slick, sweet onset, pear, melon and apricot notes without any 'real' esteriness, fizzily carbonated with smooth, lean mouthfeel; honeyish sugariness hovers over a sleek cereally malt body with vague peanutty and far less vague bubblegummy edges, while the carbonation continues to add strong minerally effects. Something vaguely metallic lingers along, honeyish and peanutty sweetness continue unabated while hops remain very low, offering hardly any bitterness at all. Creamy, sleek, thin, simple and sweet, very bland even for a style which I consider to be inherently bland - see what Dok Brewing Company in Ghent did with this style, mister Janssen, and learn from it. This is very mass-oriented, possibly trying to compete with Kilkenny even though not many Belgian consumers are familiar with Irish red - so perhaps I should give a point for chosing an unlikely beer style to throw your mass-marketing ambitions at me.

33 cl bottle from Super Food in Noord, Aruba. Translucent chestnut brown color. Large, foamy tan head. Yeasty, sweet malty aroma has notes of dried fruits and dark cherries. Flavor has notes of yeasty spice, figs, sultanas and toffee. Warming alcohol in middle. Sticky mouthfeel. Mild dried fruit finish.

Large tight foamy white head on a well known clear amber coloured body. Herbal & sweet citrus aroma. Medium bodied, foamy dry & cloying. Herbal, malt, caramel, orange & clove tastes. Far too carbonated.

Bottle shared at Moolenaar proeflokaal. Darker orange to brownish color, average sized off-white to beige head. Aroma is malts, caramelized sugar, caramalts maybe. Flavor is similar with some sweetness and lightly some distant bitter notes. Quite nice even though I don't get any whisky tbh.

33cl Fles van AH. Donkerbruine kleur, beige kraag. Geur van bananenschuimpjes, zuurstok, licht fruitig, licht moutig, hint van gebrande mout, alcoholisch, weinig te bespeuren van de whisky behalve het boozy gevoel, hint van chocolade, bitterzoete finish. Medium body. Simpel.

Tap at Malt Worm, thx Paul! Clear golden body, lasting white head. Spicy, dusty, coriander, light orange. Orange peel-driven taste, coriander, sweet, sugary, with more carbonation it would be class!