7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
13 September 2025. At 17de Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to the whole crew!
Wet grass, wet pepper, leather, hay. Sour green apple, hay, bell peppers. Bitter chili burn, soft bretty notes. A nice little experiment.
Wet grass, wet pepper, leather, hay. Sour green apple, hay, bell peppers. Bitter chili burn, soft bretty notes. A nice little experiment.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2025
at 13:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 6
Overall 8
13 September 2025. At 17de Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to the whole crew!
Apricot, plum, mango, guava, blood orange. Sour apricot, guava, lime, jam-like maltiness, sweetish mango. Tart stone fruit, bitter piney & grapefruity hops. Perfectly balanced, Totem strikes again.
Apricot, plum, mango, guava, blood orange. Sour apricot, guava, lime, jam-like maltiness, sweetish mango. Tart stone fruit, bitter piney & grapefruity hops. Perfectly balanced, Totem strikes again.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2025
at 13:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 8
13 September 2025. At 17de Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to the whole crew!
Bright orange. Lots and lots of mandarin zest & juice, lime, orange peel, fresh multifruit juice. Sour mandarin, lime, mango. Tart mandarin zest, lemon. Average to fizzy carbonation. Bright, fresh and zesty.
Bright orange. Lots and lots of mandarin zest & juice, lime, orange peel, fresh multifruit juice. Sour mandarin, lime, mango. Tart mandarin zest, lemon. Average to fizzy carbonation. Bright, fresh and zesty.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2025
at 12:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
20 June 2025. “Iets voor den Erwin” @ Dracuna. Cheers to the whole GBV crew!
Carré confiture, raspberry coulis, unripe strawberry, almond, wheat, redcurrant. Sweetish-sour redcurrant and raspberry, sweetish jam with a touch of vanilla. Dry finish of berry skin & raspberry seed. Light to medium body. Straightforward, perhaps, but so elegantly executed.
Carré confiture, raspberry coulis, unripe strawberry, almond, wheat, redcurrant. Sweetish-sour redcurrant and raspberry, sweetish jam with a touch of vanilla. Dry finish of berry skin & raspberry seed. Light to medium body. Straightforward, perhaps, but so elegantly executed.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2025
at 08:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
6/IX/25 - 44cl can @ Alengrin’s place, BB: XII/2029 (2025-859) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the can!
Clear dark brown to black beer, practically no head. Aroma: oh my, very strong smell, lots of blue cheese, cloves, earthy, syrupy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter, cheesy, lots and lots of cloves, earthy, very bitter, a bit sweet, caramel notes. Aftertaste: very bitter, earthy, lots and lots of cloves, very cheesy, spicy, bitter, more cloves. Not my favorite.
Clear dark brown to black beer, practically no head. Aroma: oh my, very strong smell, lots of blue cheese, cloves, earthy, syrupy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter, cheesy, lots and lots of cloves, earthy, very bitter, a bit sweet, caramel notes. Aftertaste: very bitter, earthy, lots and lots of cloves, very cheesy, spicy, bitter, more cloves. Not my favorite.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2025
at 22:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
5/IX/25 - 33cl can @ Alengrin’s place, BB: XII/2028 (2025-853) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the can!
(and again from draft at Kwatrechts Bierfestival on 27/IX/25)
Cloudy yellow to orange beige beer, dense creamy off-white head, pretty stable, a little adhesive. Aroma: lovely, very old school American IPA (like 2010’s), fruity notes, a metallic touch, melons, some watermelon, resinous and piny, passion fruits, some citrus nice! MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, pretty acidic in the start, then very quickly rather bitter, grapefruit, lots of grapefruit, passion fruit as well, papaya and mango, very juicy, zesty, nice! Aftertaste: fruity, good bitterness, juicy, dry, zesty, more grapefruit, pretty acidic finish, very drinkable, lovely stuff!
(and again from draft at Kwatrechts Bierfestival on 27/IX/25)
Cloudy yellow to orange beige beer, dense creamy off-white head, pretty stable, a little adhesive. Aroma: lovely, very old school American IPA (like 2010’s), fruity notes, a metallic touch, melons, some watermelon, resinous and piny, passion fruits, some citrus nice! MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, pretty acidic in the start, then very quickly rather bitter, grapefruit, lots of grapefruit, passion fruit as well, papaya and mango, very juicy, zesty, nice! Aftertaste: fruity, good bitterness, juicy, dry, zesty, more grapefruit, pretty acidic finish, very drinkable, lovely stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2025
at 20:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
7/VII/25 - 33cl can, shared @ Italian Holiday, BB: n/a (2025-644)
Clear gold blond beer, big dense creamy off-white head, a little stable, falls down quickly, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lovely, quite some tropical fruits, lots of citrus, grapefruit, piny, a bit resinous, malty touch, a hint of caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: good bitterness up front, a bit soapy, floral, grassy, some herbal notes, a bit sourish, grapefruit juice, slightly sweet, caramel malts. Aftertaste: fruity, juicy, tropical fruits, a bit cheesy, a little dank, good bitterness, more sweet malts, slightly oxidized, some alcohol in the finish.
Clear gold blond beer, big dense creamy off-white head, a little stable, falls down quickly, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lovely, quite some tropical fruits, lots of citrus, grapefruit, piny, a bit resinous, malty touch, a hint of caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: good bitterness up front, a bit soapy, floral, grassy, some herbal notes, a bit sourish, grapefruit juice, slightly sweet, caramel malts. Aftertaste: fruity, juicy, tropical fruits, a bit cheesy, a little dank, good bitterness, more sweet malts, slightly oxidized, some alcohol in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2025
at 18:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours black, darkly tanned, small head fades very quickly. Scent is roasty, very slightly ashy. Hidden barrel. Dont get the speculoos just yet. Taste is full , fairly sweet. Mild ashy , very roasty. Speculaas mildly present in the back. Barrels get a bit more expressive towards the end, but start very background. Low carbonation. Very decent, but I assume this one has peaked...
Tried
on 06 Jul 2025
at 18:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Can at home shared with Laura. Bright darker red color, virtually no head. Aroma is weird, it reminds me of pudding, desserts. Fruit, yoghurt, sweetness and distant chocolaty notes. Flavor is sour and red fruit. Berries mainly imo. Berry juice. Not my thing but I think it is what the label says, so we'll done.
Tried
on 31 May 2025
at 21:46
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Pours very dark brown with a huge tanned head of medium good stability. Scent is quite ashy, lactose, almost a bit metallic, BE (bit stressed) yeast profile. Remembering one of my homebrews trough this ;) Taste is roasty, bit ashy, very carbonated, dominant yeast slickness, esters, bit stress, making it fairly oily-chewy coffee-with-milk like. Overcarbonated and not really my thing at all. I had this happening to one of my homebrews as well - even though Totem are much better brewers than I'll ever be, but this one doesn't really cut it for me. Truth be told, it's a few years past it's BBD, and it shows little to no negative age factors, its just the overcarbonation and yeast vs roast balance that does it for me.
Tried
on 21 May 2025
at 18:29