Bottle shared. Cloudy blond with swirly yeasties and a big thick white head. Aroma of citrus, lemon, a light funky note, light yeasty and mineral. Flavour is light sweet, light moderate bitter with maybe just a hint of sourness. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.

33cl bottle shared with kermis. Thick creamy white head. Cloudy blond pour. Nice bitterness. Easy drinking.

Bottle. A slow gusher leaving a dense, off-white head over an unclear pale orange colored body. Typical Belgian ale aroma, with fruityness and some white sugar, yeasty hints and some piney hints. A peppery touch too. It’s full-bodied, pleasantly carbonated, high but nice, and quite dry, although with a sugary flavor. Fruity and lightly peppery, with a long lightly piney finish. Not sure if the Amarillo hops really shine through in this one, but it’s a fine brew anyway. 160312

Bottle 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes malt, yeast, fruity, orange and floral. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long yeasty, orange, and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

as Moordkouter Heurne, 1708. Hazy amber, citrussy nose with hints of banana. Yeasty, some spices. Medium balance. Ok beer.

On tap at ’Café Hesp’. Pitch black with a tan head. Roasty-malty aroma of dark chocolate, coffee and hints of ash. Roasty-malty taste of dark chocolate, coffee and hints of ash, followed by a short, roasty-bitter finish. Thin to medium body, slightly creamy but also a bit watery mouthfeel. Okay.

On tap at Café Hesp. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of ash, cigarettes, burnt brown malts, light smoke/leather, light fruity. Flavour follows, quite ashy, tobacco/cigarettes, leather. Light bodied, a bit fizzy. Meh..

Bouteille 33cl, # 288/574. Dorée, col fin blanc. Arôme offre un bouquet marquant et indiquant bien l’usage de cask de whisky. Le tout offre des effluves subtiles de vanille, léger boisé, avec un rétro-nasal qui met en avant qcq pointes fruitées, je trouve un petit côté tropical ananas voire de noix de coco (effet du whisky?) avec un fruité blanc, type abricot et raisin blanc - ce dernier devant par ailleurs plus renforcé une fois que le nez approche la mousse. Retrouve un malté très belge pâle, pils, cara. Palais met un profil qui est épais, dont les 8% se font très bien ressentir. Levure belge est bien là, tjrs une levure Orval? je note ce côté boisé qui reste subtil et est accompagné d’une fine douceur vanillée du whisky. Malt reste correct tirant sur un pâle et encore du léger pils accompagné de ce fruité venant de la levure et du whisky, encore fruits blancs. Le houblonné est discret, assez noble procure juste ce qu’il faut d’amertume tout en restant plus en retrait. Bière bien exécutée, mais je me demande si le tout n’aura pas eu plus de succès en y substituant la Lienne Noire.

330 ml bottle. Unclear pale golden body with a huge white head. Aroma is mild and light fruity with spicy yeast. Flavor is mild, sweet pale malt, moderate fruity in general and a bit spicy with yeast. Medium to light bodied with a moderate aftertaste. Dry hopped with Amarillo?? Really? Dis not read the label when I had this beer and made the rating, for me this just another half decent Belgium blonde, nothing more nothing less. Quite sweet but drinkable without being memorable in any way.

Very good, just yellowish dense and stable head over pale yellow beer. Creamy nose, hints at white candi sugar, yeast. Spicy, green herbal aromas. Very dry flavour, herbal hops, even slightly grassy. So dry that only a dusty bitterness remains as aftertaste. Empty feel, high attenuation, good carbonation. If the attempt was IPA, the umpteenth proof that Belgian brewers don’t get the style(*). Amarillo? This could be any hop. Oh, and better no Dutch, than Babelfish double Dutch... (*) Brewery tells me that indeed, IPA was not at all the aim, so a light hoppy blond is exactly what it is. Noted.