The first beer from this new Wallonian brewery, named Lienne Blond / Blonde on the label; I thought this was the new name since other beers have been added to the range, but apparently - that is to say, according to the brewer himself - this was in fact the original name and the new version is not entirely the same as this original one. Anyway, in this version, I expected gushing, so I opened this carefully over the sink, and indeed the beer came gushing out of the bottle. Very thick, lacing, moussy, egg-white head over a brownishly hued peach blonde, clouded beer. Aroma very sugary and very estery as expected: brown sugar, medlar fruit, baked banana, rotting peaches, apple sauce, sickly sweet honey, gingerbread, hint of lemon zest, some cooked red cabbage, wet hay, cloves, orange peel and also a hint of rotting egg (H2S) revealing the infection which likely caused the gushing as well. Very sweet onset of candi syrup and cane sugar, wort, fruity esters all over the place (pineapple, apricot, banana, melon), sharpish carbo, some lactic acid from the infection, very bready and spicy yeastiness taking over, supported by soft, fluffy, sweet caramelly and honeyish maltiness, drying finish, very yeasty (almost starch-like mouthfeel), herbal hops for bittering balance, lingering candi sugar and warming, ’jenever’-like alcohol further drying the palate. Infected, unbalanced and a bit ’wild’, I think these brewers still need some work taming this one. I believe this beer has potential though, so I will be on the lookout for the new version, for comparison with this original batch, as well as for the other beers in this range.

Gents bierfestival Nr 5 Pours clear amber , small white head Smell is malty , yet not so sweet . Taste is bitter , malty , high ( to high ) carbo . some copper/metallic taste . OK .

Sampled @ Gents Bierfestival 2014. 330 ml. bottle. Huge off-white head, hazy orange,… Soapy oxidation nose, sweet leaves, brown sugar,… Oxidized taste, yeast, allspice, leather, butter, honey, oxidation, soap, herbs,... Malty, oxidized, nope this isn’t it. This guys should improve a bit I feel but than again I am not the target audience here.

Huge yellowish head over light foxy-amber beer; some rings of lace. Oxydated other grains, honey, dusty, old... some tasters even say soapy. Oxydation, if less than in the nose. Bread, if stale, some toast. Not even medium bodied, bit fizzy... Why?

Bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus and Ansjelaah. Lightly hazy medium to dark orange color, average sized beige head. Smell and taste lightly malts, sweetness, lightly some fruityness, a touch of herbs or spices, lightly a touch of bitter. Average to medium body, medium carbonation. Decent and not too bad.

Bottle @ benzai. Very hazy orange with a medium sized white head. Smells herbs, spices, malts, sweet. Tastes sweet, malts, herbs, fruity. Medium body, medium carbo.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lienne Brune (by Brasserie de la Lienne):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

8/VI/14 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk) @ home - BB: II/2015, lot: D (2014-610)

Gusher alert!
Cloudy red brown beer, big aery beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of liquorish, overripe banana, caramel, rotting fruit, bready yeast. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, fruity note, some caramel, lots and lots of banana. Aftertaste: more banana, liquorice, spices, little bitter, caramel, sugary, alcohol burn, bitter chocolate, bit weird, overripe fruits. Not bad, but that typical weird thing that a lot of Walloon brown beers have, and I'm not very fond of it.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lienne (by Brasserie de la Lienne):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

combined rating, scores entered are the average of both individual ratings

12/I/14 - 33cl bottle from Diesters Bierfestival @ home - BB: VIII/14 (2014-47)

Ar: 4, Ap: 5, T: 3, P: 3, O: 4, Total: 1.9
Clear orange beer, big irregular frothy yellowish head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: yeasty, bit nasty, unpleasant, vegetables and stuff, banana peel, bit earthy, hint of citrus, clay. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: wow, this is Brussel sprouts all the way! This is NOT good. Also some citrus, very bitter, and lots of cooked cabbages. Aftertaste: more of the same, very bitter, cooked cabbages, sweet touch and some citrus. But the nasty vegetable taste is overwhelmingly bad. Could not finish half the glass.

5/IV/14 - 33cl bottle as just "Lienne", no blonde or brune specification, from ... I forgot where I got this one @ home - BB: X/2014 (2014-xxx)

Slow gusher alert!
Ar: 8, Ap: 3, T: 8, P: 4, O: 16, Total: 4.9

Clear deep orange to amber beer, huge creamy light beige head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Lots of small chunks floating around. Aroma: spicy, fruity hops, some citrus, peaches, yellow summer fruit, little grassy, floral. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, fruity hops, nice bitterness, grapefruit, little sweet, malty. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, fruity, grassy hops, citrus, bit lemony, little chemical or medicinale bitterness in the end, but that's forgiveable.

33cl @ 9ième fête de la bière namuroise. Orangée-dorée, col épais et crémeux blanc. Arôme offre un bouquet malté presque biscuité, houblons aux notes d’agrumes qui reste malheureusement très belge dans l’approche. Une approche que l’on voit et revoit. Palais malté, pointe d’épice, sec rappelant un peu l’épeautre de par ce côté rustique. Fin de bouche qui me laisse perplexe avec un houblonnage assez bizarre, sur lequel n’arrive pas à mettre le doigt. Notes d’agrumes, un grain prononcé qui arrivent en fin de bouche. Reste correcte, mais ne change en rien un paysage brassicole Wallon en manque d’innovation.