Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
20 June 2025. “Iets voor den Erwin” @ Dracuna. Cheers to the whole GBV crew!
2017 version? Overripe mandarin, nectarine, ureum, thyme. Sour nectarine, plum & grapes, funky hay. Tart, mouth-puckering finish, stone fruit pit. Moussy texture. Intense.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. A stronger than usual (8%) anniversary edition of Mariage Parfait. Happy anniversary, Boon!
Color: Slightly hazy.golden, white head. Aroma: Fruity gooseberry and citrus, some oak wood and funk. Taste: Smooth, still some sweetness, combined with light to moderate tartness and light old hop bitterness. Fruity citrus fruit, lime notes, some grapefruit (zest) and apple. Bit moldy. Subtle leathery funk, oak and tannins. Hints of hay. Medium body, average carbonation. Higher ABV is well hidden.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
From the off-licence opposite Jing Mei fire station, a 375mm. bottle, corked and wired. Aroma: very complex and inviting; funky barnyard, balsamic vinegar, cherries. Appearance: a blood transfusion, with a finger of pink foam. Palate: medium-bodied and very tart on the tongue, rather fizzy carbonation; finish is long and lingering, chewy, ends with a lick of old leather belt. Taste: complements the aroma to a tee, some nice woody notes, no intrusive sweetness, the cherry flavour is discreet. This is a pretty good kriek.
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle, birthday gift from Andrew. Golden body with a light haze and no head - total snow globe. Steady carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of light vinegar and oak, with orange rind and lemon. Flavour follows the aroma - tart and oaky. Medium body with a frothy mouthfeel. Light fizz. It looks atrocious but it tastes complex and tart.
Maakun (16597) reviewed Geuze Sélection from Brouwerij F. Boon 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at Hoppzak. Hazy golden, small white head. Deep funk, sweet malts, soft peach, earthy, dry cellar, fresh oak, a touch ofineral sulphur. Medium sweet, less sour. Over medium bodied. Good.
EvNa (6056) reviewed Geuze Sélection from Brouwerij F. Boon 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Hoppzak. Taste: Moderate tart, grapes, gooseberry. Funly farmyard. Oak wood.
IpaPils (12224) reviewed Duivelsbier Donker from Brouwerij F. Boon 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Mahognifarget klar med beige skum. Lukter brent karamell. Søt. Fyldig. Søt. Smaker karamell og fat. Middels lang.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Duivelsbier Wild from Brouwerij F. Boon 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
The new blonde (or rather: amber coloured) follow-up to the classic dark Duivelsbier, originally a kind of strong faro and in any case a beer with a long history - so I guess this one can be said to have at least a pedigree. Steinie bottle from Streekproductencentrum Halle, shared with Craftmember. Thick, egg-white, stable, frothy, slowly opening head on an initially clear, deep orangey-golden robe with amber glow, misty with sediment. Rather weak aroma of indeed clear Brettanomyces but in a somewhat onedimensional way, horseblanket, old leather, damp straw, urine (stronger warming up), bitter honey, crackers, unsalted peanuts, dried dandelion leaves. Dry-fruity onset, very clean and quite straightforward for this kind of beer actually, hinting at persimmon, dried apricot and tamarillo but very vaguely so, low in sweetness with soft carb and smooth, if a tad fluffy mouthfeel. Bread-crusty, peanutty, cracker-ish slick 'amber maltiness', with gently but surely drying wild yeast, refraining itself from the complex funkiness I was hoping for, instead delivering just the basic, laboratory-grown Brett effects of horseblanket and urine - unmistakable, but a bit, well, meagre. Hop bitterness is floral, mellow and short-lived, so it too falls short in adding complexity, though I imagine it has been kept low deliberately; the finish thus ends with a thin amber maltiness and rather quickly fading, monotonous Brett effects. Very sleek and clean - way too much so, in fact, like a kind of baby Orval, or a wild ale for beginners... Who knows what more extended cellaring can do here, but in this relatively fresh form, the Brett - the only dominant player - should have been more complex and positioned against other elements. In this form, it feels a bit like a one-trick pony, but it has been very long since I had its original dark predecessor, maybe a comparison of both could be interesting.
m3tr0pl3ks (159) ticked Oude Geuze from Brouwerij F. Boon 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
PBF XV. Hazy pale orange colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, some funky tones quite rich cabonation. Flavour is floral, funky, citrusy and some wooden tones. Citrusy and funky tones.