33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Jumbo Wageningen. Clear brown to black with a light beige head. Roasted malts aroma with some hops. Taste is bitter with an earthen undertone. Quite thin body. Enjoyable but when more than 10 brewers collaborate you might expect something more special and complex than a 'simple' schwarzbier.

Bottle at Cafe Grendelpoort, Valkenburg, Orange beer, small head. Aroma is malt, fruit, yeast, Taste is the same, sweet, some bitter,

Schwarzbier made by a whole bunch of northeastern Dutch brewers, the profits of which are invested in the restauration of the valuable historical organ in Groningen’s Martini church, colloquially named “Olle Grieze”, hence the name. From a blue (!) bottle shared by Craftmember, thanks. Pale greyish white, loosely moussy, opening head over a hazy dark burgundy-bronze beer, not quite black. Aroma of strong liquorice candy and ‘drop’, pecan nuts, wet toast, dried plums, elderberries, cola, tea. Sweetish onset, dried figs, but restrainedly so; medium carb, smooth, supple mouthfeel. Straightforward nutty and bit caramelly maltiness, sweetish with toasted bittering edges as can be expected from the style, but gently so; herbal hop bitterish touch blends with this toastiness in the finish, while that ‘drop’ effect returns in the end. Aftertaste not unlike sweet liquorice candy. Too sweet and herbal for the style, could do with more roasted bitterness, but an easygoing beer to drink, nothing wrong with it.

Tap at Grote Kerk. Golden with white head. Sweet malts, banana yeast. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation.

6 3 6 3 12Draft at The Hague festival ‘18. Hazy orange brown with a white head. Aroma of yeast, herbs and banana. Flavour is above moderate sweet. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tap at NBPF. Bit hazy orange golden with creamy white head. Banana, cloves, caramel, sweet bready notes, light creamy apple. Medium sweet and light bitterness. Medium bodied with creamy feel. OK.

Tap at NBPF. Almost clear golden with white head. Butter, sweet grains, quite bready, grains husks, dusty apricot, marzipan. Quite sweet and light bitter. Over medium bodied with creamy feel. Meh.

6 3 7 3 13Draft at The Hague festival ‘18. Very hazy golden orange with a white head. Aroma of grain, yeast, fruity notes and light citrus. Flavour is above light sweet and bitter. Above light bodied with soft carbonation.