Troebel lichtgeel bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is fris zoetzuur, fruitig en licht hoppig. Wijkt wat af van standaard witbier, echter erg goed en verfrissend. Wat mij betreft geslaagd.

Bottle. Golden color with good white head. Aroma: malt, white porto, fruits. Taste: rich maltiness, wine, candied fruit, soft and pleasant.

Bottle. Dark amber with bronze color, excellent foam. Aroma: malt and toffee, raisins. Taste is very mild, wine, raisins, fruit, a little spice, good ale.

Bottle. Golden color with a good foam. Aroma: good malt and noble hops (Hallertau and Saaz). Taste: very malty, light fruit, grape juice, light hop bitterness ina aftertaste.

Bottle. Amber color with good white foam. Aroma: caramel with other malts, a little fruit and butterscotch. Taste: also sweet, caramel, with hints of honey, light fruitiness, lightest hops in finish.

Helder lichtgeel bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is bitter hoppig en krachtig met licht zoetfruit erin. Smaak blijft lang hangen. Gewoon een goed bier.

It has been a long time since I tasted something from this brewery so let’s try this organic honey lager... Found in a Bioplanet store in Destelbergen. Medium thick, creamy, snow white head retaining quite well, over a deep golden beer, clear with a few tiny protein flakes here and there, calmly sparkling. Strange aroma of indeed a lot of sweet honey, but also cheese spread, buttermilk (diacetyl?), grass, ’Haagse hopjes’ if that rings a bell, iron, green apple, perhaps a hint of plastic. Rounded, soft onset with fairly low carbonation, sweet in a dull kind of way, clearly the honey speaking, but low fermentation fruitiness - unsurprisingly, considering this is a lager, of course. A sourish grainy accent comes up and along with a slightly bready pale malt sweetishness, dominates the middle phase, where a metallic hint also plays; the honey sweetness stays, but does not become really cloying or overpowering at any point. Mouthfeel is thin and a bit buttery. A soft and faint grassy hop bitterishness also appears late in the finish, fading away as quickly as it came; a weak honeyish sweetness is all what is left a few second after swallowing. Not a complete failure, but it is clear that honey works better in ales. If I were a pessimist, I’d say this is just another bland lager pimped with some extra ingredient and in that sense related to the chili lagers, tequila lagers and so forth, but it is quite ’honest’ and I cannot say it put me off as much as I had feared.

Many thanks for this bottle to Erzengel. Pours a dark copper color with an off-white head and some lacings. Quite sweet and malty. Caramel aromas.