On tap. Pours a dull amber with full head. Aromas of pine, soft passionfruit, some spicy Belgian yeast and doughy malts. Soapy flavors follow same.

A small bottle from Mia C’Bon near NCCU. Aroma: a bit of indeterminate fruit, not citrus, quite nice. Appearance: opaque Orangina, negligible head. Palate: medium-bodied and slick, rather fizzy carbonation despite the flat appearance; it finishes with some astringency. Taste: medium-sweet, some sherbet, some biscuit. Drinkable, and 7.0% ABV is always good, but ultimately lacks any defining characteristic.

Can from Beer52. It pours clear very dark brown with a lively, fluffy off - white head. The aroma is toasty, earthy roast, charred pine, coffee grounds, cacao nibs, chocolate and liquorice. The taste is crispy, dry, snappy, earthy roast, filter coffee, charred wood, cacao nibs, toasted brown bread, light spice and some umami vibes. Finish is roasty and drying. Light+ body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Delivers a lot for the abv. Works well.

2025 Ed. Stable white head, frothy, over faintly veiled copper beer. Rainwater, waterplants, algues, green leaves. Bit nutty; aromatic if demure. Sweet, human sweat, sweet peas, candi sugar. Sweet green shoots, corn. Feels a bit empty for its impressive ABV, serious alcoholthinning? Good carbonation, slick. Rather disappointing - huge promises but not much to tell. Txs to Stef!

[33cl can from Beer52.] A dark mahogany coloured pour with a thick beige head; rich chocolate malt aroma; smooth chocolatey body with sweet malts and some coffee; then a more pronounced coffee finish - fruity and dry. Very pleasant.

Dark brown, opaque with a small beige head. The aroma is dominated by nuttiness, coffee, and dark chocolate. The body is light, creamy, and the saturation creates a pleasant foam in the mouth. The taste is reminiscent of the aroma, with coffee offering acidic notes, dark chocolate with nuts, and herbal and slightly pine bitterness. It's more reminiscent of an Irish dry stout than a brown ale.

Very dark brown/red, tan head
A - coffee, toffee, liquorice
F - coffee, milky dark chocolate with nuts, slight piney hops
its like drinking a dairy milk bar with nuts, smooth body and surprisingly tasty for just 3.6%, nicely balanced bitterness

Beer commissioned by Slagerij St. Pierre, a butcher shop near the St. Pieters train station in Ghent - and one of the most reputed ones in town, having been established already in the sixties (!). The current proprietor is a long-time friend of Hedonis' head brewer and allegedly asked the latter casually to create a beer for them - and so it happened, available from 75 cl bottles during the Christmas period and for as long as stocks last. Big cheers to my girlfriend for surprising me with this ultra-local Hedonis tick as a gift right after Christmas last year. Very strong gusher - I think I lost about 1/5 of the bottle as I was not entirely prepared for that. Huge, foamy, coarse, snow white, uneven-bubbled, cobweb-lacing, slowly receding head, hazy peach blonde robe with ochre-ish tinge. Aroma of soggy sandwiches, coriander seed, iron (unexpectedly), cooked potato, old dried orange peel, thyme, dry earth, clove, raw fodder beet, dried onion, moist white pepper, damp autumn leaves. Estery onset yet on the dryish side, unripe pear, cooked pumpkin touch, vague banana peel, medium carb with rounded, fluffy mouthfeel. Very bready middle, from soggy bread-like malts but also from yeastiness, spiced with coriander seed and a touch of curaçao, but also clove-like phenols (4-vinyl-guaiacol); floral hops bring confident bitterness, earthy and leafy, while apple peel, nutmeg and somewhat soapy coriander impressions linger. More yeasty and earthy than expected, this is an almost 'Walloon style' blonde, surely accompanying many of the butcher shop's products well - but I am a bit worried about how consumers who bought a bottle on top of their 'meaty' purchases there, will handle that huge gushing problem...