Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy yellow Belgian blond ale with American hops thats give the beer an heavy hoppy taste, turns this beer instantly in an I.P.A.

ZBF,2010: Brown-abbey style brew with an nice bitter taste and hints of spices and caramel.

At ZBF 2011, Sint-Niklaas: Orange coloured brew with an sweet taste and bite of ginger, and a well balanced sweetbitter finish.

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy yellow coloured brew with an very nice sweetbitter taste, but this more Belgian White meets Duvel-Green.

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy yellow coloured brew with an good sweet spicy taste and hints of grapefruit (mellow vesion). Quite good beer with an good foamy head.

33cl bottle on 21st October 2024, Cafe Botteltje, Ostend. Hazy blonde with a full on white crown. The ginger is only a minor part to play in this interesting beer (thank goodness), there is a lot going on from the first sip to the last. Citrus and yeasty elements being just two more items within the brews make up.

Classic nice beer. But no more just a phenolic oozy belgian blonde. Brig beertj bruge.

Tripel hop – which is usually a hoppy tripel with three hop varieties in it, inspired by the Duvel Tripel Hop family established in 2008 under influence of global hop-forward tendencies; the brand was created by GM1 Sensations, the same people that run the Geuze Leuze webshop. Brewed at De Graal, but apparently a first batch (with different label) had already been produced at De Feniks before. Snow white, moussey, frothy, shred-lacing head on a misty pale yellow to straw blonde beer. Aroma of coriander more than hops initially, soap even, white bread, freshly cut grass, moist white pepper, some unfortunate DMS (cooked white cabbage), clove and even cooked meat (4-vinyl-guaiacol), green apple peel, straw, young ‘graanjenever’. Restrained in sweetness, some unripe pear and green apple fruitiness, fizzy carbonation through a rounded grainy middle, remaining low in residual sugars; instead, a strong soapy coriander seed effect appears, while the hops add bitterness in a grassy, leafy way. A brief whiff of citrus is noticeable but otherwise the anticipated retronasal hop aromas remain very modest; warming ‘jenever’-like alcohol adds additional bitterishness. In itself decent enough, but frankly a bit one-dimensional; more expressive New World (or even Old World) hop aromas would have been welcome. Considering that this beer is something of a work in progress, if I understood its creator’s explanation correctly, it may turn out differently next time so this may be one to watch.

23/VII/24 - 33cl bottle @ Alengrin’s place, BB: I/2026, lot 24012 (2024-580) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!

Clear light blond yellow beer, big fluffy creamy white head, falls down quickly, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: spicy, very yeasty, lots of coriander, soapy, a little grassy, some cloves. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a hint of cabbage, watery, some grains, a bit grassy, thin, gentle bitterness. Aftertaste: a bit chemical, yeasty, lots of coriander, a little bitter, soapy, a hint of citrus, more cabbage, grassy, meh.

Very good, whipped eggwhite-like head, lacey, over fully veiled orange beer. End of bottle solid sediment. Very fresh yeasty nose, as actively fermenting beer, green malts and white candi sugar. Sweetish malts, herbal, wild hops. Faint orangepeel, spicy. Bit slick, even sticky; good carbonation; at least medium bodied. Far from bad actually, just very, very young. Sampled at the pub