From the bottle. Light brown with a frothy to creamy head that lingers. Aroma of pine, orange peel, toffee. Pleasant. The hops are quite present compared to most brews of this style. Taste is moderate bitter with sweet caramel undertones. Finishes with an uptick in bitterness. Body is medium. Overall, a nice one.

New Belgian ‘streekbier’ – everybody has a contracted beer these days, it seems – named after a small village near Aarschot, brewed at Anders. On the market since last year but very limitedly so. Snow white, thick and frothy, tightly membrane-lacing, stable head over a lightly hazy, pure yellow-golden blonde beer with fierce sparkling, misty with sediment. Aroma of unripe banana, wet white paper, coriander seed, pear, raw pineapple, soggy sandwiches, plaster, raw potato, jute bags, wodka, chewing gum. Cleanly fruity onset, banana, some green apple, hard pear and raw pineapple notes, bubblegummy accent but not too much, minerally and souring carbonation, very lively; slick pale malt sweetish body, white bread pulp, cereally, with lingering banana ester and eventually strong coriander spiciness drenched in ‘jenever’-like alcohol; a green apple-like note lingers. Something in between ‘ordinary’ Belgian blonde ale and Duvel-inspired ‘edelbier’; correct, but very uninspired in itself, though I can see this functioning commercially on the local market of non-too-geeky beer drinkers.

Bottle @ home. Very hazy unclear pale yellow color, full sized white head that lasts for a long time. Aroma and flavor are moderately malty, as the label suggest it's got a lot of tropical fruit, citrussy, slight saison-ish notes in the distance. Lots of hops. Indeed a milkshaky texture. Sweetish rather than bitter if any bitterness at all. Decent to medium body and carbonation. Decent to solid I'd say.

11/10/2018 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with jerre. Clear red brown, nice off white head. Nose is malts, bit chocolate, bit fruits. Taste is sweet malts, red fruits, bit caramel.

Bottle @ home. Unclear hazy orange color, full sized bubbly white to off-white head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is malts, sweet floral. Flavor is malts, again floral, sweet, notes of artificial banana candy sweets. No hops there imo, at least not many. Not totally unpleasant though, just pretty sweet and not my thing.

Bottle from LDW, Eke. Hazy yellow colour, white foam. Sweet nose of tropical fruit, papaya, mango. Lots of carbonation. Sweet taste, lots of pine, honey and lactose sweetness. Bitter finish. Bit too much carbonation.

Bottle shared by Marte. Clear yellow golden color, average sized white head. Aroma is floral and perfumy. Flavor is malts, sweetish, again a bit perfumy, floral, floral yeasty. A bit fizzy carbonation, decent to medium body. Ok. 6-4-6-3-13.

Bottle @ home. Clear dark copper to amber color, medium sized off-white to beige head. Aroma is malts, lightly malt bitterness, pleasant hoppy notes. Flavor is malts, light to moderately bitter, malt bitter, hop, hop bitter. Some metallic / iron notes. Ok beer. 7-3-6-3-13.