F: big, white, creamy, quite stable. C: golden, hazy. A: malt, hint of orange, grassy, yeast, coriander, peach, bread, banana. T: malty, grassy bitterness, orange peels, dusty, bread, light candy caramel, medium body, light over-carbonation, hint of spicy, good but as many others Belgian ale, 330 ml bottle from De Keyzer Drinks near Brussels.

Bottle shared. Cloudy orange with a small off white head. Aroma of yeast, herbs, coriander, light floral notes, light malt and yeast. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

33cl bottle shared with Kermis. Very thin white head. Very hazy golden pour. An ok blond

Commissioned Belgian blonde with very thick and rocky, papery, coarse, snow white head and deep and ’pure’ golden colour with a thin ’suspension’ of yeast bits as well as lively sparkling. Aroma of gooseberry, dry hay, banana, freshly cut grass, radish, baker’s yeast, soapy coriander seed, honey, dried wormwood, chamomille, white pepper, raw pineapple, unripe green plum, sandwiches, dry earth, minerals, dried old lemon peel. Very spritzy onset, lots of minerally and ’souring’ carbo to being sharply overcarbonated, distracting from its basic ’dried fruit’ character, pairing subtle banana sweetishness with unripe berry sourness; spicy phenolic yeastiness too, but well in place compared with this fruitiness and the undercurrent of grainy, lightly bready, dryish malts. Evolves into a drying, notably hop bitter finish, very earthy and spicy, with retronasal floral and grassy notes and being so effective that it all but halts the maltiness - going down very dry and bittering, with just enough ’juiciness’ to keep it pleasant and with (too much) soapy bittersweet coriander lingering afterwards. Nice surprise actually: I expected another boring and overly sweet ’terrasjesblond’, but this beer is utterly crisp, dry, bitter and earthy to the point that I would make a case for calling it a saison in the purest sense of the word. It is a very strange phenomenon these days that saison-like beers simply call themselves ’Belgian ale’ (or blonde) and vice versa - another argument supporting my theory that nobody really knows what ’saison’ means. If this term is to be applied to quenching, earthy, dry, hay- and barnyard-like, crisp blonde Belgian ales, then this is more an accomplishment than many other attempts I have encountered in the past year.

At home, bottle courtesy of Mrk. Slight hazy blonde with white head. Sweet malts, sugar, strong yeast, coriander, cloves, little alcoholic. Medium sweet, light bitter. Under medium body, well carbonated. Plain Belgian ale, bit sweet and unsubtle palate. --- Beer merged from original tick of 7PK on 26 May 2016 at 22:37 - Score: 5. Original review text: At home, bottle courtesy of Mrk. Slight hazy blonde w/white head. Sweet malts, sugar, strong yeast, coriander, cloves, little alcoholic. Medium sweet, light bitter. Under medium body, well carbonated. Plain Belgian ale, bit sweet & unsubtle palate.

Straw blond with thin lacy head. Aroma has hints of citrus and tropical fruits. It’s a really clean , fresh beer, not overly bitter. A nice IPA.

Golden with lasting, thin head. Initially a clean, malty, yeasty Blond. Later more floral and spicy notes come through. In my opinion that’s slightly to its detriment. Qualitatively it’s good though. The finish is very peppery.

23/04/2016 sample glass shared with the BE RB crew @ZBF2016. Amber colouref, small head. Nose is very herbal, no fruits at all. Taste is a bit bittersweet first, than some light sourness, a bit fruits but artificial like, a bit soapy.