Süßlich hopfiger Antrunk, mild herb, geringfügig trocken. Hell hefig, rund, leicht süßlich. 11/10/9/9//9

Sampled @ Zythos Bierfestival 2015 Trübe goldene Farbe, geringe weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch getreidig, malzig, süß. Geschmack süß malzig, getreidig, hopfig, dezent bitter.

From tap. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity. Mild fruity and bubblegum. Sweet, fruity, light citric. Crisp hoppy and slight bitter finish.

From tap. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is grassy and slight citrusy. Bubblegum, fruity and light estery. Bitter and dry grassy. Bubblegum finish.

Courtesy of tderoeck. The imperial stout in this series, with a stable, light beige, dense head and very dark bronze colour, almost black but not quite. Aroma of coffee powder, caramel, bitter chocolate, dried orange peel, thyme. Caramelly and candied fruit sweetness in the onset, brown sugar touch, dried citrus peel freshness, after which a relatively thick, caramelly and somewhat chocolatey maltiness appears, evolving to a roasted bitter finish of fondant chocolate and some coffee, as well as mild herbal hops and some warming alcohol. Not bad, but as is usually the case in Belgian impies, this lacks thickness and boldness.

Seen the fact that this beer company has attempted to create a complete range of beer styles in a short amount of time, it comes as no surprise it also has this ’massieve ale’, though the use of the word ’zwarte’ (black) seems a bit out of place in this one, since it pours a hazy bronze colour, not black as the name would suggest; off-white, creamy, stable head. Aroma of caramel, some bitter chocolate, sweet tobacco, raisins, liquorice, candi sugar, plums. Sweet taste, candi syrup and caramelly malts, stone fruit, resinous mouthfeel, spicy yeastiness increasing towards the finish, which is otherwise malty with a gentle herbal hop bitterishness. Not bad, though I expect more complexity from this particular beer style.

The Loemelaer series, though still very young, does not seem to end: apart from a dry-hopped version of their tripel, they also have this "Belgian IPA" in their range. Thick and sticky, clearly hops-enhanced, cream white head over a hazy orange blonde beer. Aroma indeed shows citrussy, IPA-like, somewhat resinous hoppiness, mandarin, orange peel, honey, bread, young cheese, dried apricot. Fruity taste, peach, pineapple, caramelly and slightly nutty malts in the middle, bready touch, evolving into a medium long, drying, peppery and herbal hop bitter finish. Not bad - in fact, the best of the Loemelaers so far, at least to my opinion. But then, I’ve been a hophead for many years.

Courtesy of tderoeck. The obligatory tripel in this new series, with a thick, stable, off-white, sticky head and golden blonde colour with a haze of yeast particles floating around. Aroma of baker’s yeast, white bread, apricot, grass and some DMS (cooked cabbage). Estery taste, peach and apple fruitiness, sourish accent, yeasty, somewhat bready, sharp and fizzy carbonation; spicy hints in the finish along with grassy hop bitterness and some warming, even slightly astringent, ’jenever’-like alcohol. Okay tripel, as there are countless of them in this country. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ne Gouwe Loemelaer Tripel Dry Hop on 27 Jan 2015 at 14:16 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5. Original review text: Courtesy of tderoeck. Dry-hopped version of Ne Gouwe Loemelaer and apparently labelled as such. Thick, stable, sticky, cream white head, hazy golden blonde colour with a ’soup’ of tiny yeast bits, looking practically the same as the regular version. Aroma doesn’t differ that much either: perhaps a little less of the DMS odour and a little more grassy hops, otherwise there is very little difference - which is disappointing, since I expected a lot more hops aromas from a beer labelled as ’dry hopped’. Same for the taste: fruity, sweetish, yeasty with a sourish touch, a bit bready, with more peppery and drying hop bitterness in the finish than its regular counterpart, but not as much as I had hoped for.

Courtesy of tderoeck. Amai’s attempt at a dubbel, with a stable, sticky, off-white head and clear bronze colour (paler than I am used to for the style, already an ominous sign). Caramelly aroma, some herbal hops, biscuit, red berries, bread, apple. Sweetish, fruity onset, toasted malts, nutty accent, bits of leafy hops in the finish with light bitterness; notably thinner body than normal for a dubbel. The colour of the head and the beer itself as well as the relatively thin body give it away: this clearly needs less caramel and more dark malts in order to distinguish itself among the dubbels which are already on the market. In this form: totally redundant.