Pours very dark brown , ok white head fades fast. Scent is weak, bit sweet , dark malts in a plastic like way. Taste is bit bitter , chocolaty aspects amongst the dark malty base. Sweeter tthan average , very aromatic as well. Notes of hop. Agreeable carbo , bit thin mouthfeel given the abv. Alright.Earlier Rating: 4/26/2014 Total Score: 3.3Zbf Pours almost black No real foam Not much smell Too much carbo . Metallic bitterness , bit sweet , rather weak

Kroontje’s first beer, with medium thick, lacing, off-white, moussy head and clear, beautiful, warm copper colour with calm sparkling; hazy with deposit. Aroma strikes me with FFF (freshly fermented farmland) at first, almost a smell of menure, initially covering more pleasant impressions of hazelnut, raspberry, vague coffee grounds, burnt wood, dried leaves, dates, dry earth, caramel, orange peel, hints of raisins and liquorice, but some faint DMS (cooked cabbage) as well. Some candied sweetness in the onset, candied figs, passion fruit, orange freshness with a tart, oud bruin-like quality to it, a bit sourish; medium carbo, smooth and supple, bit resinous mouthfeel, more powdery with deposit, malty middle phase of caramelly malt sweetness with a toasted edge, stretching deep into the finish, and so does the initial, somewhat drying tartness; a deep, brief but structuring hop bitterishness appears as well but the fruit sweetness lasts longer. Estery but still fairly ’clean’, rounded dubbel, with an apparently deliberate sourishness (so the brewer claims), which lends it a kind of oud bruin (Flemish red) character, but clearly lacking the finesse and depth of the true oud bruins, I must add. Interesting but not well executed, with a manure-like quality to the aroma which kept bothering me throughout.

330 ml. bottle sampled @ 20ste Zomerbierfestival. Orange, little head. Nose is strongly metallic, white sugar with plenty of plastic & cheap apple juice. Taste is chemicals, plastic, apple juice, hugely sweet, odd taste akin to a mix of caramel & plastic,… Body is overly fizzy & comes across as being overly chemical. Not a fan at all.

Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity, light citrusy and crisp hoppy. Smooth fruity, citrusy and crisp hoppy. Bitter and light fruity finish.

Murky brown colour. Flavour of dark malts with light chocolate and caramel. Lacks body and depth. Too watery.

It has a blond colour with no head. Light bodied. Grainy. Light tartness in the finish.

At ZBF 15. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours unclear blonde, smell is herbal hoppy, taste is sharp. Mildly sour-like maltyness. Intense on the malts, but no recognizable citra hops at all...

Sampled @ Zythos Bierfestival 2015 Orangebraune Farbe, ordentliche beige Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig, süß, reife Früchte, Zucker, Geschmack süß malzig, Karamell, reife Früchte.