Bottle 33 cl. Pours a murky, opaque olive amber with hardly any head. Decent, fresh hop aroma with some yeast. Medium body, fruit - and then an ocean of horrible phenols. A piece of humble advice: if you’re going through the effort of getting good hops, do NOT drown them in phenols. Dammit Belgian yeast, utterly useless for hoppy beers. Find a more neutral one please. 030915

22/08/2015 – sample (bottle) @ Gents Bierfestival Orange colour, white head, fruity, spices, some sweetness. Typical

Troebel lichtbruin bier met veel schuim. Smaak is zoetzuur en fruitig met iets van gember en kaneel. Apart maar erg goed. Smaak blijft lang hangen.

Bottle courtesy of Deanso. Poured a murky dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is red berry citrus yeast. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light citrus, big woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

33cl bottle from Voorburg bier winkel. Very thin white head. Cloudy amber pour. Average.

Sampled @ Gents Bierfestival 2015 Trübes orangegoldenes Bier mit einer geringen weißen SChaumkrone. GEruch süß malzig, Honig, leicht alkoholisch. Geschmack sehr malzig, Honig, Gewürze, Getreide.

24/07/2015 - 33cl bottle @friends. Thanks Jerre & tderoeck for the gift/trade Clear dark brown, no head Dark matls, caramel, ripe fruits, some coffee and chocolate. sweetness.

Brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of brown sugar, spices, red fruits and ginger. Quite fruity. Light sour flavour, malts, caramel and banana. Quite dry. Fruity finish, caramel. Not your typical dubbel, and I quite like it.
(from taster glass @ Gents Bier Festival 2015)

20/07/2015 @home - 33cl bottle by colleague who is in Vryheytscamme. Amber colour with medium head. Sweet, little bitter, spices, dry ending, something strange

Another one from the Boelens range, an aniseed-spiced ale allegedly made to a "unique Bohemian recipe from the 19th century" and commissioned by Drankgigant Lokeren. Medium sized, creamy, off-white head retaining well but mostly around the edges of the glass; cloudy, warm peach blonde colour. Lots of aniseed indeed, in its purest form, rendering an almost candyish effect; other impressions of apple, banana, biscuit, orange peel and grass are drowned in this ethereal aniseed scent. Fruity onset, peach, hint banana, gooseberry, soft carbo, powdery yeast touch over a supple, smooth, soft bready and lightly caramelly malt background, with aniseed becoming increasingly stronger; it fortunately does not reach a liqueurish level, but does have a kind of ’cooling’ aromatic effect retronasally, reminding me of old-fashioned aniseed-flavoured peppermints; it also clashes a bit with the earthy, peppery hop bitter accent popping up at the back and I cannot help but feeling it leaves a certain astringency deep in the throat as well. This wry ending, along with the domination of aniseed in the nose, ruined this for me; I also have high doubts about this being historical like the back label claims. It is more like Boelens’ Bieken in which the honey has been replaced by aniseed... Glad I bought a 33 cl bottle, as this is also available in 75 cl.