Bottle @ Des 3 Ponts, Amberloup as Cuvée de la Jonquille. Fruity aroma with notes of flowers and parfum. Sweet nose, light bitter finish. Ok beer.

Bottle at Delices & Caprices - Brussels. Pours clear amber-ruby with a creamy light tan head. The nose holds some toasted malts, light caramel, candi sugar, semi-dark fruits. Medium sweet flavor with pleasant toasted malts, hints of orange peel, toffee, low bitterness, mild figs. Medium bodied with lively, massaging carbonation. Nicely balanced on the finish, sweet, with further toasted malts, toffee, semi-ripe fruits. Very nice.

Saison-like ale spiced with woodruff - a herb I remember well from my childhood, so I hope this will bring back memories. Starts off nice, with a thick, moussy, sticky, cream white, stable head and deep amber colour with tiny yeast bits floating around, becoming brownishly clouded after adding the deposit. Aroma of caramelly and honeyish malts with indeed an ethereal woodruff perfume not unlike the woodruff liqueur my grandmother used to make, further impressions of candied orange, rhum, candi sugar, aniseed, mint, Belgian chocolates. Smooth, light palate, orange sweetness, caramelly, subtle spiciness, light herbal hoppiness in the finish along with warm, but unfortunately also astringent alcohol and some residual, cloying sweetness. Rather disappointing ending but in all, not bad.

Brown ale in this series, basically a dubbel, with yeasty and caramelly character adorned with a fascinating spiciness and a coffee-like, mild roasted bitterness in the finish. Ideal after a walk in an autumn forest.

Typical Wallonian amber beer with thick, moussy, yellowish white head and clear amber colour becoming hazy after adding the deposit. Nutty and caramelly malts in the nose, floral, spicy, honey, melon, apple, grapefruit, lemon peel, banana, sweet white wine, freshly baked bread, cloves. Dryishly fruity taste, fresh and smooth, light maltiness, nutty and a bit sweet, medium carbo, dry finish with quite long, herbal hop bitterness. Enjoyable.

Classic Wallonian honey beer since 1996, tasted from a 75 cl bottle years ago. A warm golden colour with orange hue, soft and gentle maltiness, spicy notes and complex, elegant honey sweetishness. I remember I liked this a lot, time for a re-rating.

Draft @ Marché des Produits Luxembourgeois ’14. Couleur ambrée-rougeâtre sur léger trouble, col blanc-rosé. Arôme est fruité sur des pointes de framboises. Ces dernières ne paraissent pas naturelles. Le bouquet est accompagné de notes de grains,e t un léger houblonné. Retrouve une version presque blonde fruitée. Rétro-nasal garde ce côté édulcorant. Palais est centré sur le malté, pâle et carapils, framboise arrive en retrait et ne parvient pas vraiment à y trouver sa place. Fin de bouche est accompagné d’un fruité citronné provenant de houblons nobles? Amertume y est également présenté. Je peine à trouver le côté terreux caractéristique de la framboise. Effervescence est assez bonne. Au final, cette bière blanche manque de me convaincre sans pour cela être mauvaise, on ne trouve pas ici le rapprochement avec une blanche, et le fruité de la framboise semble également peu convainquant.

Dry-hopped amber with 5 hop varieties. Off-white, stable head, orange blonde colour with amber hue, clear but cloudy after adding the deposit. Strong aroma of pineapple, melon, walnuts, cloves, honey, vanilla, coriander, grapefruit, iron, ginger, some oxidation in the tasted sample. Fruity taste, citrussy, restrained sweetness, caramel, bitter honey, floral aromatic hops setting in from the middle, reinforced by more deep and resinous, citrussy, explicitly bitter, peppery hops in the finish, which, contrary to my expectations, does not last very long and even feels a bit thin. I’m afraid my sample had its best time behind it and the hops were already partially gone, considering the oxidized aroma and the thin finish where some of the original hops seem to be missing. Or it is a rather unbalanced beer to begin with.

Commissioned Christmas beer with yellowish white head and dark chestnut colour, misty. Fruity and spicy, liquorice, dried citrus peel touch, sourish accent and roasted bitterish finish. Quite good, actually.